# Lost Chronicles (F2P) — user reviews > 168 indexed App Store user reviews of Lost Chronicles (F2P) by FIVE-BN STUDIO LLC, rated 4.20/5 from 459 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lost-chronicles-f2p/id6465990852/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lost-chronicles-f2p/id6465990852.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 285 · 4★ 81 · 3★ 31 · 2★ 27 · 1★ 35 ## What do users think of Lost Chronicles (F2P)? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - ⭐ Excellent game with great story and visuals - 🎨 Beautiful graphics and artwork - 🧩 Variety of engaging puzzles and mini-games - 🕰️ Lengthy and challenging gameplay - 🗺️ Helpful map feature to guide progression - 🔍 Enjoyable hidden object scenes - 🎁 Generous free-to-play model with no paywall **Cons** - 🔁 Repetitive backtracking and revisiting the same locations - 🕰️ Timed hidden object scenes can be frustrating - 💰 Expensive in-app purchases for hints and resources - 🤔 Confusing or unclear progression at times - 🔍 Some hidden objects are difficult to spot **Commonly reported bugs** - Occasional glitches or crashes - Issues with video ads not working properly **Most requested features** - Ability to replay specific puzzles or mini-games - More variety in hidden object scenes and puzzles - Improved tutorial or guidance for new players - Option to disable timed elements in hidden object scenes ## Newest reviews (17 of 168) ### 3/5 — Tedious and repetitive *2026-09-05* I’m a big fan of Five BN and have enjoyed all their games, even replaying the entire Lost Lands series. But this one, which uses a different puzzle/reward strategy, becomes pretty tedious as you move SLOWLY through the story. Most of the stuff you need comes in “collections,” and it isn’t just the actual items you need (five keys, five feathers, five masks, etc.) but also OTHER items like boxes and ribbons and ropes that are required to complete the “set” before you can use it to advance the story. And how do you get those items? By repeatedly hunting through the same several hidden object areas for much of the same stuff, and also playing fairly simple games (like lining up lasers or jumping tiles to clear the board). Repeatedly. Over and over. Or you can buy crystals and spend them to complete a set, but that could get very expensive very quickly. Sorry to say this is not a good fit for fans of Five BN’s other excellent hidden object puzzle adventures. ### 3/5 — Jeu vidéo Lost Chronicles *2026-01-26* Jeu intéressant mais beaucoup de petits jeux impossibles à faire ( même quand on voit la solution, impossible à refaire) et donc il faut payer pour avancer et ça devient très cher ! Dommage 😕 ### 2/5 — I’m not a fan of *2025-06-30, version 1.1.4* I love all the five gn games.. except this one, I’ve tried playing it twice now.. and can not seem to get anywhere in it. ### 4/5 — Love this game *2025-03-07, version 1.1.4* I love this game but when I try to watch a video to get free gems it says that there are no appropriate videos to play please fix that! ### 5/5 — Love *2025-02-15, version 1.1.4* Love this developer and I replay all the games they make over and over and this one is no exception ### 3/5 — Love the other games just not this one *2024-12-05, version 1.1.4* I really love the games five-bn make but this one unfortunately doesn’t hit the same as the others ### 5/5 — Super !! *2024-11-17* Je recommande vivement ce jeu d’énigme. J’ai l’habitude de jouer aux jeux d’escape game et viens de le terminer. Il est très bien conçu j’ai beaucoup aimé passer du temps à résoudre les énigmes. Il est long même en jouant tout les jours ce qui est appréciable. Entièrement gratuit par rapport à beaucoup d’autres où il faut payer pour finir le jeu. ### 2/5 — Angry *2024-11-14, version 1.1.4* This game is advertised as F2P (free to play). Why did it cost me to download it then. Too late to get my money back 🤬 Deleting this game now😡😡😡😡😡😡 ### 4/5 — Too expensive *2024-11-06* Love it but diamonds are very expensive ### 5/5 — Great game so far *2024-11-01* It is different from the other games by this developer but it is a nice combination of adventure and hidden object. I don’t find it difficult to progress through the game. If there’s a mini game or room to search that you don’t like, there are usually several options to get the item you need. It’s easy to move around by using the map so you don’t have to laboriously move through each location to get somewhere else. I also like the characters and story. ### 5/5 — Awesome game *2024-09-09, version 1.1.4* I played all their games but this one is my favorite! Please make another one! The concept is awesome! ### 5/5 — It’s one of a kind *2024-09-08, version 1.1.4* One of the most detailed, glitch free and elaborate free games I’ve ever played… it’s story telling keeps you captivated, puzzles make you frustrated but the solutions are never too complicated. Really amazing game… ### 2/5 — Too Much Back & Forth *2024-09-07, version 1.1.4* Like many others, I’m a huge fan of fivebn games but not this one. Like others, to get a task done you need specific items, good, but not when you have to repeatedly go back to the same location way too many times to play yet again another HO game. I Guess if you prefer hidden object games more than adventure, might be for you. Me, I’m a huge fan of the adventure part with a variety of in game puzzles/HO games. I couldn’t finish this one & I even spent some money on it. ### 5/5 — Their best game yet! Don’t quit early. *2024-08-12* By far the best game I’ve played by this developer, and I’ve played almost all of them. The format is different than their others and took me a little bit of playing to figure out, but once I did I found it really engaging and the game kept me busy for about 3-4 times longer than usual! I liked the way that items were collected and that you had some options for which puzzle types to solve to achieve goals. If you’re used to playing other games by Five-BN it may seem frustrating at first to figure out how this new style works but trust me, it’s worth continuing. Huge thank you to the developers for making such an involved and engaging game. They really go the extra mile to make complex games. