# Palace Escape season 1 — user reviews > 84 indexed App Store user reviews of Palace Escape season 1 by Jacob Duffy, rated 3.90/5 from 135 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/palace-escape-season-1/id1434168541/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/palace-escape-season-1/id1434168541.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 60 · 4★ 35 · 3★ 21 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 12 ## What do users think of Palace Escape season 1? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎮 Fun and engaging gameplay - 🧩 Good puzzle design and logic - 🎨 Nice graphics and visuals - ⚖️ Balanced difficulty level - 🧠 Good mental challenge - ✅ Generally enjoyable experience **Cons** - 📺 Too many advertisements - 🐛 Level 3 drawer puzzle frequently broken - 📖 Unclear clues for some puzzles - ⏱️ Game not updated since 2018 - 🔧 Multiple technical glitches - ❌ Inconsistent puzzle functionality **Commonly reported bugs** - Level 3 drawer/dresser won't open despite correct solution - Key doesn't release from bottom drawer in Level 3 - Puzzles don't register correct input - Game freezes on certain device models (iPhone 5) - Drawer puzzle solution doesn't work even with walkthrough **Most requested features** - Increased difficulty levels - Better clue clarity for puzzles - Reduced advertisement frequency - More challenging levels ## Newest reviews (16 of 84) ### 4/5 — Good Game *2022-11-29, version 1.1.2* Nice Graphics, Challenging ### 4/5 — Entertaining *2022-11-21, version 1.1.2* Decent game. ### 3/5 — Needed a walkthrough *2022-08-03, version 1.1.2* As per the title ### 4/5 — Just started *2022-03-11, version 1.1.2* Not fully sure if it's good or great..just started. Level 3 glitches.The drawer with the key won't open. ### 3/5 — Easy *2020-09-04, version 1.1.2* Not a big challenge ### 4/5 — Not bad *2020-05-17, version 1.1.2* Pretty good so far. Except level 3 drawers don’t work. ### 3/5 — Kzoe *2020-02-21, version 1.1.2* Interesting premise. ### 4/5 — Entertaining *2019-12-07, version 1.1.2* Not difficult, graphics ok, time waster. ### 3/5 — Palace escape *2019-10-13, version 1.1.2* Ok ### 3/5 — Ok *2019-09-15, version 1.1.2* Not a bad effort ### 4/5 — Challenging *2019-09-11, version 0* Good puzzles ### 4/5 — Good *2019-09-02, version 1.1.2* Stuck ### 5/5 — Great looking scenes! *2019-07-25, version 1.1.2* Always fun to play- just enough difficulty that prevents boredom! ### 5/5 — So far so good! *2019-07-09, version 1.1.2* I like it a lot! ### 3/5 — Tough *2019-07-06, version 1.1.2* Find it challenging ### 4/5 — Hard *2019-06-18, version 1.1.2* Can’t do level 3 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — It’s not working! *2021-09-16, version 1.1.2* I figured level 3 out and it will not release the key. I followed the walkthrough to the “T” and still will not release the key. ### 1/5 — Glitch *2019-11-10, version 1.1.2* Like someone else posted, level three dresser puzzle does not work. Deleted. ### 1/5 — Fix the errors *2019-05-26, version 1.1.2* At level 3 the solution doesn’t work. Cannot move on. ### 1/5 — Always something *2018-09-23, version 1.1.2* I have played different escape games made by the same "company" and each one I thought I was messing up until I saw the walk through and realized I was selecting the correct things it just didn't do anything when I did. I solved a puzzle and nothing happened. I had to stop playing the game. ### 1/5 — To many ads *2018-08-28, version 1.1.2* Tooooo many ads ### 2/5 — Faulty level 3 - Draw does not open. *2020-11-15, version 1.1.2* Enjoyed this to level 3 but got stuck. Tried various combinations of draw presses getting all 6, but nothing happens. Eventually looked at the walk-though and discovered that bottom tight draw should have opened. Noted other players with same problem. Game not updated since 2018, so no fix, so game deleted. ### 2/5 — Level 3 doesn’t work *2019-05-15, version 1.1.2* Pushed drawers in correct order but the key doesn’t come out of the bottom draw like it does in the walk through. Couldn’t have been a good game otherwise. ### 2/5 — I *2019-04-23, version 1.1.2* Not to great ### 2/5 — Level three is broken *2019-04-13, version 1.1.2* Even when looked through guide to make sure correct it still wouldn’t work ### 2/5 — Glitch *2019-03-05, version 1.1.2* Won’t open the draw in 3 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Wow *2023-07-26, version 1.1.2* Great game ### 5/5 — Cool *2023-01-07, version 1.1.2* Fun ### 5/5 — Love it *2022-05-09, version 1.1.2* I love it but the levels could be a little bit harder and 10 clues you can only use one per level to use on each one otherwise it is amazing that’s nice review ### 5/5 — Cool *2022-04-09, version 1.1.2* Yes ### 5/5 — Jane *2021-10-26, version 1.1.2* Very good game, not too easy, but doable ### 5/5 — fun game *2021-06-06, version 1.1.2* really enjoyed ### 5/5 — Awesome *2021-05-01, version 1.1.2* Great game ### 5/5 — Good game *2021-01-04, version 1.1.2* Love it ### 5/5 — Good game *2020-09-23, version 1.1.2* I like all games by Jacob Duffy ### 5/5 — Awesome *2019-09-15, version 1.1.2* Love this game it is fun and it is good for your mind and brain ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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