# Mystery Tale Master of Puppets — user reviews > 38 indexed App Store user reviews of Mystery Tale Master of Puppets by DO GAMES LIMITED, rated 4.68/5 from 470 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mystery-tale-master-of-puppets/id1564112150/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mystery-tale-master-of-puppets/id1564112150.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 369 · 4★ 74 · 3★ 14 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 9 ## What do users think of Mystery Tale Master of Puppets? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 📖 Engaging storyline and narrative - 🎨 Excellent graphics and visuals - ⏱️ Lengthy gameplay and good game length - 🎮 Variety of puzzles and mini-games - ⭐ High-quality hidden object scenes - 🎯 Bonus content and extra gameplay - 🎚️ Difficulty settings (hard/easy mode) **Cons** - 🐛 Game won't load or open after purchase - 🐛 Black screen crashes on startup - 🐛 Touchscreen sensitivity issues requiring hard tapping - 🐛 Map and icons obscuring collectibles - 🐛 Mini-games difficult to manipulate - 🐛 Puzzle glitches (ship puzzle not registering completion) - 🐛 Map disappearing in certain locations - 🐛 Game closes immediately after opening - 🎨 Poor color contrast in hidden object puzzles (blue on light blue) - 🐛 Custom mode settings not working properly - 🔄 Repetitive puzzle types and gameplay mechanics - 🌐 No language selection option - 🎮 Puzzle difficulty poorly balanced **Commonly reported bugs** - Game won't load after completion - Black screen on launch - App crashes immediately upon opening - Touchscreen responsiveness problems - Ship puzzle not registering correct solution - Map disappearing in certain locations - Icons obscuring collectible items - Custom mode settings not functioning correctly - Mini-games unresponsive to input - Game unplayable after reinstallation **Most requested features** - New and innovative adventure challenges beyond pipe/smoke/magnet puzzles - Dark horror games with adult-oriented storylines - Faster game releases - Better iOS support and parity with Android releases ## Newest reviews (11 of 38) ### 2/5 — Problem *2025-07-20, version 1.0.6* Loved the game..however, after completion I am unable to play it again. It will not load..only goes to a dark screen. This problem also happened with another game of yours..Christmas Mother Goose. Neither game will allow me to play again, even though both games were purchased. Have tried deleting and reinstalling multiple times. Please advise as to why this has happened with both games. Surely purchased games are to be played more than once?! ### 4/5 — Good game *2021-12-23, version 1.0.5* I enjoyed this game. It had a few glitches on custom mode. With all settings turned off except the map, it would still show me what I needed on objects on occasion. That’s extremely frustrating, because I’m not a child and don’t want extra help. The length of the game was good for a change. I enjoyed the diversity of puzzles. I like that we can play in hard or easy mode. The hidden objects were a pain, because the developer used blue boxes with light blue picture outlines for some of the HO puzzles. I can’t see half of those objects no matter the brightness on my iPad. Seriously, who had that idea?! Once again, I found myself fanning smoke, corking holes in pipes, sawing wood bars on doors and using magnets to slide metal bars 🙄, come on Domini, think of some new adventure challenges! Thanks for a bit of a challenge… ### 4/5 — Whydoesitneedatitle? *2021-11-12, version 1.0.5* These games are fun, but once you’ve played one you’ve played them all. ### 2/5 — Mystery Tales: Master *2021-09-19* It’s hard to play the game when I have to tap very hard on my iPad screen repeatedly to go anywhere or select an object in a puzzle. It’s VERY frustrating! **Developer response:** Hello! Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We will forward all the information you’ve provided to our development team. Thank you for helping us improve casual hidden object games! ### 4/5 — Mystery Tales: Master of Puppets by LynxMinx *2021-05-26, version 1.0.5* Truthfully there was no innovation apparent in this installation. Once again, you played from the vantage point of a paranormal investigator. Instead of your trusty glasses, you used a vintage camera to view mysterious areas and uncover clues. The gameplay was basically enjoyable, except for all the quality assurance issues, which we should not be experiencing at this point. There was a plethora of tasks at each location, plenty of collectibles, and lengthy gameplay. The storyline had some serpentine twists and turns, but it’s always a matter of an evil entity draining life from others to resurrect a loved one. We were treated to a nice variety of both HO scenes and mini-games. Unfortunately the glitches were quite irksome. First of all, some of the icons, such as the journal, the map, and the camera, obscured some of the collectibles, making them virtually impossible to acquire. The lack of touchscreen sensitivity on the gameplay interface also made it difficult to obtain and use inventory items. Several of the mini-games were so hard to manipulate that I had to skip them. One of the worst glitches was that the map just “disappeared “ in several locations! These issues were NOT