# Lost Within — user reviews > 50 indexed App Store user reviews of Lost Within by AMZN Mobile LLC, rated 4.40/5 from 593 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lost-within/id980274086/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lost-within/id980274086.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 431 · 4★ 69 · 3★ 34 · 2★ 26 · 1★ 33 ## What do users think of Lost Within? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Lengthy, well-thought-out story - 🎨 Amazing graphics for a mobile app - 👍 Smooth video scene transitions - 🎮 Interesting gameplay mechanics - 🕹️ Decent controls, easy to learn **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes - 🔁 Repetitive level design and environments - 🕹️ Clunky controls, especially for opening doors/lockers - 🕹️ Awkward camera/movement controls - 🕰️ Game felt a bit short for the price **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezing on 'Game Center' screen - Compatibility issues with older devices **Most requested features** - More chapters or a sequel to continue the story - Support for game controllers and Apple TV - More enemy variety and difficulty options - Ability to retry failed levels ## Newest reviews (10 of 50) ### 4/5 — Outlast ios *2015-10-08, version 1.0* This is Outlast for ios except, as another reviewer pointed out, the enemies aren't quite as freaky. That evil doctor in Outlast that cuts your fingers off and then chases you around looking under beds... Now that is freaky! Otherwise this game is pretty cool. I agree with one review that stated some tweaking of controls might be useful. ### 5/5 — Great, Totaly worth the money *2015-06-24, version 1.0* I was expecting more jumpscares but as I kept on going it was creepy and well thought out. I also liked how it all came together at the end like all the mysteries and secrets. ### 5/5 — !!!!Great Game for most part!!!! *2015-06-15, version 1.0* The story is good and the game is pretty scary especially if played at night. The only bad parts about this game is there are only 3 different monsters and it only last about 5-8 hours depending on how you play. It need more chapters added or a second game! ### 5/5 — Just get it!!!!! *2015-05-30, version 1.0* This game has an amazing story and when you keep on playing it every step you take it will scare the crap out of you. This story is scary and fun it's worth it to buy it. ### 5/5 — Already love it *2015-05-26, version 1.0* I only played a little bit so far, and I can already tell it is going to be a good game. This is also my first shot at survival horror and this game is a great place to start. ### 5/5 — Really digging this one so far *2015-05-20, version 1.0* This is the sort of premium experience that I hope we get more of in the tablet space. No ads, timers, or constant pushing of IAP here. The graphics are great, the atmosphere is great, sound effects, controls, it is all great. If you like survival horror genre this is a no brainer. ### 4/5 — Truly Horrifying! *2015-05-09, version 1.0* I'm a fan of many horror games on PC. If you are like me, you will love this game! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. I am still not done with the game, however I heard it was short. Something interesting to add to this game would be more ways to explore while not getting sidetracked from your original mission. Almost like side quests. I just think the game needs a bit more for the money. The graphics are great for a mobile device. I also liked how at some parts of the game required strategy. I was also surprised by the storyline in this game. Loved it! Can't wait to see what other games this creator makes! Keep up the good work. ### 4/5 — Over priced *2015-05-05, version 1.0* Visually stunning, with head phones it completely draws you into a horrifying story... Unfortunately it's only a walk through game. Many doors with only one way out. That's true, but only one way to get there, the only way you can go. Controls need tweaking, not great... ### 5/5 — Amazing *2015-04-29, version 1.0* Oh my gosh. This game was amazing! There were parts I was really scared from certain monsters, and that added to the experience. I don't really do horror games but this one was well worth the money!! It was addicting, and just a great experience :) ### 5/5 — Truly amazing *2015-04-27, version 1.0* Graphics:amazing story:amazing the game overall is one of the best on iOS in a while even the game is a little short (7-8 Hours) the presentation alone over shadows that. 5/5 stars ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Too Hard *2015-10-03, version 1.0* This game is fine until you get to the 3rd chapter. Then it becomes incredibly hard. I understand survival horror involves running from monsters, but here the monsters are too difficult to escape. There are several levels I had to play over 10 times to pass, and I finally quit when I couldn't finish one after 20 tries. DON'T MAKE THE GAME SO HARD! It shouldn't be a contest between the developers and the players. You can always win, we get it. Now the challenge is to make it hard but playable. ### 2/5 — It felt like a drag at all times. *2016-12-28, version 1.0* When I bought this app, I was hoping to buy a mobile game which demonstrated amazing graphics, a well designed movement system, an intriguing story line, and in general, a challenging gameplay. All these expectations were considered from the plethora of positive reviews made by people on the internet and from the reviews made in the AppStore. This game did not meet my expectations. The graphics were a little above average, the gameplay is repetitive and boring since AI is not that intelligent, and in fact too easy to dodge. The movement system is a smart attempt for a mobile game, but it feels clunky when