# Mystery Box 3: Escape The Room — user reviews > 50 indexed App Store user reviews of Mystery Box 3 by XSGames, rated 4.10/5 from 110 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mystery-box-3-escape-the-room/id6443392768/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mystery-box-3-escape-the-room/id6443392768.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 66 · 4★ 19 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 13 ## What do users think of Mystery Box 3? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎨 Visually appealing graphics - 🧠 Challenging and fun puzzles - 💡 Great brain teaser - 👍 Enjoyable gameplay - ✨ Interactive 3D puzzles - 🎶 Nice music - 📚 Interesting lore/information - 🚀 Smooth and accurate controls - 💡 Developer support is responsive - 🌟 Keeps interest, not impossible - 👍 Developer assistance is helpful **Cons** - 🤔 Puzzles are illogical/obscure - ❓ Clues are unhelpful/frustrating - 🔄 Rules change within stages - 🧩 UI and answer positions don't match - 🤷 Multiple interpretations, fixed answer - 😩 Frustrating experience - 😵 Not intuitive - 💸 Paid content issues - 🐌 Slow response buttons - 📉 Puzzles are too short - 🚫 No landscape mode - 😫 Progress not saved - ❌ Tutorial doesn't work - 🪲 Game bugs - 🧩 Some puzzles don't open/work - 😵 Difficulty with specific levels (e.g., Level 10) - 🤔 Clues are more observations than hints - 🧐 Camera angles make finding clues difficult - 💸 Unexpected charges - 🚫 Pay to play model - ❓ Meaningless puzzles - 😵 Confusing puzzles - ❓ Unclear objectives - 🤔 Difficulty understanding clues - 🤷 Guessing to solve puzzles - ❓ Unclear what to do - 😵 Stuck on specific puzzles - 😵 Difficulty with butterfly puzzle - 😵 Difficulty with clock puzzle - 😵 Difficulty with level 10 - 😵 Difficulty with 'Price of Illusion' level - 😵 Difficulty with 'Tears of the Dragon' level - 😵 Difficulty with 'Unsolved Historical Mystery' level - 😵 Difficulty with level 8 - 😵 Difficulty with level 9 - 😵 Difficulty with level 10 - 😵 Difficulty with last puzzle in level 10 - 😵 Difficulty with wheel at top of box - 😵 Difficulty with numbers on dial in one box - 😵 Difficulty with butterfly puzzle - 😵 Difficulty with butterfly/insect mystery - 😵 Difficulty with level 10 - 😵 Difficulty with level 10 - 😵 Difficulty with level 10 - 😵 Difficulty with clock puzzle - 😵 Difficulty with level 10 - 😵 Difficulty with last puzzle in level 10 **Commonly reported bugs** - Puzzles don't work - Tutorial doesn't function - Premium pack does not work - Restore Purchase fails - Game does not remember progress - Progress not transferred to different devices - Bug in 'Price of Illusion' level - Bug in level 8 - Clock puzzle won't work on iPad - Wallpaper ad persists after purchase - Wheel at top of box inaccessible - Glitch in level 10 - Level 10 won't accept numbers on dial - Unsolved Historical Mystery on Level 8 won't open - Level 9 finicky with click spot - Double-clicking to zoom is tricky - Clock puzzle won't work - Wallpaper ad issue - Wheel at top of box inaccessible - Level 10 bug - Clock puzzle doesn't work on iPad **Most requested features** - Save progress between sessions - Landscape mode - More intuitive clues - Smoother controls - Fix bugs preventing progress - More hints or more specific hints - Walkthroughs for difficult levels - Fix purchase issues - Fix progress saving across devices - Fix bugs in specific levels - Improve clue clarity ## Newest reviews (11 of 50) ### 4/5 — Gheesh *2025-11-19, version 1.66* It’s difficult ### 4/5 — Intéressant *2025-02-10* Visuel bien fait mais indices frustrantes car pas toujours cohérentes avec la mise en scène. Exemple, entre autre: les canons du bateau ?? **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, really appreciated! ### 4/5 — Tricky *2024-07-16* Lovely game. Some of the boxes are very hard and require perseverance. The graphics are quite lovely and makes the game enjoyable. Thank you. **Developer response:** Thanks for your review, glad you enjoyed this puzzle adventure! Check out more games at https://xsgames.co for more fun, and tell your friends what they're missing out on ;) ### 2/5 — The puzzles are illogical *2023-08-29* I paid for the full game, but was quite disappointed in it. The majority of the puzzles don’t seem to make much sense. The animation is not as slick as The Room. And there isn’t a landscape mode. C’mon guys, who uses their iPad in portrait mode to play games? I won’t be bothering with the rest of the series **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, I appreciate it. I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy the puzzles, they require you to think out-of-the-box sometimes, this makes the game a bit more challenging than other ones in the scene :) ### 4/5 — Très bon jeu *2023-03-18* Un jeu d’énigmes très belle image énigme réussie **Developer response:** Thanks for your review, glad you enjoyed this escape room game! If you haven’t tried the other Mystery Box chapters, give them a try, more puzzles, more fun, at xsgames.co ;) ### 2/5 — $5.99 - or $19.98?? *2023-03-15* I decided to unlock all the boxes. It