# Grim Tales: Bloody Mary HD - A Scary Hidden Object Game — user reviews > 135 indexed App Store user reviews of Grim Tales by Big Fish Games, Inc, rated 3.60/5 from 193 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grim-tales-bloody-mary-hd-a-scary-hidden-object-game/id803282402/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grim-tales-bloody-mary-hd-a-scary-hidden-object-game/id803282402.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 89 · 4★ 33 · 3★ 19 · 2★ 15 · 1★ 37 ## What do users think of Grim Tales? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Colorful and detailed graphics - 🕹️ Enjoyable gameplay - 🕰️ Lengthy main game and bonus chapter - 💎 Great value for money **Cons** - 🐛 Unresponsive tapping/controls - 🤯 Frustrating issues with retrieving specific items (e.g. trumpet) - 🔁 Too much back-and-forth between locations - 🤖 Buggy and crashes after unlocking full version **Commonly reported bugs** - Inability to select/retrieve certain items in hidden object scenes - Game crashes after unlocking full version - Purchased games not recognized/requiring re-purchase **Most requested features** - Improved touch responsiveness - Fixing issues with specific interactive objects - Reducing the amount of backtracking required ## Newest reviews (15 of 135) ### 4/5 — Grim tales Bloody Mary *2025-11-05, version 1.0.2* Enjoying the game apart from the fact that the Apple Pencil will not work on tapping the sparkles. Please mend this. Thanks Also purchased and deleted and re downloaded and it seems to think I didn’t purchase it now. Please sort this out. Many thanks ### 2/5 — Rebuy *2024-02-15, version 1.0.2* I finished the game before and now I have to buy it again that is crazy ### 4/5 — Finally able to play *2022-07-19* After waiting so long to be able to play and only to off of my iPad, it wasn’t so bad. It was fun and so were the extras. It was an interesting take on the legend. ### 2/5 — Major tapping recognition problem! *2021-03-22* This is an ongoing problem that was in reviews from a year ago! Has not gotten better; unlike the other reviewer I gave up tapping n the toy trumpet in the music room; I have other games I can play. ### 3/5 — Great game but.... *2020-10-20* The game was great when it worked. The hang ups were many but if you want a great older game this is one of the better ones. Could only rate a 3 but would have given it a 5 if not for the problems with the game. ### 4/5 — Definitely worth the money *2020-05-12, version 1.0.2* Very enjoyable game. Not a lot of tedious back and forth scene jumping like other games. Great story. Bonus chapter was fun. Like others who stated this in previous reviews, the touch sensitivity has issues at times and yes the trumpet was a problem for me as well. All in all definitely worth the money. ### 3/5 — Could’ve been great, but.... *2020-02-11* Update: Upon playing this game again, the tapping has actually gotten worse! I had to tap on the toy trumpet over 100 times! I don’t know if iOS updates have affected this or what, but’s it’s ridiculous. So I knocked off another star. I love the Grim Tales series, and even though this one doesn’t have Richard 😰, it was good. The main story and the bonus chapter do not make sense together. So you’re broken-hearted over your husband’s death, so you say a curse into a mirror to give you immortality? Okaaaaaaay.... The tapping in HOS is, as others have mentioned, an exercise in futility. Forget getting the “10 in 10” achievement, bc you have to tap repeatedly on some items to get them. I’ve tapped on an item 4-5 times, thought ok that’s not it, looked around, back to same item another several taps, looked again, finally tapped like 10 times and yep it was that item all along. The game is lengthy, and after you complete the bonus chapter you can access the Hall of Memories, which revisits some HOS and puzzles but in a different way, with a story involved. Very cool. The puzzles are original, some easy, some harder, but all very doable. The scenes are beautifully done, love the Disney princess-type room, done in a grim kind of way. Collectibles are 12 statues scattered throughout the game, which allow you to play “movies” in the cinema. All in all really enjoyed except for the taptaptaptaptap.... ### 4/5 — Very Detailed Game *2019-09-17* I enjoyed it. Many rooms to explore. My suggestion for making it better would be to have the characters' mouths moving. Nice sound and cool effects. ### 3/5 — App throws me off after purchasing full game *2019-06-15, version 1.0.2* Good game to start but when I’ve purchased the full game it will no longe load and just throws me off the app completely. Disappointed as I was looking forward to playing. ### 2/5 — 3 years later & Still bugs *2019-05-21, version 1.0.2* I can’t get the trumpet. I’ve reinstalled & restarted the game three (3) times. To discouraged to try again. Very disappointing because I love this series of games! ### 3/5 — Bloody Mary *2019-05-19, version 1.0.2* Ever since I bought the full version it won't let me play the game ### 3/5 — Touch sensitivity was horrific *2019-05-17, version 1.0.2* Map was useless & touch sensitivity was ridiculous. Trying to tap that trumpet in the one hidden object scene...took me forever with multiple taps. I normally love this series but this game was not up to par. ### 1/5 — Horrible game *2019-03-21, version 1.0.2* I have never been so frustrated!! Shame on me for not looking at the reviews first. Normally I am a huge fan, but not this time. This game is really