# MicroMacro: Downtown Detective — user reviews > 348 indexed App Store user reviews of MicroMacro by Soft Boiled Games, rated 4.80/5 from 672 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/micromacro-downtown-detective/id6639613950/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/micromacro-downtown-detective/id6639613950.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 615 · 4★ 27 · 3★ 17 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 9 ## What do users think of MicroMacro? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Great adaptation of the board game - 👍 Helpful to mark things on the map - 👍 Ability to zoom in on details - 👍 Challenging and engaging gameplay - 👍 Smooth and fun experience **Cons** - 🔕 Repetitive sound effects - 💡 Lack of a mode to play without guidance **Commonly reported bugs** - Typo in the tutorial **Most requested features** - Add a mode to play without any guidance, just marking the relevant clues - Allow drawing circles and arrows on the map ## Newest reviews (16 of 348) ### 4/5 — Super *2026-08-30* J’ai adoré ! Ça regorge de petits détails, c’est fascinant et super ludique de retrouver le chemin parcouru par les personnages. ### 4/5 — Très bon jeu *2026-08-29* Je m’amuse beaucoup à résoudre les énigmes mais je trouve que ça manque de fond et d’histoire poussé, de musique différente Sinon jeu très plaisant ### 4/5 — Great *2026-08-28* Love the game, shame there isn’t any more cases yet but hopefully there will be soon. Some are rather difficult but using the hints you still have to figure it out instead of just being given the answer which I like! Only thing is that it’s too spaced out when tracking someone for me but that’s personal preference ### 4/5 — Much like hidden folks *2026-08-28* Really like this game so purchased it. The huge boxes with instruction/narrative are really annoying. I keep swiping them to get a better view. I thinks well worth £5.99. Rather pay than have to put up with adverts. ### 3/5 — Very vague but the art is great *2026-08-17, version 1.2.11* No new puzzles. Disappointing The clues are very vague ands the hints even more so. I can’t finish the last case because there is absolutely no way to know the answer to a question even with the hint. What I think should be right isn’t. So i get stuck. Not worth the cost for what you get. Some “crimes” only take a few minutes to solve if you’re good at remembering where things are. ### 5/5 — Great game but please add more *2026-08-16, version 1.2.11* Pls pls pls add more expansions already done all of them twice and need new cases please hard boiled I will easily pay in a heartbeat that’s how fun this game is. So pls pls pls pls ### 5/5 — Fun and Addictive! *2026-08-14, version 1.2.11* Clever, relaxing, and surprisingly challenging. Finding the hidden clues is incredibly satisfying—highly recommended! ### 5/5 — I love this game! *2026-08-13, version 1.2.11* I’ve enjoyed every moment of this game! I’ve bought every extension and check back for more every few weeks, I can’t wait for what the developers come up with next. ### 5/5 — Sehr kurzweilig, interessante Idee, fantastische Bilder *2026-08-02* Im Prinzip handelt sich (auf einem Bordspiel beruhend) um ein riesiges Wimmelbild, bei dem neben der Gegenwart auch „die Vergangenheit“ (Z.B. verschiedene Positionen der gleichen Person beim Gang von A nach B) gezeigt werden. Damit sind Detektivfälle zu lösen, indem man den richtigen Personen im riesigen Wimmelbild folgt. Sehr kurzweilig, mit Erweiterungen, und mit sehr einfachen bis ziemlich umfangreichen und anspruchsvollen Fällen. ### 4/5 — Нет русского языка. There is no Russian language. *2026-07-29* Очень хорошая интересная игра, но удалила, так как не хватает русского языка. Каждый день слежу, жду когда добавят. Добавьте пожалуйста русский язык.🙏🏻 It's a very good and interesting game, but I deleted it because there's a lack of Russian language. I follow it every day and wait for it to be added. Please add the Russian language.🙏🏻 **Developer response:** We can't promise anything yet, but Russian is definitely on the list of languages we want to add in the future :) ### 2/5 — Которая , не подписано что это Демо версия *2026-07-26* Прошел за 20-25 минут , прикольная но очень короткая ### 4/5 — Заебок *2026-07-25* Русский язык сделай ### 5/5 — Good game *2026-07-24, version 1.2.11* When are more levels coming out ### 5/5 — Obsessed *2026-07-22, version 1.2.11* This game is so great. It’s my favorite game and all of my friends downloaded it because of me. My only suggestion is add Arabic as one of the languages and please never ever stop making more cases and cities. ### 5/5 — Brilliant and addictive! *2026-07-22* Love all the cases.. full of humour and unusual characters. Very clever and engaging. Only wish there were more cases to be solved. ### 5/5 — Micro Macro Review *2026-07-18, version 1.2.11* Loved playing this game. Didn’t mind paying for it and the additional games, just wish there were MORE! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Payant *2026-08-27* Une version jouable pour montrer le jeu dure quelques minutes, vous mets l’eau à la bouche car le jeu a l’air super, mais le jeux est entièrement payant. Ça fout les boules ### 1/5 — Not entirely free *2026-08-14, version 1.2.11* Two scenarios are free, after that, you have to buy the game ### 1/5 — Add more locations! *2026-08-11* Just add more locations, please. I can see there’s an airport about there’s no updates so please add more locations cases to solve. ### 1/5 — Lies about paying for full game *2026-08-03, version 1.2.11* I honestly loved this game while playing so when I saw the massive map and a one time purchase for the “full game” for around $5 I thought it was a good deal. I then played through the rest of that area to be met with another purchase request?? This is incredibly misleading and not worth the price for the amount of gameplay you actually get. Not happy at all. Even the app support claims that it is a one time purchase but then later on in a different response claims there are expansions packs. ### 1/5 — Tem que comprar *2026-06-23* Depois de uma partida já pediram pra comprar o jogo que saco ### 1/5 — “Unlock full game” not full game. Very bitter *2026-02-27, version 1.2.4* When first picking this up, I loved it enough to buy the full $5 game—especially