# Haunted Hotel: Ancient Bane HD - A Ghostly Hidden Object Game — user reviews > 175 indexed App Store user reviews of Haunted Hotel by Big Fish Games, Inc, rated 4.40/5 from 270 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/haunted-hotel-ancient-bane-hd-a-ghostly-hidden-object-game/id958356562/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/haunted-hotel-ancient-bane-hd-a-ghostly-hidden-object-game/id958356562.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 151 · 4★ 87 · 3★ 20 · 2★ 8 · 1★ 4 ## What do users think of Haunted Hotel? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Great game - 🚀 Excellent graphics - 🚀 Interesting story - 👍 Challenging puzzles - 👍 Enjoyable gameplay - 👍 Good value for money - 👍 Smooth experience - 👍 Teleporting map feature **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and freezing issues - 🐛 Glitches and bugs - 🐛 Inventory management issues - 🐛 Mislabeled items in HOS - 🐛 Difficulty with tapping/selecting items - 🐛 Excessive backtracking - 🐛 Lack of customization options **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezing at certain points - Inventory items disappearing - Hint button not functioning - Game restarting unexpectedly - Compatibility issues with older devices **Most requested features** - Dark mode option - Ability to skip puzzles/HOS - More varied HOS types - Improved hint system - Separate collectible inventory - Ability to review achievements ## Newest reviews (17 of 175) ### 4/5 — Haunted Hotel: Ancient Bane by LynxMinx *2023-10-12, version 1.0.2* This is not my final review. Blueflier, it occurred to me that we haven't heard from Snooper in a while either! Snooper, we just want to make sure you are doing OK! Blueflier, hope you are doing well too! The Dream Team needs to stick together. How do you think that unlocking issue was solved? I will get back to you after checking out this game. Anyway I played and I thought this was a good game, just not worthy of 5 stars. The graphics were very good, the cut-scenes were exciting, and they gave you a journal, a task button and a non-spoiler hint system. The storyline was a bit dull. The HO scenes were all the same; word lists only. After playing games with a lot of varied HOS, that was a bit boring. The puzzles were easy. The only collectibles were the canopic jars, which at least gave you a chance to learn some ancient history. Note to Opinion: Seriously? If you wanted direction for the puzzles, just tap the information button! Ridiculous! Another thing that I find annoying are reviewers who complain about going back and forth! My team better not do that! Why do you think they gave you a teleport map? Inventory was labeled, but you had to use a lot of items over and over, so you had a very full inventory. Loading was not quite instantaneous, especially to open the map, but it wasn't interminable either. The game had a bonus adventure, but it wasn't overly long. At least this was not a glitchy game and there were thankfully no RATS! After playing games from Mad Head and EIPIX, this game really had nothing that special but it was a decent game. We need games that are more unusual and exciting! I send good wishes and 💋❤️💋❤️ to the Dream Team! Once again Snooper, I hope you are alright! ### 3/5 — Haunted Hotel *2023-04-23, version 1.0.2* In my humble opinion, there was too much jumping back and forth and most of the time has to teleport. I needed to rely on hint too much and I don’t like that. ### 4/5 — Entertaining *2022-05-29, version 1.0.2* I enjoyed it ### 3/5 — 日本語非対応になりました *2022-02-22, version 1.0.2* 最新OSでは日本語になりません ### 3/5 — Ancient Bane *2021-06-14, version 1.0.2* Game is interesting. In the hidden object section, some of the items are difficult to move. You have to tap the a half dozen times before the items would connect. Other than that, I’m enjoying the game. ### 4/5 — Ancient Bane *2020-05-26, version 1.0.2* I enjoy this game. In addition to the “casual, expert”, etc., please offer a “custom” option. I loathe sparkles, but I hate waiting for hint to charge.🤷🏼‍♀️ Thanks. ### 2/5 — Good game, Bad continuity. *2020-04-20, version 1.0.2* Like the game, have had to reload a couple of times due to errors. Currently wants me to purchase for a second time. Notgood! ### 2/5 — Glitch in bonus game *2020-01-03, version 1.0.2* Cupid cannot get his arrow so the game can’t proceed. Please advise. The rest of the game is great! ### 4/5 — Please the customer *2019-08-24, version 1.0.2* I loved the game, but I feel that there should be a “0 second” wait for puzzles and skips. Some of us pay for the full game. It is my opinion that hints and skips should have a “No Wait” option in the “customize difficulty” setting as a courtesy. I did, however, much enjoy the game. Keep up the good work. ☺️ ### 3/5 — Meh *2019-08-01, version 1.0.2* Definitely not one of my favourites from the series. I found the storyline quite boring & couldn’t wait to finish. Regret paying $10.99 for this game. ### 2/5 — (‥ )ﾝ? *2018-11-25, version 1.0.2* 日本語字幕になってないです…日本語対応って書いてるのですが ### 4/5 — Ancien fléau *2018-10-12, version 1.0.2* Beaux graphismes,longueur de jeu correcte, Les énigmes sont toutefois trop simples. ### 2/5 — Crashes at same point each time *2018-03-31, version 1.0.2* Impossible to play due to crash issue. ### 2/5 — Huh? Really??? *2018-03-02, version 1.0.2* I’d