bad. Everything people have written is true. I spend too much money for a game to be this unresponsive. Just like everyone else it take ps multiple taps to get things to work and I am now stuck in the music room unable to get the trumpet which is behind the strategy guide buttons HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT ! WHAT A WASTE ### 4/5 — Really good but slow reaction *2019-03-16, version 1.0.2* I’m really enjoying this game! Only issue is when I tap the screen, it doesn’t react and I have to do it several times ### 1/5 — Glitches major *2019-03-10* Hops hard to get the items to select and the one in the music room will not let you select the trumpet in the far left corner. Don't waste you money. Definitely should have read the reviews before purchasing. Very dissatisfied. The game is interesting otherwise. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Glitch *2024-11-04, version 1.0.2* I try to tap the toy trumpet but it won’t work. ### 1/5 — Play once, play forever....LIES *2020-09-14, version 1.0.2* Why are all of my games I purchased since 2014 gone? And they now are reissued and saying I have to pay 6 dollars for the same game I’ve already purchased?! I purchased this one already restore my purchase! ### 1/5 — So frustrated! *2020-06-28* I am having the hardest time with this game. I cannot move forward as I am unable to retrieve the trumpet in the music room HOP. I have closed the game down, reinstalled, tapped the trumpet constantly, etc. I’ve tried everything including emailing the “help online” and received nothing. It’s really too bad because I was enjoying the game. Would really like to continue with the game, but at this point I think I just want my money back. ### 1/5 — Mags *2019-11-02, version 1.0.2* I’ve tried to continue this game over and over, but it won’t let me take the trumpet in the hidden object part, rubbish paid £ 6.99 for this !!!, ### 1/5 — Full of bugs *2019-10-10, version 1.0.2* Had a job to play this game, full of bugs, had to stop at a hidden object game, because the last item I found was a trumpet, but as much as I tapped on it the game wouldn’t respond! ### 1/5 — I was ripped off! *2019-09-12, version 1.0.2* I downloaded the free version of this game coming up to the point where you have to pay £6.99 to carry on so I decided to treat myself. No everytime I try to open the app it shuts down and kicks me out. I’ll think twice before I decide to buy another game. ### 1/5 — Glitched out *2019-08-26* I probably got most of the way through - after paying for the game - and then one of the HO scenes will NOT let me pick up one of the objects. So, obviously, I cannot proceed. I am also going to give every Big Fish game a 1-star rating until they stop their false advertising. Have any of you tried re-playing one of the games you purchased over 4 or 5 years ago? You cannot. I contacted BF and they acknowledged that their older games do not work with newer OS’s. Yet they are still advertising with “pay once, play forever.” According to California law, that constitutes false advertising. ### 1/5 — Bloody Mary *2019-08-23* Sorry I didn’t read all of the reviews before I downloaded and paid for this game. Tapping is poor and no amount of tapping or reinstalling lets you tap and get the trumpet. The strategy guide words are over top of the trumpet and no amount of tapping will allow you to get the trumpet. My bad. I will be more careful and not choose any more of these games. ### 1/5 — Wish I read the reviews first *2019-04-16, version 1.0.2* Like a majority of the comments on here, I too am stuck on the hop music room. Very disappointed that I will not be able to finish the game because I cannot go on from here. Come on big fish, fix it or pull it from your availability. ### 1/5 — Waste of $- can’t get the trumpet due to strategy guide *2019-03-23, version 1.0.2* Bunch of crap! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Very colorful! *2025-08-29, version 1.0.2* I enjoyed the scenery and the sample game was great but didn’t last very long. ### 5/5 — Actually really good *2022-07-03, version 1.0.2* I originally thought this was one of those ‘pick up and put wherever you like’ games, but after playing it for a while, I found that the story of the 2 chapters really tie together, and I think that’s really good! -X640 ### 5/5 — Amazing *2020-07-05, version 1.0.2* I love playing this game ### 5/5 — Just Buy It! *2019-09-19* Good story, good graphics, great mini games and HOS, lots of extras and the main game and bonus chapter are both super long! This game really has it all so go for it! ### 5/5 — Really enjoyed playing this game *2019-04-08, version 1.0.2* This game is addictive and the graphics are wonderful. ### 5/5 — Super et pas cher!!! *2019-03-03, version 1.0.2* Pour seulement 4$ je me suis amusée à faire le tour du jeu et de l’histoire de Bloody Mary pendant une vingtaine d’heure. Les graphiques sont super beaux. Je recommande ce jeu à tous ceux qui aiment les énigmes. ### 5/5 — Bloody Mary *2018-01-22, version 1.0.2* Loved this game, one of my favourites, more please ### 5/5 — Bloody Mary *2017-11-07, version 1.0.2* Great, loved it. One of the best hidden object games I’ve done. More similar please! ### 5/5 — Cool *2017-05-09, version 1.0.2* Great game for passing the time😄 ### 5/5 — Great *2016-06-07, version 1.0.2* Really enjoyed playing this game. Lots of play time. Yes, a lot of back and forward but really made you think. --- *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 2026-07-26.*