moving, especially when there are lots of enemies in a certain level. Characters and the story line is a bit above average, but the ending of the game is too confusing to comprehend, as it just feels incomplete (I will not tell the ending because I would not want to spoil the ending for any player. I also played the campaign 2 times to confirm the ending). Horror. This was the key reason I bought this game. This game lacks jump scare horror and creepy horror. It is just not that scary. That makes the whole game, especially from reviews and how the game is described, seem like a ruse. Every individual is untitled to their opinion, however. Most people like this game, but I personally do not. I believe this is a 2/5. ### 2/5 — Painfully Average *2015-12-10, version 1.0* Lost Within is about as generic as its title. Overrated graphics and gameplay with cardboard characters, and a boring storyline that barely kept my interest. The enemies aren't even scary, just like its atmosphere. The only thing scary about Lost Within is its price tag. Coming from an avid 26-year old gamer that's a huge fan of survival horror video games and horror movies, I think this might appeal to 12 and 13 year olds with rich parents. It was really hard for me to tap 2 stars and not give this game a 1 star rating. I gave it 2 stars just for creative effort, and because it's not truly worthy of getting one single star like a lot of the free independent garbage that lurks around on the App Store. ### 2/5 — Not scary. Disappointed. *2015-11-26, version 1.0* Full disclosure: I played the game for about 10 minutes. The voice acting is painful. The movement was frustrating though I appreciate the effort at innovating touch controls. And worst of all I found the encounter with the monster to be yawn inducing. It's not the worst game on the iOS store, but there's too many other, much better games to waste my time with this one. ### 2/5 — Meh, the early levels were OK, then... *2015-05-03, version 1.0* Meh, the early levels were OK. The graphics are decent, but not exceptional. The dialog in the the cut scenes in simplistic and the story line is predictable. The sound is atmospheric (better with headphones) but repetitive and the controls are a bit awkward. However, the game play is lacking. Too much time spent tapping on highlighted items just to follow a recipe to craft an item. All the levels feel the same, run around and blast past monsters then hide in a locker. Watch a cut scene. It’s moderately scary, but it’s not worth the price. ### 3/5 — Good game but seriously should have Apple TV with game controller support! *2016-10-20, version 1.0* I just don't understand these games that are difficult on small screens that don't take advantage of making the app available on the Apple TV 4 with added game controller support. It just makes no good sense to me to pass this option up as a developer! ### 3/5 — Good, but not my fav *2015-11-11, version 1.0* This game is alright for a pastime, but in general it just doesn't quite hit the spot. It has a good story and the pacing is pretty good; however, the endless repetition of the environment gets old quick. The further you progress in the game, the more noticeable the "recycling" of visuals becomes. To me, a good game should visually reflect where you are and a general progression as you play, but 95% of this game are the same hallways or rooms with the same lockers, desks, and cabinets. It also didn't quite pull off setting an atmosphere. I felt like I was playing an updated version of Wolfenstein 3D. While I don't regret purchasing this game, I wouldn't go out of my way to purchase it again. ### 3/5 — Repetitive level design, clunky controls, laughable story *2015-08-19, version 1.0* I am a huge fan of survival horror games. Some of my recent favorites were Outlast and Amnesia. The idea of having a similar experience on an iPad or iPhone was too good to pass up. Graphically speaking it looks pretty good and sounds great too. Gameplay is not perfect but decent. You can craft various items that can be used to lure enemies away, temporarily stun enemies, lay traps, or heal yourself. Unfortunately that's pretty much it in regard to the good. The controls can be frustrating sometimes. It's very easy to get stuck next to doors or accidentally click the wrong direction. Very frustrating when you're trying to escape from a baddy that really wants to kill you. The story is garbage and laughable and unfortunately the game is kind of repetitive. It is broken down into three chapters and all three chapters basically follow the exact same formula. In addition the level design is very repetitive. You will find yourself traveling down similar-looking hallways and rooms endlessly. Since the game isn't very expensive and some would say it gets a pass for being on a mobile platform, I don't think that's a good excuse. In fact I would have gladly paid $20 for a better game. If you're desperate to play a half baked survival horror game on mobile platform then it might be worth it otherwise I would stick to the much better games on console or pc that do it so much better. ### 3/5 — Gets boring quick *2015-06-08, version 1.0* Like others, I found this initially scary but it gets really repetitive really quick. All 3 characters (chapters) are basically the same game. Hide in a locker, search drawers to build stuff, find and read notes. That's basically it. I went out of the way looking for puzzle pieces and after the game was done... what for? You also can't retry levels which is a huge disappointment. Towards the end, the scenes made me nauseous they were so shaky. The ending is abrupt and gives us no idea to what happens to the madman. There is so much buildup of the story by reading all of that asylum inter-office mail - that you just spent hours searching for - and the end is incredibly weak. If they have a second game to continue the story, I'll pass. ### 3/5 — Amazing, then good, now ok; *2015-05-29, version 1.0* This game looked like outlast on the trailer but when I played it I was slightly disappointed game developers good job on making it scary, but what is a horror game if you can't crouch lol. Yes... There is no crouch button. And after a while I learned that the AI go back and forth and then repeat the cycle over and over again etc etc. BUT I love how when they move the enemies sound like they are constantly stepping on a Doritos bag with chips in it. I love it. The one thing that made the AI hard to go against was when there were 8 enemies in a single room. The controls are pretty fricking awkward and they probley almost got me killed. Opening a door or locker on its own is just so hard to do and in a horror game you need to open doors at lighting speed. Any way the game was fun I beat in like 2-3 hours without dying. This was my first very interesting horror iOS experience this and Fnaf Good Job ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — This was $3.99?!?! *2022-03-13, version 1.0* This is the first review I’ve written for an app. I just wanted to say that I appreciate the game developers giving us such a lengthy, well thought of and detailed story plot. It was entertaining and exciting and it was like a mystery/horror movie unraveling. For $4 I did not expect the game to have such a long game play. Also, the graphics are amazing for a mobile app and they even a cool feature by tilting your phone and your first person camera view would lean left and right on the screen. The videos scenes were very smooth and transitioned so well. Totally worth it!!! So glad I purchased it and gave it a try! ### 5/5 — Whattt *2020-09-25, version 1.0* I literally just payed a couple dollars for this game, the game opened and told me to make sure asylum was empty and now it is frozen on a ‘game center’ screen. No exit buttons work. Restarting the game does not work. ### 5/5 — Wow *2019-02-18, version 1.0* I’m only on chapter four but I dab already tell this is going to be an awesome experience. The game genuinely gave me chills and i almost screamed a couple times. I can’t wait to play more! ### 5/5 — Amazing Game *2018-11-28, version 1.0* First of all, this is an INCREDIBLE game. I HIGHLY recommend it. My only complaint is that it gets a bit repetitive at times. For example, smaller enemies would just keep showing up and interrupting the story. I liked the smaller enemies, but I didn’t like having to constantly avoid them while I was trying to enjoy the story. Other than that, no complaints. Good graphics, great story, great actors, and genuinely creepy as opposed to a lot of modern horror which is just jump scares and gore. This game does have those, but it also has a disturbing story and a really creepy atmosphere. ### 5/5 — Grand Old Time! *2018-11-12, version 1.0* I have to say, this was a really good game! I loved the first-person perspective, and the slight movements of objects and random sounds; those things all added to the creep factor. I think the splitting of the game into episodes, and three different characters was brilliant and allowed for the different view of the situation from each character, and opened the gateway for three separate stories that were all connected. The visions into the past had the perfect of amount of shock and horror. I have to say, the ending actually caught me off guard and gave me one of those “oh my god” moments. Surprising me is a very hard thing to do, and happens rarely. Now, I will admit that the controls were kind of wonky, especially with opening doors, and if you tilted your phone, the character would move. But, overall, I think this game was excellent; great story, decent graphics for an IOS game, pretty good for the horror genre, and really fun to play. I can’t wait to see what else the developer will create! ### 5/5 — A little like outlast and mental hospital accept you don't have night vision *2017-08-19, version 1.0* This is a little like outlast a definite must play horror game controls are pretty good no bugs and no crashes much more scary and added the scariest monsters yet and I feel like this is the only good horror game that's on App Store that compare to outlast cuz outlast has monsters this game has monsters and it has long hallways outlast has long hallways this is just like outlast only thing is you don't have a night vision camera ### 5/5 — I find controls to be easy to learn *2016-03-03, version 1.0* I found the controls pretty easy to pick up on. A few things took me awhile to pick up on, like peeking around corners. I had previously attempted to play Forgotten Memories and the sloppy controls were impossible. So I am loving Lost Within by comparison! ### 5/5 — Why am I here? *2015-12-09, version 1.0* It is 2:30 am and this game is scaring me to death. I want to go back and finish (I am hiding in a locker atm) but I have to build up some courage. Love the game. Ok, I'm going back in. If you hear a scream, come and help me ok? ### 5/5 — Awesome game!!! *2015-12-05, version 1.0* My only complaint is that i wish it was longer, not saying it was too short, because in no way was it too short, I just want more of the story! Awesome game!!!!!! ### 5/5 — Creepy fun *2015-07-31, version 1.0* This game is great!! I love everything about it! It is a great game to play at night! This game really gives you the spooks! Plus it can sometimes can sometimes be hard to finish a chapter or even episode. I recommend this game to anyone who wants to get spooked!!! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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