said it would cost $5.99 (I’m guessing USD). However it charged me AUD$19.98, which is most definitely NOT what the game said. More than double, even with the exchange rate. So dodgy! **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, sorry to hear that, the price I’ve set is AUD 5.99, I think it’s a bug from Apple, not my fault, so I think you should contact the Apple customer support about this issue ### 2/5 — Bug in game *2023-02-03* I can’t get past the ‘Price of illusion’ level. I put in the numbers but nothing happens. **Developer response:** Hi there, feel free to get in touch at xsgames.co, I’ll be glad to help you on figuring out the riddle ;) ### 5/5 — Great game! *2023-02-01* Challenging. Kept my interest but got stuck briefly on level 10 until the developer gave a useful hint. **Developer response:** Thanks for your review, really appreciated! I’m glad you enjoyed this puzzle box game! A 4th chapter of the series is in development and will be out asap ;) ### 4/5 — Cam *2023-01-22* Some of the buttons are slow in responding **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, I appreciate it! Feel free to get in touch at xsgames.co and send me more details about your issue, I’ll be glad to help :) ### 3/5 — Weird and not very interesting *2023-01-12* The puzzles are often pretty obscure. The solution is often a simple one, not a complicating one, but the graphic is complexe. Thus it seems plenty of potential solutions. Thinks obvious et simple. ### 3/5 — Raffinierte aber lösbare Rätsel mit Sternabzug *2023-01-11* Macht wirklich Spaß wenn man die Zeit hat, es in einem Rutsch durchzuspielen, denn l e i d e r!!!! werden Teilerfolge nicht gespeichert, was sehr ärgerlich ist. Wenn ich das Spiel unterbrechen muss, muss ich mit der jeweiligen Box wieder ganz von vorne anfangen. Wieso? Deswegen nur ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Wäre es möglich dort weiter zu machen wo man aufgehört hat, würde ich ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️geben. **Developer response:** Thanks so much for your feedback! Now the game saves your progress when you exit a level, so that you can start from the last riddle you solved, download the updated version ;) ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 作者の脳内当てゲーム *2026-04-07* ヒントと答えのロジックが一致していない • 同一ステージ内でルールが変わる • UI配置と解答位置が対応していない • 複数解釈が可能なのに正解が1つに固定されている パズルになってない。 ### 1/5 — Frust *2024-10-14* Statt Lust. Ist was für Mathe-Freaks. War ich nie. Nicht meins. Danke. ### 1/5 — Terrible. Just doesn’t work. *2024-07-19* I have done many many of these, and this is literally impossible. Even with the help there’s nothing on screen that you can do to continue on and that was on multiple puzzles. **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, feel free to get in touch with me at https://xsgames.co, I'll be glad to help ;) ### 1/5 — Premium pack DOES NOT WORK *2023-11-03* Bought the “Premium pack” for all four games thinking less money and easier to move through games. WRONG. Finished first set and when I got to the second set could only play first two boxes then wants me to pay $4.99 to keep playing! Tried to “Restore Purchase” but just has the screen blink on and off. On a good note, I contacted support and they promptly replied, twice, but after showing them the problem they said it was an Apple Store problem (within the app??). Said if they (Apple) charged me they would refund on PayPal. Ok but what happens on the third set, then the fourth…. What a pain. Repeat and request refund wait and track. Repeat. What a pain. The game is ok and nice time waster. Nothing too deep. I want to keep playing and would not give 1 star except for the restore purchase problem. Another issue is that the game does not remember your progress (except completed ones). If you start a box and are part way through and stop you need to start all over. Also does not even translate that over to a different device, start all over for all. Used to be games connected through Apple and always remember but not here. They said the last two games of the series do have a “memory” of progress but not the first two. Seems like they would fix that. Not sure what I am going to do for this second set just don’t want to pay and wait for a “ refund”. Especially to have to repeat that for two more. Frustrated. ### 1/5 — Bizarre puzzles *2023-10-31* Not intuitive. Sometimes too hard / far fetched **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, I appreciate it. Some of the riddles require thinking out of the box to be solved, just to not make them too easy to be solved :) ### 1/5 — Payant obligatoire!!! *2023-03-12* Quel dommage d’avoir supprimer la pub et d’être passer en pay to play! 3 box et même pas la possibilité de finir celle qu’on a commencé parce qu’il faut payer le pack Je désinstalle **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, I had received many complaints about ads so I removed them. I’m wondering what’s wrong with paying a little fee to unlock a full game though :) ### 1/5 — This is a horrible knockoff of The Room series *2023-03-06* Puzzles don’t work, even