read the reviews before buying this game and now think I must be in a parallel universe. There are so many things I really didn’t enjoy; ▼ story line very weak ▼ too many cut scenes ▼ too many cut scenes, ending with “useful” objects to use ▼ too many ‘Hidden Object Scene’ which added nothing to the game. ▼ over elaborate interface, sometimes making it difficult to see what’s going on because it has been over designed ▼ difficult to select objects because you have to select the exact ‘pixel’ that identifies it ▼ selecting objects in inventory does not leave a description up long enough to be read, less than half a second ▼ repeat selection of the object, in order to read the text merely brings up additional texts about how bad you’re doing at the game ▼ selecting “Hint” will sometimes take you another room, no hints shown(?) ▼ reselecting “Hint” then brings up the “Teleport” function(?) ▼ the ‘teleport’ function is a nice idea but it’s only there because there isn’t a map, and therefore it would be almost impossibly to navigate without it. ▼ looks nice but somehow lacks any real cohesion making the whole exercise seem a little tedious. ▼ overall had a lot of potential but the lack of attention to detail let it down. Sorry to seem a little harsh because a lot of work has been put into creating this game and it shows but, for me, it spoiled the enjoyment of what could have been a very good experience. ### 4/5 — Glamnan *2017-10-31, version 1.0.2* Enjoyed it although would buy more if less expensive. ### 2/5 — Ancient bane *2017-02-20, version 1.0.2* Not so sure about this one. I have to keep deleting and re-loading because the game gets stuck halfway through when trying to pick up the second typewriter key. Frustrating. ### 4/5 — Tres bien mais...... *2016-12-05, version 1.0.2* Très bon jeu ,beaux graphismes,mais ....jeu en anglais ...pourquoi ne pas mettre au moins les sous titres en FRANÇAIS !!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Crashing *2023-11-25, version 1.0.2* This game constantly crashes on me. I have paid for it and I have played many of your games from big fish and never had this problem before .. I’m very upset and I am mad that I paid for and it crashes. I’ve never had this problem with any of your games. Disappointed I would really appreciate a refund or fix the darn game. ### 1/5 — Update?! *2020-05-17, version 1.0.2* So... the game is ok story and gameplay-wise. Sometimes I had to click on items in HO scenes a lot before it registered. And there is a lot of back and forth between scenes and a lot of shapes collecting, so standard BigFish. Three stars for that. What really bothers me however, is that previously played games won’t load. The game freezes, then crashes. I have tried the standard fixes of closing all background apps, cold start etc but the problem persists. And I’m really close to the end of the game (I have collected almost all collectibles)! This has happened before with BF games and I know from experience that they do not update their content or care about the bad reviews. Can‘t recommend this game (or any Big Fish game because of that). ### 1/5 — Can’t play *2018-03-12, version 1.0.2* Already purchase but can’t continue playing what I got was please wait ### 1/5 — Обман! *2016-11-25, version 1.0.2* Русского языка НЕТ! ### 1/5 — Jeu en anglais *2016-05-29, version 1.0.2* Sous titres en anglais ### 1/5 — Pas en français *2016-03-09, version 1.0.2* Tout est dans le titre! Déçu. ### 1/5 — Где Русский язык??? *2016-01-29, version 1.0.2* Объясните почему из большинства ранее купленных игр пропал Русский язык? ### 1/5 — Deutsch??? *2015-10-21, version 1.0.2* Bin froh dieses Game nicht gekauft zu haben,da es entgegen der Beschreibung ,keineswegs auf deutsch spielbar ist. Zumindest nicht mit der aktuellen iOS version!! No go ### 1/5 — Game restarts!!!! *2015-09-21, version 1.0.2* Played a long time twice and game keeps starting over. Disappointing ### 1/5 — Déçu *2015-09-09, version 1.0.2* Plante dès le début au moment où l'on met les morceaux de verres au pied du mur. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fight *2025-02-07, version 1.0.2* Ghmhg ### 5/5 — Great game *2023-02-28, version 1.0.2* This is a great game. ### 5/5 — Enjoy! *2023-01-02, version 1.0.2* Really enjoyed this game,love to see more like this. ### 5/5 — Fantastic Game *2022-12-30, version 1.0.2* This is one of the most fantastic games I ever played! The story was great and the game seemed tailored to my gameplay. I just loved it! ### 5/5 — Ancient bane *2021-05-06, version 1.0.2* I am enjoying this game very much ,want to thank previous gamers for writing a review because that was why I bought it . I do like elephant games they don't let you down. ### 5/5 — Ancient Bane *2020-09-07, version 1.0.2* Good game. Well worth the price and playing again. More like this please. ### 5/5 — Love Elephant! *2019-06-13, version 1.0.2* Do not know how I missed this one,but,glad I found it now. A few different puzzles and good storyline. ### 5/5 — LOVED THIS GAME *2018-06-03, version 1.0.2* Revisiting an oldie and loved it all. Haunted Hotel games are the best. ### 5/5 — Excellent!! *2017-07-11, version 1.0.2* The new adventure! ### 5/5 — Great *2016-12-09, version 1.0.2* Love this game lots to do --- *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 2026-07-05.*