# New York Mysteries 5 — user reviews > 300 indexed App Store user reviews of New York Mysteries 5 by FIVE-BN STUDIO LLC, rated 4.80/5 from 984 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/new-york-mysteries-5/id6450031641/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/new-york-mysteries-5/id6450031641.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 861 · 4★ 86 · 3★ 19 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 11 ## What do users think of New York Mysteries 5? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Excellent gameplay - 👍 Engaging story and characters - 🎨 Beautiful graphics - 💡 Unique and challenging puzzles - 🎁 Free-to-play with no ads - 🤗 Loyal fan base **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches - 🔍 Difficulty finding collectibles - ⏱️ Short chapter lengths - 🤔 Shift in tone compared to earlier games **Commonly reported bugs** - Inability to progress past certain puzzles - Ads not working to earn hints **Most requested features** - More chapters and content - Ability to skip puzzles - Improved hint system - Localization to more languages ## Newest reviews (17 of 300) ### 2/5 — Disappointed *2026-04-29, version 1.1.0* I tried to replay this game anew by deleting and redownloading it. Unlike other games, I was unable to search for collectables. I don’t buy these to play once. ### 3/5 — Desperate *2026-02-22, version 1.1.0* I’ve played your games for years and have written to you several times begging you to bring back the adventure collectors addition where you pay one price instead of paying for chips constantly. I lot in my life has changed unfortunately and I can’t solve the puzzles like I used to but I still really enjoy the rest of the games and would buy every single one you put out , even if the price point was much higher. If you don’t want to do that please consider making some of the older F2P now CE @ a set price point for purchase? You guys have been promising me that for years and its never happened. Your games are the only games I enjoy playing. Thanks for your kind attention to this matter! Your desperate forever fan…. ### 5/5 — Best of them yet.. *2026-01-29, version 1.1.0* Great game. And no pointless animal cruelty for once so really enjoyed the entire thing. Detail is phenomenal ### 5/5 — another fun 5bn game *2026-01-21, version 1.1.0* i love 95% of what they make including this series. challenging puzzles, beautiful graphics, engaging stories. ### 2/5 — Sad ending for a great series *2026-01-18, version 1.1.0* The first 4 volumes of this series were excellent. Sadly, the 5th volume does not keep the same high standard. The story is weak, the path of which objects need to be found and used is too linear, the clickable areas are not well defined, and some of the mini games are just nightmares created to annoy you. ### 5/5 — Have to play *2026-01-16, version 1.1.0* Playing NY mysteries is always a good experience. This time wasn’t different. ### 5/5 — Great series of games *2026-01-07, version 1.1.0* I love playing all of the New York Mysteries games. They are challenging enough but not too frustrating. I plan on looking for more additional games similar to these. ### 5/5 — Perfect balance *2026-01-07, version 1.1.0* Puzzles are challenging without leading to boredom or frustration. There’s also an ideal balance between keeping the story progressing and stopping to puzzle solve. Thoroughly enjoyable! ### 5/5 — Topp, ohne Werbung und kostenlos *2025-12-28* Wie alle Spiele dieser Reihe und anderer von five-bn wirklich sehr gut! Ingame Tipps kosten Geld, aber entweder knobelt man oder holt sich Hinweise im Internet… ### 5/5 — Brain Enhancing *2025-12-03, version 1.1.0* The game keeps your attention and brainpower muscles thriving ### 5/5 — Very good game *2025-11-23, version 1.1.0* I really enjoyed it. Thank you. ### 5/5 — NY mysteries 5 ..All Grown up adventure Fab as ever! *2025-11-14, version 1.1.0* Really Enjoy these Games although I was..A bit Surprised ..to see how the main protagonists have grown older each new Game , particularly noticeable in New York mysteries 5 …I love it though….I’ve