the Tutorial! Seriously, if the tutorial doesn’t function and is your first impression, what does that tell the user about what they can expect from this crappy game. Also, pinch and unpinch to zoom in and out has been around for more than a decade, why have a zoom out button? Maybe test before launching an app. Deleted immediately and wrote this so my fellow puzzle gamers can move on to more exciting apps sooner than I did. **Developer response:** Sorry to see such a disrespectful review, anyway thanks for your contribution, although you may have got in touch with the developer before posting anything, he would have been glad to help you through your issue, since the game works fine for everybody else ;) ### 1/5 — Waste of time *2023-02-03, version 1.10* Bad puzzles, useless clues. Don’t bother. ### 1/5 — Couldn’t play on iPad *2023-01-07* The clock puzzle wouldn’t work I couldn’t get past the first screen! **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, feel free to get in touch at xsgames.co, I’ll be glad to help ;) ### 1/5 — ？ *2022-12-02* 意味がわかりません **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, feel free to get in touch at xsgames.co, I’ll be glad to help ;) ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2025-09-15* Always great games! **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, really appreciated! ### 5/5 — Great Brain Tease *2024-08-18, version 1.56* Really challenging and fun. ### 5/5 — ゲームは感覚的に楽しめる芸術的小宇宙 *2024-06-19* シリーズ1&2の箱は3面エニグマと開放ボタン1面のシンプル構成。mystery boxを攻略するのに必要なエニグマ-クリプテックス回路をアタマに作る為に欠かせない。シリーズ3、4、5はホント凄く面白い裏面角っこあーでもないコレならどうだビンゴだガラガラ開けて開けて多彩なギミック独特の雰囲気飽きない繰り返し最高！分からなくて暫く置いたままの開いてない箱に新たな回路学んで再チャレンジ解けた時の感覚はコレ以外に無いくらい。謎の組み合わせが超楽しいから大好き❤ **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, glad you enjoyed this puzzle game series! ### 5/5 — Another gem *2023-12-24* I really like this series of games, I don’t understand how people find it too obscure, it would be boring if too easy, great graphics, nice music, excellent puzzles, what’s not to like? I also love the pierces of information you learn from completing chapters. Excellent game. **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, happy you had fun with my puzzle games! Try The Da Vinci Cryptex too for more fun at https://xsgames.co ;) ### 5/5 — Love it *2023-07-03* The game play was great! Graphics amazing! Also, I loved the sealed letters ..great lessons and knowledge shared if you were able to decipher the codes. **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, happy to see you enjoyed this puzzle game! You may try the other 3 chapters of the Mystery Box series at xsgames.co, with tons of new enigmas to solve and new historical facts to discover ;) ### 5/5 — Only one issue *2023-04-18* Absolutely love all of the games, I have completed each level of each game. However, that being said I have not been able to get past the butterfly part where you try to figure out the position of the levers on the level 10 of this game. I reached out to the developer and got advice on the wrong part which I had already passed, could’ve been my fault so I am still extremely confused on how to get past this level and it’s driving me nuts. Other than that one issue I’m obsessed. **Developer response:** Thanks for your review, happy to see you enjoyed the Mystery Box series! Feel free to get in touch with me again, I’ll be glad to help ;) ### 5/5 — Suprisingly Good *2023-03-29* Xsgames did an awesome job with this game series. Offers fun puzzle solving through interactive 3d puzzles. really cool, its my new passtime. Includes free play but also offers in app purchases for more levels. 🔥💪 **Developer response:** Thanks so much for your feedback, happy to see you like my escape room games! Please tell your friends what they're missing on ;) ### 5/5 — Great game and support *2023-02-28* The game is super fun. Goes quick, leaving you wanting more, so I’m looking forward to the next release from them. I got stuck on the last level, and there’s oddly no walkthroughs online, but as many others did, I reached out to the developer and he instantly responded to me and I finally found my way out the last door. Now if only I can figure out that last enigma 🤔 **Developer response:** Thanks for your review, happy you enjoying this puzzle box game! There are other Mystery Box chapters waiting for you, check them out at xsgames.co and have fun ;) ### 5/5 — H *2023-02-27* I cannot figure out level ten good game though **Developer response:** Thanks for your reply, glad you liked this escape room game! Feel free to get in touch at xsgames.co, I’ll be glad to help ;) ### 5/5 — Challenging yet solvable! *2023-02-16* First of the graphics are amazing! The puzzles are challenging but definitely solvable. Sometimes you just have to think and other times you shouldn’t think to hard. Really enjoyed playing mystery box the room and will be downloading more of his games. **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, glad you enjoyed this escape room game! A new chapter is on its way ;) --- *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 2026-08-16.*