# Grim Tales: The Time Traveler — user reviews > 248 indexed App Store user reviews of Grim Tales by BFG Entertainment Inc., rated 4.40/5 from 2,103 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grim-tales-the-time-traveler/id1351492227/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grim-tales-the-time-traveler/id1351492227.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,436 · 4★ 383 · 3★ 90 · 2★ 26 · 1★ 168 ## What do users think of Grim Tales? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Great graphics - 👍 Interesting storyline - 💡 Unique puzzles and mini-games **Cons** - 🐛 Glitchy graphics and rendering issues - 🐛 Unplayable on certain devices - 🔍 Lack of explanation for some game mechanics **Commonly reported bugs** - Puzzle pieces/interactive elements not visible - Game freezing or crashing - Purchased game not recognized in user's account **Most requested features** - Ability to revisit areas to find missed collectibles - Option to disable annoying task completion notifications - Improved voice acting and character consistency ## Newest reviews (19 of 248) ### 2/5 — Game unplayable *2025-06-01, version 1.0.0* There are boxes in the way and i cant see to even play the game ### 1/5 — Glitchy *2023-09-30, version 1.0.0* Couldn’t make it past the first chapter. Incredibly patchy and glitchy. Can’t see anything properly ### 1/5 — Awful *2023-08-29, version 1.0.0* Terrible service. I have purchased several of these games over the years and now none of them work. Keeps telling me that no purchase has been found for my account. Big Fish and Apple are no help 😔 ### 1/5 — Need help *2023-07-11, version 1.0.0* Tried to download and I have a mess. Looks like puzzle pieces instead of a clear pic screen. Help please ### 1/5 — Graphics *2023-04-03, version 1.0.0* I tried to play this game again and the graphics now are TERRIBLE. Can’t even play the game. ### 1/5 — Glitch in graphics *2023-01-22* Game not rendering graphics properly. Even after reboot, un/reinstall still unplayable. ### 1/5 — Grim tales the time traveler *2023-01-17, version 1.0.0* I bought the game back in December played it and deleted it. I just downloaded it again and it told me no purchase found. I PAID for this game. You took my money. I either want to play the game or get my money back. Please fix. ### 1/5 — Won’t work *2022-12-22, version 1.0.0* Will not function on 12.9 iPad like others have said. Too bad as it looks interesting. ### 1/5 — Image is off, cannot play *2022-12-21, version 1.0.0* I have had this happen to multiple games from here. I unfortunately will have to stop purchasing them. Lots of money wasted. Sad. ### 2/5 — Is it broken? *2022-12-18, version 1.0.0* I think there’s something wrong. All the areas are squared like ones that move or action or buttons. I’ll try to remove and reload. ### 1/5 — Graphics problem *2022-11-03, version 1.0.0* Will not work on my 12.9” iPad, has moving rectangles all over the screen. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t Work on IPad *2022-10-16* White boxes over all areas nothing can be seen it just doesn’t work. ### 1/5 — Cannot even get started *2022-10-16, version 1.0.0* This game has some serious glitches! “Jumpy boxes “so bad you cannot even see where you are supposed to go. It’s a jumbled up mess! ### 1/5 — Glitchy mess *2022-09-18* I would have given this a bigger star rating but for some reason after my game is glitchy as all hell with boxes all over the screen one almost solid white making it impossible to see what I’m even tapping on. I doubt that’s how the game is meant to look. Can’t even get past the first area. I ‘bought’ the full game EVEN THOUGH I DIDNT HAVE ANY MONEY IN MY ACCOUNTZ. Unless of course I had already bought the game and the pruchase was restored. Pleae fix this. I want to enjoy the game but can’t ### 1/5 — Unplayable for me *2022-06-18* I started the game only to get a screen all broken up with thick white lines and white squares showing the interactive objects. When I tap on an object the pop up is all washed out and almost completely white making it totally impossible to know what is there. Completely unplayable. Was rather disappointed because I've played many Big Fish games without a problem. ### 1/5 — Unplayable *2022-04-18* Game graphics are non functional on iPhone 8 at least (and from other reviews, iPads, etc also). All moving items in game are surrounded by white squares, making this game unplayable in its current state. ### 1/5 — Unable to play *2022-04-15, version 1.0.0* I luckily only downloaded the free trial, because I also found the graphics were corrupted - showing up like overlapping photos and impossible to interact with them. It’s disappointing as I love the other Grim Tales games. ### 1/5 — Fix the graphics and brightness *2022-02-28* I can’t even get past the first stage without seeing anything, the pixels and brightness are way too much ### 1/5 — Rosa *2022-01-20, version 1.0.0* This game it’s not showing the object I have to do. It has some bright lights that does not make you see what you have to grab or touch. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not even playable *2026-04-08* This game isn’t even playable. The graphics are all broken (broken lines, blank colors, overlapping text). I used to play big fish games all the time about 10 or so years ago and I am shocked that they haven’t kept up games or their updates. I stopped playing all these years ago because they had no new games. Now I see that quality has dipped for what games they do give and the lack of quality and customer service they current have means they aren’t the BIG FISH 😂 they used to be. Very disappointing ### 1/5 — I can’t see the items *2026-01-31, version 1.0.0* It has a throbbing effect that doesn’t let me distinguish the items. And I can’t find the ring in the car trunk. So I went to see the game in YouTube and it’s not the same. ### 1/5 — Broken *2025-08-20, version 1.0.0* Graphics are not working ### 1/5 — Another one that is all glitchy.. *2025-07-14, version 1.0.0* I tried downloading multiple times and as soon as I need to put my name in the screen is all broken apart. Colors are weird as well. Not sure what is going on. ### 1/5 — No Idea if its a Good Ga,e or Not *2025-07-04, version 1.0.0* Graphics are bad. Some stuff is perfectly clear, then others are almost a solid white. Impossible to play. ### 1/5 — screen *2025-06-21, version 1.0.0* The screen for this game is the worse. Can’t see nothing ### 1/5 — Grim Tales Time Traveler *2024-09-29, version 1.0.0* Downloaded this game and realised it has bugs, it is already glitching, and I have not started playing it yet. ### 1/5 — White boxes *2024-03-24, version 1.0.0* Please update this game so we can play it again because all we get are white boxes and it’s unplayable especially for the ones that already paid for it ### 1/5 — Unplayable *2023-11-10, version 1.0.0* Same as everyone else said, the white boxes make it impossible to play. This game is awful, though im sure if it was rendered right it would be fine. But the developers just wont update the game to work, very sad. ### 1/5 — Fehler, nicht spielbar. *2023-10-24, version 1.0.0* Bugs beheben! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Grim Tales: The time traveler *2023-06-27* I love this game. Great graphic story line. I have one problem I already paid for this game and you are charging me again! It gets frustrating because I bought a couple of your games and I paid for and then you want to charge loyal customers! When I press already purchase it says not purchased ! When I did pay for the game fix problem! Truly ripping us off not cool! Especially for the prices you charge. ### 5/5 — Time Traveler *2021-05-25, version 1.0.0* Awesome game ### 5/5 — The Time Traveler *2021-02-01, version 1.0.0* Every time that I try to download this game it has like boxes around the other boxes and I cant play it.....please help thx ### 5/5 — Lots of twists and turns *2020-05-17, version 1.0.0* This is a fun game. No monsters so far which I like. Graphics quite good. This game is a plus. ### 5/5 — Fantastic adventure *2019-12-11* I’m new to these sort of games and I’m really loving this one, nothing to buy, play at your own pace, fantastic storyline and lots of hints when you need them. Can’t wait to play the others in the series ### 5/5 — Suchtgefahr und schnell durchgespielt *2019-09-25, version 1.0.0* Sehr spannendes Spiel, Suchtgefahr garantiert. Nur leider ist es so spannend, dass es ich es an zwei Abenden durchgespielt habe. Zu den ganzen Programmierfehlern. Bei mir war das letzte Kapitel (Bonus) mit dem Zug und laut Internetseite ist es richtig so. ### 5/5 — 好きなシリーズ *2019-02-12, version 1.0.0* このシリーズはストーリーもキャラ、グラフィックも良いです。難易度は高くは無いですがミニゲームが多彩。サクサクと動きます ### 5/5 — Grim tales *2019-01-09, version 1.0.0* Good game::: what’s up ?.. where are the new games???? If I could find others than big fish I would change ### 5/5 — Patn *2018-10-29* Really good game. Excellent length both main game and bonus. Puzzles weren’t too hard, graphics good, and storyline quite compelling. Value for deal price. ### 5/5 — Great value *2018-09-27* Game is long and fun. Great value for money --- *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 2026-09-08.*