addressed! Still the game held my interest and my rating will remain at 4 stars. I feel that Oleg and his Domini crew really don’t care about the paying players on iOS. Gameplay should be flawless and it’s not! In addition, Oleg is NOT porting and releasing the EIPIX games on iOS, although he is doing so on Android. Games are supposed to be ported and released on iOS prior to Android. Oleg doesn’t want to deal with the quality assurance so he’s not releasing these games. They have been put on indefinite hold! I did not work so hard on the players’ behalves for those games not to be released! Gamers, kindly write Domini and complain. If you don’t, I can promise you we will NEVER see those EIPIX games. Oleg has been releasing plenty of ftp, but we are getting nothing. Oleg has obviously forgotten who was loyal to him. I for one do not appreciate this treatment! We are being abandoned. ### 1/5 — This app will not open. *2021-05-05, version 1.0* I have downloaded it four times; still will not open. ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2021-05-05, version 1.0* Would love to play this game, but ever time I click on the app it won’t open. I’ve tried to redownload game but still keeps happening. ### 1/5 — Can’t open on iPad! *2021-05-04, version 1.0* I love your games and check daily for new one but this one won’t open on my iPad! ### 1/5 — Won’t open *2021-05-04, version 1.0* Just downloaded this game and it won’t open. Please fix ASAP. ### 1/5 — Won’t open *2021-05-04, version 1.0* The game crashes when you try to open it. I’ve tried deleting and reinstalling and restarting my iPad but it doesn’t help. Please fix because I was really looking forward to playing this. ### 1/5 — Won’t open *2021-05-04, version 1.0* This game will not open up on my iPad. Gather I am not the only one according to Facebook users. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Extremely difficult *2024-02-29, version 1.0.5* Dumb, really dumb puzzles ### 1/5 — 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 *2021-05-11, version 1.0.4* Scheint alles zu haben was man sich wünscht. Allerdings kann man die Sprache nicht wählen, folglich muss man englisch lesen und verstehen können. Schade ich kann das nicht. ☹️😟😔 ### 1/5 — Game won’t load *2021-05-10, version 1.0.3* Game won’t load disappointed love these game ### 1/5 — Can’t play *2021-05-09, version 1.0.3* Game won’t open. Goes to black screen and then goes back to my game page ### 1/5 — Needs fixing. *2021-05-07, version 1.0.3* Opens then closes, can’t play. I did both updates but still not fixed ### 1/5 — Wont Open After Download *2021-05-05, version 1.0.2* Downloaded and will not open automatically shuts down 🙁 ### 1/5 — Game won’t open *2021-05-05, version 1.0.2* Even after the update, the game still won’t open. Really looking forward to playing it. Please fix! ### 1/5 — Did not load *2021-05-05, version 1.0* This did not load - just goes to a blank screen ### 1/5 — Won’t load *2021-05-05, version 1.0* Very disappointed as I love ur games but the game won’t load I press to go into the app and it just takes me back to my screen Please fix soon in a update as I really really do enjoy your games Thanks ### 1/5 — App keeps crashing *2021-05-05, version 1.0* Unable to play due to the game continuously crashing while launching. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Mystery Tales: Master *2025-01-02, version 1.0.5* I really really loved this game thank you. Great story line great graphics. Everything was great about this game. Keep these types of games coming. It was lengthy and the bonus game was extra lengthy I really enjoyed it. 👍👍👍👍👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️😊😊😊😊😊J.F.2025 ### 5/5 — 😡 *2023-03-23, version 1.0.5* I was doing the ship puzzle and got it right nothing happened I had to skip the game. I even matched the design in the dots with the circle. And I made sure that green and blue wasn’t mistaken since they looked close alike. After doing the puzzle you could tell I had it right. Now I’m at the unlock of the game and not so sure that I want to pay. Please fix this. ### 5/5 — Masterful *2021-06-10, version 1.0.5* Excellent graphics and storyline; kept me entertained for hours. More please. ### 5/5 — Great Game *2021-06-02, version 1.0.5* Thoroughly enjoyed this game. Kept my interest throughout. Thank you. ### 5/5 — Great game *2021-06-02, version 1.0.5* Recommended ### 5/5 — ❤️👌 *2021-05-22, version 1.0.5* All the mystery tales games are brilliant! Have you ever thought about doing really dark horror games with a storyline that keeps you in suspense? You could do them and advertise for adults only perhaps, one game which has always stayed with me is true fear. Just a thought 😘 ### 5/5 — Master *2021-05-21, version 1.0.5* Very interesting, more details. Love it. ### 5/5 — Fixed.. Thank you 👍 *2021-05-06, version 1.0.2* Game is fixed. Thank you Domini for your quick fix. This game looks amazing. Super excited to play. Hope more games come out soon and more quickly. 😁 ### 5/5 — Good game *2021-05-05, version 1.0.2* Very good game need to fix the bug ### 5/5 — Mystery tales Master *2021-05-04, version 1.0* Well I downloaded this but it won’t come on so delete it Twice and it still don’t work Eaj --- *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 2026-08-21.*