# Grim Facade: The Artist and The Pretender HD - A Mystery Hidden Object Game — user reviews > 39 indexed App Store user reviews of Grim Facade by Big Fish Games, Inc, rated 4.20/5 from 119 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grim-facade-the-artist-and-the-pretender-hd-a-mystery-hidden-object-game/id988482625/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grim-facade-the-artist-and-the-pretender-hd-a-mystery-hidden-object-game/id988482625.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 69 · 4★ 24 · 3★ 13 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 7 ## Newest reviews (14 of 39) ### 3/5 — Too many freezes - Very frustrating to play *2021-09-25, version 1.0.0* Too many freezes very frustrating to play ### 4/5 — Awesome *2021-08-11, version 1.0.0* Great story, loved the variety of mini games! ### 3/5 — A tad confusing 🤔 *2020-11-25, version 1.0.0* I didn’t enjoy this game. The map, explanation points all over the place. The map has you going here, but that area is complete go over there?? Thank god for hint feature. I was running around the whole time, not fun. A lot of the mini games were okay. Hidden object okay. Don’t purchase at full price, wait until it’s on sale. ### 3/5 — Nicht gerade toll! *2020-11-14, version 1.0.0* Wie schon erwähnt, Grafik, Wimmelbilder gut, aber bei den Spielen hakt es schon mal oder man weiß gar nicht was zu tun ist. Die Logik in der Spielführung ist nicht immer nachvollziehbar, deshalb muß man sich mit dem Tipp durchhängen, der aber leider oft völlig wirr ist und auch nicht hilft. Ich habe es gekauft und 10 Minuten späterwurde das Spiel kostenlos angeboten... ### 3/5 — Fairly fun game *2020-11-13, version 1.0.0* The map is problematic. It only show areas not complete, not the areas where there are things to do now. I had to rely on the hint button to travel to the right spots. ### 3/5 — No Bonus game? *2020-09-09, version 1.0.0* Liked the game, no bonus game, replayed in hopes that one would pop up at the end!!! ### 4/5 — Bonus chapter let it down *2019-10-27, version 1.0.0* It keeps taking you round and round scenes with nothing else to do here in bonus chapter. Main story was good. Thankfully I only paid $4.49 for it otherwise wouldn’t have been happy. ### 3/5 — Nicht wirklich gut *2019-02-11, version 1.0.0* Gut: Länge, Schauplätze, WBS, Minigames mit unterschiedl. Schwierigkeitsgrad-Stufen. Schlecht: dass die Karte überhaupt keine Hilfe war. Sie zeigte nicht den nächsten Schauplatz an oder die nächste Aufgabe, sondern ALLE noch zu lösenden Aufgaben. Also blieb einem nur der Tipp, den man dann an die 10x drücken musste, um zur nächsten Aufgabe zu kommen. Ein absolutes No-Go. ### 3/5 — Main game great, extra fails *2018-07-05, version 1.0.0* Downgraded the star rating because of the extra section. The main game is very good, nice and long, good puzzles and detailed. But the extra section came to a complete stop when the glass cutter would not work on the mirror. The hint points to this. Can’t go any further, so very frustrating. ### 3/5 — Bin leicht gelangweilt *2016-03-03, version 1.0.0* Das erste Spiel dieser Reihe, wo ich leicht gelangweilt war und lustlos drauf los getippt habe. Story flach, wozu ist jetzt eigentlich dieses Geheimkistchen? Karte zwar da, zeigt aber alle noch zu lösenden Aufgaben an. Bei den WBS sind die gefundenen Gegenstände kaum als gestrichen zu erkennen, man tappt lustlos drauflos. Minigames ganz okay, aber ohne große Herausforderung. Sammelobjekte auch nicht wirklich eine Herausforderung. Kann man spielen und läuft flüssig durch, muss man aber nicht. ### 3/5 — Mostly okay *2016-02-28, version 1.0.0* Could benefit from have on objective list aa I'd find an object by accident & then not know where to use it, or find a puzzle & not know what the aim was. Do like games with a map that jumps to a location, tho 😀 ### 4/5 — Jeux Artiste *2016-02-19, version 1.0.0* Très beau jeu bravo ### 3/5 — No glitches *2016-02-17, version 1.0.0* This game worked well for me. No glitches others have reported. The story was an interesting enough idea though a little strange, but the game was only so so. Good puzzles. Few hints available. I've played better. ### 3/5 — Enjoyed the game...casual mode was good, but hard looked more fun *2016-02-15, version 1.0.0* Not excited at the beginning, but things were more fun after the free trial was done. Love having maps to guide me...otherwise I'm running all over the place! Would I recommend...sure..on sale is always best Gonna play again & see if it's more fun second time round. Maybe I'll get those 3 puzzles I got frustrated on and skipped. New puzzles I haven't seen much of recently. Enjoy ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Stuck *2020-11-16, version 1.0.0* I just purchased this and it’s missing the brown paint so I can’t move forward. I’ve used the hint and just tells me to talk to the dude that needs the painting. But I can’t get the painting without brown paint! I looked at the strategy guide and I didn’t miss a step, just don’t have the brown paint therefore there’s nothing to do. 