# Hidden Expedition: The Pearl — user reviews > 38 indexed App Store user reviews of Hidden Expedition by Big Fish Premium, LLC, rated 4.40/5 from 1,089 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hidden-expedition-the-pearl/id1286893819/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hidden-expedition-the-pearl/id1286893819.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 691 · 4★ 233 · 3★ 102 · 2★ 32 · 1★ 31 ## What do users think of Hidden Expedition? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Nicely challenging puzzles - 🚀 Smooth gameplay - 💡 Interesting historical focus - 👍 Enjoyable story and visuals - 👍 Good variety of mini-games and hidden object scenes **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional glitches and bugs - 🤔 Some puzzles too difficult or unclear - 🤔 Unengaging story in parts - 🤔 Repetitive or basic hidden object scenes **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezing or restarting from the beginning - Issues with touch screen sensitivity and controls **Most requested features** - Option to adjust puzzle difficulty - Clearer instructions for some mini-games - More engaging storyline ## Newest reviews (12 of 38) ### 4/5 — Nicely challenging *2024-08-06, version 1.0.0* I like these games a great deal. The puzzles are all different and challenging. The only reason I did not give it a 5 star is because sometimes I will be trying to place an object where it belongs and it takes several tries before it will except it. I enjoy these games greatly especially since they do not have the supernatural aspect that many of Big Fish games have in them. I hope I will find more like this series. These are my favorite type of games. They make me think. Many of the puzzles are very challenging. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ ### 4/5 — 2nd time around - more fun than the 1st *2019-11-01, version 1.0.0* I'm not sure why, but I am enjoying this game much more than the first time I played it. Maybe I've changed the way I view games. This one is colorful and historical. I love history. The sparkles are extra fun and lovely. My favorite games have the best sparkles :) If the visual experience is top notch, that's 75% of the game's success, in my opinion. Moving the pieces about was smooth. The mini games were interesting, although a couple were too hard to understand - it seemed parts were missing. The HOPs were much too easy and unremarkable. Good game and still extremely playable! ### 4/5 — Top quality game *2019-07-26, version 1.0.0* Would have been 5 stars if some of the mini puzzles weren’t so difficult to understand. Storyline was very interesting. ### 3/5 — Not bad😏 *2018-03-13, version 1.0.0* Nothing wrong with the game just never really got into it and found it a bit boring. Good puzzles (easy/tricky), HOS quite basic, nice graphics, a helpful map, collectibles and morphs. Ok for the sale price of £2.99 but wouldn't want to pay more. ### 3/5 — Just OK *2018-03-05, version 1.0.0* It's OK if he only had to pay 2.99 ### 4/5 — Loved it *2018-02-10, version 1.0.0* I only hold back one star because it was a bit short and the puzzles were very difficult. The bonus was VERY short. But it was a nice adventure detective-style. ### 3/5 — Disappointed *2018-02-09, version 1.0.0* Right after I purchased this game went downhill. From the storyline to the mini games that have little instruction and too complex. I finished the main game and tried to play bonus game but was stuck right from beginning trying to put the ring into the mini puzzle. No matter how much I try to drag to the center it won’t work. Want my money back ! ### 4/5 — HE - La Perle De Discorde *2018-02-05* Bien mais les graphismes ne sont pas au top. ### 3/5 — Hard to play *2018-02-02, version 1.0.0* This game seemed promising at first. I especially enjoyed being caught under water! There were lots of creative problems to solve, but as the game went on, they became harder, not as interesting, and frustrating. The game play is way too small for iPhones. I couldn’t scroll through my items without activating the map. Most puzzles I couldn’t solve because the parts were too small on my phone. The HOPs were ok, and the story went nowhere. What did the pearl have to do with anything. Guess I’m just confused. Don’t pay full price for this one, folks. ### 5/5 — Понравилась *2018-02-02* Интересная и глюков не наблюдалось, головоломки только однообразные и скучные ### 5/5 — Love this *2018-01-31, version 1.0.0* Good story ### 3/5 — Глюк *2018-01-31* Постоянно глючит. Возвращает без конца в самое начало. Выходишь из хижины, а там слилось прошлое и настоящее: хозяин острова снова просит помочь найти жемчужину и его же дубликат лежит рядом пострадавший. Игра возможно и хорошая, но с глюком трудно оценить по достоинству ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Disappointing *2018-04-23, version 1.0.0* Many items esp within hos far too small for iphones. Answers without logic leaving you tapping randomly at the screen like a demented ape. Even when select correct answer it doesn’t register and having tried everything else hint then frustratingly tells you you had it right to begin with. I am also bored senseless. Don’t ask me what’s going on or what any of their names are. It’s