after seeing the note that they have “more levels coming soon”—because it’s relatively short. To me, adding levels later on seems like an obvious way to keep folks who’ve already bought & enjoyed the game engaged, and it obviously entices new players to pick it up, so that’s what I was expecting. But I was wrong. Now, they want me to pay an additional $4 for expansions to the “full game” I already paid $5 for…? On the iOS store? Disappointing. I understand trying to get your bag, but this isn’t a AAA game ported to the iPhone. It’s a short, enjoyable, but simple game. Plus, the way they’ve worded everything/dangled the carrot feels like false advertising. Call me cheap, confused, stupid—I don’t care: $5 is a lot for a short iOS game, $4 is a lot for an even shorter expansion, and I’m frustrated that I’m not getting the value I believed to be signing up for. I wish the devs well because their game is fun, but their business practices suck. ### 1/5 — Only first 3 cases are free *2026-01-30, version 1.2.4* Then you’re forced to pay for the man game. Fun game, dumb purchase strategy. Unsubscribe. Thumbs down. Don’t waste your time. ### 1/5 — You had to kill the dog? *2026-01-16, version 1.2.2* Unnecessary and not an “accident” if you wrote the plot. Why not write the dog found? Plus I very much resent after buying the expansion pack that I have to replay all the original! Including the dog killing one! Inconsiderate. ### 1/5 — Русский язык *2026-01-07* Нету русского языка ### 1/5 — Не могу разблокировать детям игру *2026-01-07* Купила через свой профиль. У детей нажимаю «купить игру», приходит сообщение, что член семьи уже купил эту игру, она для вас бесплатна. И дальше выходит ошибка-ничего не меняется. Не можем поиграть ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love this game *2026-09-02* I was looking for something to inverse myself for a entertainment finding game. The characters, the search, the different positions present, and past. It reminded me of one of my favorite cartoonist QUINO. I have finish all search now and definitely follow this developers. AWESOME GAME, THANK YOU GUYS! ### 5/5 — Ashnell *2026-08-31, version 1.2.11* Great game ### 5/5 — Prenant *2026-08-29* Jeu très sympa et prenant. Toujours envie de résoudre le mystère suivant. Décor addictifs avec pleins de détails. Manque un peu de difficulté parfois. Un niveau un peu supérieur afin de garantir une plus grande durée de vie serait bienvenue. Il serait bien également de ne faire apparaître cartai,s détails qu'au fur et à mesure de la progression car cela donne souvent des indices pour les mystères suivants. Le plus : pas d'abonnement comme certains jeu. Un achat unique et on peut en profiter tranquillement. Hâte d'avoir une nouvelle extension. ### 5/5 — Jeu payant malheureusement mais excellent *2026-08-27* J’ai testé la partie gratuite. On a presque trop d’aide, on pourrait y passer des heures sans trop d’indices tellement c’est agréable. Je trouve le jeu excellent et créatif donc c’est pour vous encourager. ### 5/5 — Nice one Sherlock *2026-08-25, version 1.2.11* This game is quite good, gets your mind thinking and your eyes peeled. Identify and recognition is the key. Unfortunately I will not be paying for the full game @ £6. Sorry guys !! ### 5/5 — Wish it was longer *2026-08-24, version 1.2.11* Great game really detailed ### 5/5 — Original and addictive *2026-08-24* I was looking for a unique game with fun puzzles and stumbled across MicroMacro. I am happy to report that this game is absolutely worth a try. Once I got started, I just couldn’t put it down! I was actually really sad when I ran out of cases to solve. The game play is so unique and has a fair bit of challenge that made my brain do some work (in the best way, of course). The cases are also all interesting and keep me, for lack of better terms, at the edge of my iPad. I absolutely can’t wait for the next release! I don’t know if you devs can work your dev magic and send app notifications so that I can know exactly when the next release or update comes out but I am super excited for what’s to come! Thanks for the fun game and keep up the great work :) **Developer response:** Thank you for this banger review! We’re currently working on new cases and plan to release them by the end of the year. To not miss out on anything, go to micromacro-game.com and sign up for our newsletter. No spam, pinky promise! Just bonus cases, announcements and behind the scenes every few months :) ### 5/5 — Better than the original board game *2026-08-22* I would first like to state that I have not yet played the board game though I have purchased it, while researching the original before my purchase I only found a hand full of reviews had any none constructive complaints and criticism with the overwhelming majority loving most of it and the remaining reviews were similar, as they thought that same aspects were good as the majority but found the parts of gameplay that were lacking to be too severe to enjoy. The frustration mostly came from the short experience, lack of clues and shortage of content in each game and difficulty replaying. And thought these problems are near impossible to solve in a board game format while still accounting for every type of player and preferred style the mobile game solves all such problems, and there solutions to such complaints were so expertly designed that they accounted for all of there players presences without the need of settings besides of course Music and Sound Effects with one other setting that only makes a minor change. They accomplished this by allowing the player to use optional hints that are still somewhat vague at times and has slightly less cases that each take around 10 to 45 minutes of your time depending on the case and skill level and though there’s only been one expansion so far we are very likely to receive many more expansions in the near future. Though replayability is still an issue after a while in my experience it becomes somewhat enjoyable and it’s still a very fun experience and easy way to pass the time. ### 5/5 — Love This Game *2026-08-19, version 1.2.11* When are you coming out with more mobile cases? ### 5/5 — Addicted!!! *2026-08-17* Wow! This is the best game ever! So much fun!!!! 100 stars from me ❤️ --- *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 2026-09-09.*