😤😡 Super annoyed and frustrated! ### 1/5 — Very frustrated with this game. *2020-11-15, version 1.0.0* I bought this game and now can’t get past naming the sheep. It seems to be frozen here. I deleted the game and reloaded it and it is doing the same thing! I would like my money back !! ### 1/5 — Edwardg1947 *2018-04-28, version 1.0.0* I have purchased this game but you have charged me twice please will you sort out a refund ### 1/5 — Too much talk *2016-02-18, version 1.0.0* Not enough play ### 1/5 — terrible and makes no sense at all😝 *2016-02-14, version 1.0.0* It is nice if a game follows any kind of logical order, not the case here! ### 2/5 — Artist *2020-11-18, version 1.0.0* I don’t like this game. It doesn’t flow well. The game is not very responsive and the story is not appealing. I’m not going to buy it. ### 2/5 — Boring *2020-11-13, version 1.0.0* Won’t purchase. Slow start and not the most fluid interactive game ### 2/5 — Выбивает в начале игры *2016-03-15, version 1.0.0* Только прошла самое начало, как на одном и том же месте вылетаю из игры. Исправьте, пожалуйста, эту ошибку. За игру оплачены деньги, а играть невозможно!!! ### 2/5 — Takes and Breaks *2016-02-13, version 1.0.0* The game was not all that great to begin with but I was bored and was unable to download another game so I purchased it. The very next puzzle broke. There seems to be a dead zone right where I need to select an item. This is the second Big Fish game that I cannot complete on my iPad Air 2. I only play these mindless little games as a meditation from the frustrations I have. I don't need further frustrations. This will be my last Big Fish production. ### 2/5 — Le jeu s'est terminé sans moi ! *2016-02-12, version 1.0.0* J'ai mis pause avant la fin du jeu , puis en voulant reprendre ,je lis : bravo vous avez terminé ! Suis déçue du coup de ne pas connaître la fin de l'histoire . ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Very Challenging *2020-11-18, version 1.0.0* I really enjoyed playing this game. It was more challenging than most Hidden Object games. The mini games really made you think. ### 5/5 — Fantastic game *2020-11-15, version 1.0.0* I love the variety of puzzles. The water wheel one stumped me for a bit. ### 5/5 — Big Fish *2020-10-10, version 1.0.0* The great thing about all Big Fish games is there is a walkthrough for all the games ,you never need to be stuck 😃 ### 5/5 — Delightful! *2018-09-17, version 1.0.0* Not your typical game! You buy things, have a pet sheep, solve Leonardo’s cube, etc. You learn some of what Da Vinci invented, fun! Hos were list/hidden type, and they are all visited twice. Long game play, option of casual or hard on puzzles. Just a delightfully different game! If you’re bored of formulaic developers, who use the same gimmicks every game, then try this one! 4.5 stars (deducted half a star for lack of originality in hos), rounded up to 5. ### 5/5 — Good Game *2017-11-05, version 1.0.0* This is the first game have bought and liked in sometime. So glad nothing truly evil in it. Thankyou everyone. ### 5/5 — Super Beau jeu *2016-09-25, version 1.0.0* Beau jeu, avec de beaux dessins et une belle animation Dommage un peu court et pas de bonus ### 5/5 — Super *2016-05-06, version 1.0.0* Super jeu ### 5/5 — Great Graphics *2016-03-02, version 1.0.0* 5 stars for Great Graphics and good selection of puzzles. As a Leonardo enthusiast I was enjoying this game, but unfortunately, during the last chapter, I started to become irritated at all the toeing & throwing backwards, forwards, left & right having to go to all the different rooms and areas which are far too many and spoilt the game for me. ### 5/5 — Awesome fun *2016-02-18, version 1.0.0* Awesome fun,suspenseful and entertaining. Beautiful graphics and realistic characters ,good looking to. ### 5/5 — Great Game *2016-02-12, version 1.0.0* One of the best HOS games I have played. Good story line and the HOSs are varied and challenging. Great work-will look forward to more games from you. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-11.*