like a bad book but I always feel like I must finish them for FOMO. Bought after seeing shining reviews.. so here’s my honest 2 cents ### 1/5 — Way too frustrating to play *2018-02-04, version 1.0.0* Unlike previous versions of Hidden Expeditions, this one is extremely hard to play, with very little flow in logic of what to do in each scene. I found myself constantly stuck, and I’m no newbie. There was one scene where the character the player assumes is handcuffed to chair, yet the next move was to reach a cabinet on the desk which was too far away for anything else on the desk. Hidden Expeditions used to be a safe bet for purchase, and I bought this one before I even began to play. I don’t think I’ll finish and will delete it. Such a shame. Game designers, please do better next time and don’t waste our time and money. ### 1/5 — Hidden expedition: through a hardware store *2018-02-04, version 1.0.0* Lots of hardware mechanics, nuts and bolts, bottles, caps, fuses, box cutters... I guess there is a story, but you have to rummage through loads of messy hardware to get it. ### 1/5 — Controls are unusable on smaller iPhones *2018-02-01, version 1.0.0* It takes about 10 tries to navigate ‘back’ without selecting one of my items instead. I was trying to play the arrow game and every time I tried to select the right arrow, the pop up closed. A pity since it looks fun otherwise. Unfortunately is seems like a lot of the hidden object games makers have just written off smaller phones. ### 1/5 — Глюк на глюке *2018-01-31* Всегда, при перезапуске, начинается с начала. Да и в ходе игры возвращается на начало, приходиться одно и тоже проходить по несколько раз. Попробую переустановить((( ### 2/5 — Just okay *2020-05-09, version 1.0.0* Story not very engaging and the mini games were pretty pointless. ### 2/5 — Waste of money *2018-03-10, version 1.0.0* I usually start a hidden object game and want to play it to the end. This one couldn’t keep my interest. I finished the game but it has been over a week and I am not that interested in doing the bonus game. Some of the Hidden Expedition games have been great. This one is not. ### 2/5 — Глюк *2018-02-28* Возвращается заново, накладка прошлого на настоящее. ### 2/5 — Pearl *2018-01-31, version 1.0.0* Just started it, boring at the mo, might try later ### 2/5 — Hidden Expedition: Pearl of Discord *2018-01-30, version 1.0.0* Good storyline! Very interesting History lesson. Not thrilled with a lot of the mini-puzzles, had to skip a lot of them! Not even my 9 year old granddaughter & my other 11 year old granddaughter liked the mini-puzzles. They found them too frustrating & ended up skipping them as well! Oh well, time to look at the guide! Sometimes that doesn’t help, because it still doesn’t explain the way to beat the puzzle. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Superb *2024-06-18, version 1.0.0* I’m enjoying this game. Keeps me occupied.. ### 5/5 — Very Enjoyable! *2022-02-03, version 1.0.0* With many of the HO games, I don’t pay a lot of attention to the story. This one (focused on Venice) kept me interested throughout. I also enjoyed the variety of games and puzzles, although some of the puzzle directions could have been clearer. I also enjoyed the graphics and illustrations. ### 5/5 — An excellent addition to hidden expedition series *2020-07-29, version 1.0.0* Very good story taking through Venice and talking about Marco Polo. Good mini games and HOPs. Not much horror, so that was pleasant. Just some ninjas. Very cool. Now I even completed it a second time though and it was fun still. ### 5/5 — Interesting on different levels *2019-04-07, version 1.0.0* Lovely setting in Murano and Venice. Focus on history and conservation. Good puzzles. ### 5/5 — One of my favorites... *2018-05-05, version 1.0.0* Lots of reviews both ways. I seldom review, but this game makes me want to! I don't know that there's anything groundbreaking, but for me this is a solid game that I enjoy replaying. ### 5/5 — Terrific *2018-04-01, version 1.0.0* I don’t get the reviews saying the puzzles were too difficult...?? I did this game with my 4-year-old. The clues and hidden objects made sense and were not so far apart that he couldn’t remember where we saw something or needed an object. The gameplay was separated into very manageable sections. Also, it was not creepy or gory, which is nice for playing as a family. Loved it! ### 5/5 — Volle Punktzahl!!!! *2018-02-26* Mir hat das Spiel sehr gut gefallen. Vor allem auch, dass man zu den einzelnen Schauplätzen/Sehenswürdigkeiten etc. immer nachlesen konnte. War gleich ein Stück Geschichtsunterricht. Länge stimmig, viele schön ausgestaltete Schauplätze, spannende Story. Die Minigames fand ich allerdings z. T. recht schwierig, WBS normal. Sammelobjekte vorhanden. Ein flottes, spannendes Spiel. ### 5/5 — 👍👍 *2018-02-13, version 1.0.0* Brilliant game the graphics were beautiful and the game flowed excellent. ### 5/5 — Great *2018-02-04, version 1.0.0* Another fabulous addition to the series; really enjoy them and worth the money. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 ### 5/5 — Top *2018-02-04* Tolle Story, gute Rätsel, gute Animation! Sehr empfehlenswert! --- *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 2026-08-29.*