# Milo and the Magpies — user reviews > 239 indexed App Store user reviews of Milo and the Magpies by Second Maze, rated 4.80/5 from 509 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/milo-and-the-magpies/id1529462789/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/milo-and-the-magpies/id1529462789.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 437 · 4★ 42 · 3★ 20 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 4 ## What do users think of Milo and the Magpies? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🐱 Adorable characters - 🎨 Gorgeous artwork - 🎶 Lovely music - 👍 Relaxing and calming experience - 🧠 Engaging and unique puzzles - 🎉 Heartwarming story **Cons** - 🕰️ Game is too short - 🤔 Some puzzles are not intuitive - 🐛 Occasional technical issues - 💰 Perceived as overpriced for the length **Commonly reported bugs** - Unresponsive controls in certain scenes - Inability to reset progress in a chapter **Most requested features** - More levels and chapters - Difficulty options - Ability to replay chapters ## Newest reviews (16 of 239) ### 3/5 — Milo and the magpies *2026-02-25* Milo and the Magpies Review I downloaded Milo and the Magpies through a recommendation from Rusty Lake, whose games I absolutely love. Because of that, I went in with high expectations—but ultimately, I felt somewhat disappointed. Positives - I was immediately impressed by the sound design and atmosphere. The music complements the scenery perfectly, and I genuinely loved how immersive it felt. I also enjoyed the level design and discovering secrets after finishing the game, which was a nice extra touch. Negatives - The biggest issue for me was the lack of puzzles. There’s roughly one puzzle per chapter across 12 chapters. While Rusty Lake makes puzzle games, this felt more like a game with puzzles rather than a true puzzle game. The puzzles themselves were mostly uneventful and forgettable. Many of them boiled down to tapping the screen in different places. Whenever I picked up an item, the game immediately told me what to do with it, which removed any sense of problem-solving. If I wasn’t tapping randomly, I was either searching for numbers in the background or watching a cutscene. Constantly having to tap Milo was especially frustrating—it felt like I was tapping my screen for hours. I was rarely engaged unless the story was involved, which I did enjoy, though even that concluded with a very long cutscene. Overall - Milo and the Magpies isn’t a bad game, but it’s very brief, somewhat frustrating, and lacks engaging gameplay. I’ve played this developer’s other games—my favorite being Mitoza—and this one just didn’t leave much of an impression. When I finished, I didn’t feel proud, happy, or sad; it simply ended too quickly, with too little content, and what content there was felt underwhelming. I may still play more of this developer’s games in the future—I’m currently playing Milo Christmas, though it seems to have similar issues. I also didn’t love The White Door, but that’s a discussion for another time. ### 2/5 — Не покупайте *2025-10-28* Игра не стоит своих денег . Мало уровней , все уровни легки в прохождении , рисовка средняя. Бесплатно - можно поиграть ### 2/5 — Cute, but impenetrable *2025-08-09, version 1.6* A cute story but almost unplayable without hints and the walk through. Not worth the payoff. Nice music for sure. ### 5/5 — Nice *2024-12-25, version 1.6* Soooooo cute! Good cat good magpies! Finished it on Christmas Eve🎄feel warm💕 ### 5/5 — Super *2024-12-21* So liebevoll und nett gestaltetes Spiel. Die Geschichte einer kleinen Katze und ihre Abenteuer. Ich gab es genossen. Mehr davon. ### 3/5 — Naja *2024-11-25* die Idee ist großartig, der Grund für nur drei Sterne ist die extrem schlechte steuerung, obwohl ich das Spiel auf dem ipad gespielt habe. ich konnte es nicht zu ende spielen, da der Laserpen meine Aktivität nicht umsetzen konnte. Schade fürs Geld. eine Möglichkeit zu überspringen wäre hilfreich gewesen, so ist es dann Abzocke. Die "Hilfe" ist leider auch keine Hilfe 😔 ### 5/5 — A wonderful game *2024-11-18* A really sweet and fun game. It’s a bit short but the puzzles are engaging and original. It’s not like any other puzzle/escape game I’ve played. Much of the puzzling is figuring out what exactly is required, and there was a lot of exploring and interacting with the environment to find the solutions, but it’s all there if you look carefully and try different things. And like every game, once you get a sense of how the dev thinks, it all opens up. Each time I found a solution it was so satisfying, and the stunningly beautiful artwork makes it a pleasure to spend time in this world. The music is also wonderful. Well done, dev! I hope you’re at work on your next game. 😀 Now I have to go play it again to see if I can find more secrets. **Developer response:** Many thanks for your extensive feedback, awesome to hear that you've enjoyed Milo and the Magpies so much. Good luck and have fun discovering all the secrets! ### 5/5 — Great first game! *2024-11-15, version 1.6* Enjoyable and innovative…relaxing game ### 5/5 — 可爱猫猫回家记 *2024-11-04, version 1.6* 超级温馨！ ### 5/5 — cute story, feel good game *2024-10-24, version 1.6* as above, worth the purchase ### 5/5 — Milo and the magpies *2024-09-17, version 1.6* Great graphics , lovely music , good atmosphere to lose yourself in Well done . ### 5/5 — Fantastic! *2024-09-11* This game is fabulous! My husband & I started playing it this evening & we couldn’t put it down. Chapter after chapter had us enthralled & intrigued. The puzzles are so much fun! A couple of times we were tempted to cheat & look for a walkthrough but then my hubby figured it out so we didn’t need to. We sat & pondered & thought & wondered & finally figured each chapter out. The only complaint I have is that now we’re going to bed way later than we intended! WHAT A GREAT GAME. Thank you very much to the creators. (We’ll be playing it again just to get the “secrets” in each chapter, as we didn’t find them all). Wow…we had such fun! ### 5/5 — LOVED IT *2024-08-19* I can’t believe this is this guys’ first game it was so sweet and textured and fun! I burst out laughing when he started dancing and the puzzles were challenging but super engaging. MAKE MORE🙏🙏 ### 5/5 — A Sweet Adventure *2024-08-05, version 1.6* This game is very sweet! A visual delight and fun way to relax. The music is charming, the artistry is very creative and the game play is satisfying with clever puzzles and a cute cast of characters. It’s a delightful little ‘short story’ that will leave you with a smile. Bravo! ### 5/5 — Beautiful *2024-07-28, version 1.6* Great game with great graphics,but needs more clues to solve puzzles. ### 5/5 — The purrfect game *2024-06-25* The puzzles are unique. You just need to pay a bit more attention than you’d usually do, to the background and what the characters do. (Review by a 10 y.o.) ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Milo *2026-04-23, version 1.6* Lame game ### 1/5 — Caro *2025-05-10* Para um jogo de meia hora… ### 1/5 — Boring puzzle game *2025-05-10, version 1.6* Purchased as rusty lake recommended it in the 10 y anniversary game. Disappointed, the quality is far below rusty lake. ### 1/5 — ほんわかするけど‥ *2024-11-11* つまらない ### 1/5 — Bof *2024-03-31* Trop court je regrette d’avoir payé pour ça ### 1/5 — Nostalgic *2023-04-11* Loved it, the game was created beautifully. Funny enough, it brought back some old childhood memories. Thank you 😊 ### 1/5 — 45 min *2022-10-19, version 1.6* Too short ### 1/5 — Cute but not worth it. *2022-09-10* Could be great but a bit clunky and basic ### 1/5 — Cute isn’t enough *2022-05-18, version 1.5* Horribly annoying game play ### 1/5 — Unexpected help level does not work. *2022-02-26* There are other people who have this problem and it’s a poor show as this is a short game that you have to pay for, let alone it does not work. Their solution is to rest the level and this does not work, then they want screen recordings sent to them, why should the buyer have to jump through hoops to help them fix the poor programmed game. They do not offer refunds ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Beautiful, but short *2026-02-15, version 1.6* Great game, clever gameplay, moving story, love it. Just waaaay too short. Took 30 minutes to an hour to finish. ### 5/5 — After So Many Horror Games, Something Sweet! *2026-02-01* First of all, very enjoyable game. Simple yet unique concept. The element that really drew me in was the music. It made the game feel like a Wes Anderson film. Also, ever since I started playing Rusty Lake games, I’ve gained an appreciation for games that utilize hand drawn graphics. Thank you for this beautiful little work of art. Please continue to grace the world with more. **Developer response:** Milo's got your back! Thank you for your review:) Make sure to check out Milo and the Christmas gift too! ### 5/5 — As always super fun to play *2025-10-27, version 1.6* I was trying to find another job and find this game in between. The game made me forget the problem and long waiting bus time. Thanks! ### 5/5 — Понравилось! *2025-09-18* Очень милая игра. Даже жаль что короткая. Зацепила сразу своими иллюстрациями как акварель ### 5/5 — Great! *2025-09-14, version 1.6* Most adorable game ever! loved it and the puzzles were difficult ### 5/5 — Adorable and very relaxing game play *2025-08-19, version 1.6* Loved playing this game…hoping there will be added chapters! ### 5/5 — Jeu calme et reposant 🌬️ *2025-08-18* J’ai beaucoup aimé ce jeu doux et calmes, malgré les aventures rocambolesques de Milo le chat gris. J’ai bien aimé quand il danse et sa relation avec les pies. 🤠 Je comprends que certaines personnes aient pu trouver ça court, mais personnellement j’ai trouvé ça suffisant, et cohérent avec un chat qui n’était pas loin de sa maison. 🙂 On a peut-être pris l’habitude de jeux où tout va vite, alors que là pour profiter de ce jeu et de ses détails il faut prendre son temps, ce que j’ai trouvé très agréable ! C’est incroyable que tous ces décors aient été peint à la main ! J’aime beaucoup le style que ça donne. Les personnages eux ont été faits en numérique n’est-ce-pas ? Merci pour cette belle aventure dans la peau de Milo ! 🤗 ### 5/5 — Gorgeous *2025-06-12* Such a sweet little game, with a level of craftsmanship we don’t see very often on mobile. It’s a bit lumpy in places but that all part of its charm. Hope this is a sign of more small premium games like this. ### 5/5 — Schöner kleiner Zeitvertreib *2025-03-16* Ich hatte viel Spaß mit milo und seinem Abenteuer auf dem Weg nach Hause. ### 5/5 — Lovely graphics *2025-03-10* Yes it’s short, and simplistic. But I think it’s rather nice that it’s a game even small children could play without asking for much help. My 6 year old niece completed it in about an hour, and only really needed help twice (For the padlock/box!). But I think the graphics, and music are nice. And the little details, like the hidden things, are a nice touch. I look forward to seeing more from this person. --- *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 2026-08-30.*