been playing these games for a few years and we have grown older and wiser together….took a while to get used to the new Laura …but she’s made the role her own…..That is the Magic of these developers..always a surprise …as well as great gameplay , incredibly detailed and Audio visually atmospheric scenes …there are always some good & some very good games …even the hidden object type ( normally a bit Meh) are made interesting and not over played. I have not finished the Game yet but So far New York Mysteries 5 is one of the best , lots of action and imagination . Loose Yourself in vintage New York …With a Twist! Highly Recommended ### 5/5 — Me *2025-11-08, version 1.1.0* Such a fantastic game, more please! ### 5/5 — Brilliant series! *2025-09-22, version 1.1.0* I have played many of these genre of games and this is definitely up there in the top 5! My only complaint is there isn’t enough, PLEASE MAKE MORE! ### 5/5 — 로라도 늙나봐요 ㅠㅠ *2025-09-06* 여기도 코난이나 심슨처럼 시간이 안흘렀으면 좋았을텐데 로라 이마 주름때매 현실감 느껴져서 괜히 서글퍼짐. ㅋㅋ 해석 이상해서 뭔 아이템인지 이해하기 어려웠던 거 말곤 너무너무 재밌게 했습니다! 뉴욕 미스터리 6 기대돼요! ### 5/5 — Top *2025-08-31* Todos os jogos da desenvolvedora são excelentes. ### 4/5 — Sehr unterhaltsam *2025-08-15* Tolle Story (für mich bis jetzt die spannendste von allen New York Mystery Teilen) die Geschichte erinnert an HP Lovecraft Bücher, also wirklich gelungen. Leichte bis schwere Rätsel, wobei manche Rätsel verbuggt sind (Räder an denen man drehen musste, die sich aber nicht einzeln (so wie es hätte sein müssen) drehen ließen, wozu man gezwungen war das Rätsel durch Hilfe (10 coins) lösen zu lassen. War etwas ärgerlich, aber das hat den Spielspaß nicht getrübt. Alles in allem eine klare Empfehlung ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — The 5th one, is boring... *2026-02-07, version 1.1.0* Isn't like the first four. But the main reason why, Laura's voiceover is done by someone else. It isn't the same, this voiceover is to straightforward, and to serious sounding. It's disappointing the stories continued through the years, and not stay in the 50s time period. You can tell from this that this is the last one. It's still good, but I had to mute the sound just so I didn't have to hear Laura's voice, that isn't the same voice as the first four. It was a pleasure voice to listen to throughout the first four. Including the music was great to listen to, too. ### 1/5 — Stuck at the first puzzle?? *2026-01-29* I like using the walkthroughs by Big Fish, or Zotuf. When I get stuck, and I got stuck on the first puzzle. It's because the diagram of the puzzle in the story you can't at all connect all the fuses. The best I got was two left. You continue to always run into a dead end. Then I found out, that the walkthrough by Zotuf has the actual diagram , and how to solve it. It's like you're finding ways that we have to purchase coins to skip it, because some of the puzzles are designed not to be solved, only by using 10 coins. This series and the Lost lands series, after the 4th series of each they dramatically fail to live up to the their first four. Also, sounds like a different voice over for Laura. What year is this five in? And what happened to her T-Bird? Lol I guess with a different voice, so goes the "nice" car. Lol ### 1/5 — 操作性悪い部分がある *2025-12-21* 戻るボタンがミニパズルと被っていることがあり、うっかり押下してしまうとそれまで解いた内容がクリアされてしまう。手順が多いパズルで何回かそうなってしまったので改善してほしい。 ### 1/5 — Locked up *2024-09-30, version 1.1.0* The game locked up twice in the same place! Got as far as the room off the rooftop where you place the multi-color button game. Waste of time. ### 1/5 — NOT PAYING FOR HINTS *2023-11-29, version 1.0.9* love these games and you would have had my money. I quickly disregard these games charging by the HINT. Lots of free hints pay once games out there. Shame on your cheap greedy company ### 1/5 — Gioco bloccato. *2023-11-17* Al 3 capitolo il gioco non mi permette di andare avanti. Non mi permette di accedere la pianta, disotterrare l’inizio e proseguire nel gioco. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! Please share some detail on this matter with us at support@fivebngames.com, so we could assist you better. ### 1/5 — Great game! *2023-11-13, version 1.0.9* I love the New York series games. It's a great escape-ism and challenge for thinking person and fun when you figure out the clues. ### 1/5 — Impossible *2023-10-31, version 1.0.9* Could not get through first puzzle ### 1/5 — El peor juego de ellos *2023-10-01* Sin duda este es el peor de todos, lo e tenido que borrar por no romper el móvil, le subieron la dificultad para gastar más pistas, hay cosas que no tienen sentido y están echas para que gastes pistas, normalmente me paso sus juegos sin usar las 5 pistas pero en este, es desesperante!!!, y te obliga a usarlas, porque no hay forma de razonar en sus sin sentidos, la verdad se nota que lo están haciendo para ganar dinero, pero conmigo eso no funciona, simple, lo borro y se acabó. Sigan así que van muy bien. Perdieron a un buen fan que a jugado todos vuestros juegos. ### 1/5 — Keine „Tipps holen“ mehr möglich *2023-09-11* Ich habe das Spiel wieder gelöscht, weil man sich keine Hinweise mehr auf Youtubekanälen holen kann. Ich denke mal damit man Werbung schauen muss oder aber Geld ausgeben möchte. Schade aber so macht es mir kein Spaß, manchmal sind die Rätsel so kompliziert dass man Stunden dranbleiben muss um sie zu lösen. Werde es wieder installieren falls es geändert wird ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — must play, very well written & designed *2026-09-07, version 1.1.0* I’ve played all of the New York Mysteries franchise and the game continue to improve in terms of game design, story and puzzles. The maps have gotten considerably better to follow, and the plot for each game is so unique while keeping the characters familiar. I applaud the company for creating this franchise, hoping for a 6th one! ### 5/5 — Montana *2026-07-21, version 1.1.0* Great ### 5/5 — 最高😚 *2026-06-27* 無料とは思えないクオリティ、いやぁ素晴らしい👍 行き詰まりネットで攻略を数回見てしまったけど🤫大満足😇 ### 5/5 — 정말 재밌어여 *2026-04-27* 광고도 없고 게임 난이도도 적당하지만 무엇보다 스토리가 있어서 몰입하게 되요 주인공이 시간이 가면서 늙어가는 설정도 감정이입하게 되는 요소에요. 여러모로 최고의 게임입니다!! 6편 계획은 없나요?? 부탁 드립니다!! ### 5/5 — シリーズ楽しませてもらってます *2026-03-26* 無料で最後までできてしかもパズルのバリエーションも増えてますます面白くなってきてます ### 5/5 — 1950s Fun! *2026-03-22, version 1.1.0* I love the stories! Five BN games are my favorite. Perfect combination of fun stories, excellent graphics, great animation to move forward the story, mood music, and best of all, the puzzles that range from easy to challenging. I am playing through again, and I marvel at your quality and ingenuity. Thank you! It has been awhile since I first played it. It is still fun and challenging because your puzzles are so varied. ### 5/5 — More please *2026-03-12, version 1.1.0* I’ve just finished this episode (NYM 5) but really it’s a review of the whole series so far since I’ve now completed all of them. I’ve loved playing them and the best comment I could give is, please tell me when ep.6 is coming out! My overall impression is that they’re fun, interesting, not so difficult as to make them frustrating, but difficult enough to make you think. Also they feel so big! So many rooms and beautifully created locations. The side games of collecting objects and especially those damn morphing things…arrrgh…is a great addition. Finally I would say they appear to be fully tested. No bugs, no crashed, excellent quality. Well done guys. There are a couple of minor gripes. The inventory bar really gets in the way, i wish I could slide it away sometimes. Also as I play on iphone, I think the screen aspect ratio is different to the game’s. So one has to slide the screen up and down a bit to see the whole view. Finally, more than once I’ve accidentally hit the hint button, just because an object is close to it. As I say, 1st world gripes really. Wouldn’t in any way stop me playing them all over again. Thanks and I hope there’s more to come ### 5/5 — 大満足！ *2026-03-07* 3部作でシリーズ史上最大にやりがいがありました！ウィルくんが出なかったのがちょっとさびしいけど新キャラも登場したしまだまだ続編ありますよね？期待して待ってます！ ### 5/5 — Tolles Spiel *2026-02-24* Das Spiel hat alles, was ein Adventure braucht! ### 5/5 — Fun and great to play *2026-02-05, version 1.1.0* Really enjoy playing --- *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 2026-09-10.*