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your feedback! Such comments inspire us to create more fantastic worlds and interesting stories for all our players! We appreciate we have such amazing players like you! Hope to see you in our next games soon! ### 5/5 — Needs a sequel! *2024-08-10, version 1.1.4* Loved this game! I really struggled to put it down. I need a sequel, please! ### 3/5 — Way too complicated for me *2024-07-21, version 1.1.4* I love Five BN games and have played all of them. This game, however, frustrated me because of having to go back over all the puzzles again and again. I couldn’t afford all the hints I needed! And I never understood how all the “collections” worked either. ### 5/5 — Super jeu ! *2024-07-15* J’aime beaucoup ce jeu de recherches et de réflexion. Les graphismes sont beaux, l’histoire captivante, les mini jeux sont originaux et la difficulté est juste comme il faut. J’ai adoré toute la série de jeux de ce développeur 👏🏻👍🏻 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Bummer *2025-06-25, version 1.1.4* Very frustrating. I just keep doing the same thing over one over again. Can’t seem to move on. No directions at all I think I have everything I need but I can’t use them. I loved Lost Lands and played all of them. It looks like this is the end for me. What a bummer. Maybe if they had an explanation of how to play it would have helped. ### 1/5 — Free crystal ads don’t work *2024-11-03, version 1.1.4* To get a hint you need three Crystal’s. The video ads are supposed to be worth two diamonds each. When you watch the second video ad to get the third diamond it takes one of the two you had leaving one! I watched 4 ads and still ended up with only one crystal! Then watched three ads trying to get a hint and got zero crystals! Very annoying. Also you have to go scavenge for hidden objects over and over and it gets you nowhere. Very unfair and frustrating game! Bye! ### 1/5 — Unorganized Mess *2024-09-14, version 1.1.4* Nothing but continuous point and click mini puzzles that lead nowhere but collecting stuff you can’t use . Hints only lead to more point and click rooms that you continue to do over and over and never get the feeling that your advancing the story. One star for wasting my time. ### 1/5 — Mega disappointment - Don’t waste your time *2024-05-07, version 1.1.4* This game is a mega flop. Boring, confusing, intransparent. What a nightmare. Need to collect items over and over and over again. Nope FiveBN ### 1/5 — Boring. *2024-02-24* Played all developers other FANTASTIC!! games, and gave them all ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ unfortunately I couldn’t stick with this one. Very repetitive, so, with no incentive to continue, I gave up. ### 1/5 — Repetitive *2024-02-05, version 1.1.4* I began playing the game. It was ok. Then I got to the pantry. Endless HOPS, finding the same things over and over again with more items added each time. I don’t like just hops but that’s what this appears to be ### 1/5 — Stuck *2024-01-15, version 1.1.4* The game won’t let me tap on the garlic in the miller’s barn. If I can’t get the garlic, I can’t get the boards for the barrel. All of that time wasted on the game just to have to stop part way through. ### 1/5 — Ridiculous rip-off *2023-12-27* This is a ridiculous rip-off. The game randomly re-sets all the hidden objects puzzles AND also re-sets ALL the in-game puzzles. So, even if you do find a posted walkthrough, you will STILL have to play through these frustrating challenges on your own. This, of course, stimulates the purchase of the in-game hints, which ONLY after about an hour of play I had thrown away at least 4-5 purchases, and at that point with many more hours of game play to go, I gave up giving away my money just to play through this maddening game. The hidden objects finding parts are the hardest and worst I’ve ever seen. So, be sure you have TONS of patience, or even worse, lots of money to throw away when you run into these challenges that are CLEARLY designed to stimulate sales and generate money for the developer. Shame, shame, shame on this greedy developer. Why not just offer a fully paid format, or even an upfront fee for unlimited hints? I would have spent money, of course, on the game, but FAR LESS than how much I wasted. ### 1/5 — Have to pay to progress *2023-12-15, version 1.1.4* Either pay buy buying diamonds or make no progress and repeat the same puzzles over and over again Avoid like the plague ### 1/5 — Lost Chronicles *2023-12-15, version 1.1.4* Very annoying game. I’ve been a big fan of 5BN games with beautiful graphics and interesting puzzles. However in this one it’s almost impossible to advance, its almost entirely hidden object that one needs to complete to finds parts of inventory and when you think you’ve found everything you need to make the inventory item needed, it turns out no, you still need more objects only obtained by completing more hidden object searches! Not liking this game at all. I think they’ve found a cheaper way to create the game by relying almost completely on hidden objects search. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — En attendant la suite *2026-03-19* Très bon jeu où l’on peut se déplacer dans les différents plateaux ### 5/5 — More please *2026-03-14* Love this format as it meant the game lasted much longer and there is the option to continue playing some pf the puzzles and object finding indefinitely. A real plus when you have played all the available five bn games! ### 5/5 — Really smart game! *2025-08-25, version 1.1.4* Keeps you thinking! Hope you make a sequel! ### 5/5 — A different approach *2025-08-03, version 1.1.4* This game was a little confusing to get into as the plot drivers weren’t immediately obvious. Take time to learn where and what all the control options are. Be warned, you REALLY have to be willing to play endless hidden object games, often in the same location to accumulate what you need to progress. A good memory helps! What is surprising is that you don’t have to spend real money at all, if you use the collection/ hidden object engine to get what you need. I did spend a fiver only to avoid a particular type of puzzle. I then had one last go and solved it, so I didn’t need to spend, but hey the devs deserve it! Gameplay falls into daily sections, usually one task and the collection of five items. Once the five items are collected there may be additional items to complete the collection, which can be won by playing the several free HO locations or using the keeper eggs which you will discover. There are several keeper altars, each has a different type of puzzle. I mostly went for the Rush Hour / free a pin type and the game locked me out of that twice! All puzzles are timed and depending how quickly you solve them you may get up to 3 bonus items which add up in your collections. There is a good hint system ( the inkwell icon), a recap whenever you go to bed in the game ( in case those multiple HOs made you forget!), and the map ( far right) helpfully indicates green for action locations. The few times it goes blank, check your collection book, you probably have to do a few puzzles to collect what’s needed to progress. I was impressed by the attention to detail, especially the food being ate while listening to the elderly lady’s story, and the usual symbol use as well as colour for those with colourblindness. Nice work devs! It’s taken me four days, with two insomniac nights when I got fixated on it, to complete the main game. Instead of an extra mini adventure it goes into “ forever mode”, which I think means random quests for villagers as my first was a request for fruit collecting from the elderly lady we meet at the beginning. Seriously, sorry for the long review but this is app gaming at its best. I’m still amazed that it doesn’t aggressively monetise gameplay. If there is one slight niggle, there were a lot of missed opportunities for puzzles to be inserted after collecting, but it was done for you which was a bit disappointing. ### 5/5 — Please Make More *2025-07-19, version 1.1.4* I don’t understand why this game has a lower rating than the other FIVE-BN games. I enjoyed the mix of puzzle adventure and hidden object game genres. Would love to see a part two made. ### 5/5 — Great game *2025-06-08* I love this game so much I don’t write reviews but this game is so exciting love the graphics and the puzzles really keep me thinking I also love that we can earn eggs and diamonds, so please make more games like this one , I don’t have the money to buy any of these games I’m just a house wife and my husband is retired money is not available, Please I’m begging you to make more of this game ,I have played this one around 4 times I just can’t get enough. Thank you so much ### 5/5 — Interesting game. *2025-04-24, version 1.1.4* I like the collect and build aspect of the game. Never seen this added to this kind of game. Adds another layer of engagement. ### 5/5 — Great once you get the hang of it *2025-03-18, version 1.1.4* This isn’t like their other games, so it took some getting used to, but once I did I loved it. It is definitely challenging, but also fun and very long! Keep up the great work guys, love your games! ### 5/5 — Super ! *2025-03-02* Me suis régalée ! J’ai apprécié le game play plus riche que dans les différents lost land. Le système de collection qui s’incrémente et qui permet de gagner des diamants et autres items est bien pensé et permet une fluidité de jeu sans avoir a acheté quoi que ce soit, merci pour ça. Il y a également une belle diversité de casse têtes. Seuls bémols, sur iPad il n’est pas toujours facile d’avoir une réponse tactile rapide et un problème de traduction rend la recherche d’objets cachés parfois… surprenante ! 😉 (je veux bien vous faire les traductions ou corrections de traduction nécessaires). Pouvoir agrandir (un peu) certaines scènes d’objets cachés serait un plus. Avez-vous un jeu similaire à conseiller (même payant) parce que grâce à votre qualité de jeux gratuits, je n’hésiterai pas à acheter un de vos jeux. Merci à toute votre équipe ! J’espère qu’il y aura une suite à Lost Chronicles comme le laisse supposer la fin 👍 ### 5/5 — I absolutely love this game *2025-02-23, version 1.1.4* This game, the story and the visuals are amazing but I wish that there was more of the evil spirit thing I forget what it’s called and more of the chains imprisoning it being broken and the main girl I forget her name too having to battle it and maybe sacrificing herself to stop the evil spirit thing once and for all sorry it’s super long but this game is one of the best games I’ve ever played --- *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 2026-09-12.*