# Rail Maze : Train Puzzler — user reviews > 416 indexed App Store user reviews of Rail Maze by Spooky House Studios UG (haftungsbeschraenkt), rated 4.60/5 from 2,857 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rail-maze-train-puzzler/id445853367/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rail-maze-train-puzzler/id445853367.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,167 · 4★ 359 · 3★ 182 · 2★ 50 · 1★ 99 ## What do users think of Rail Maze? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Addictive gameplay - 🤔 Challenging puzzles - 🎨 Appealing graphics - 👍 Fun for all ages - 🧠 Stimulates the mind **Cons** - 🔍 Lack of level selection - 🔋 Battery draining - 📢 Intrusive ads - 🐛 Crashes and freezes - 🕰️ Timed levels frustrating **Commonly reported bugs** - Game crashing on startup - Levels not loading properly - Incorrect level progression **Most requested features** - Ability to select specific levels - Option to remove ads for a fee - Customizable train designs - Difficulty settings or modes ## Newest reviews (13 of 416) ### 4/5 — nostalgic asf *2026-06-17, version 1.5.6* when i was much younger, i used to play this for HOURS on my mothers blackberry tablet, i was definitely younger than 7 but now I'm 18 (don't correct me!) if my math is wrong and doesn't line up with the release date, just know (it's been a WHILE!) 4 stars for nostalgia but not 5 because it's sort of full of ads! ### 4/5 — Fine Puzzles *2025-03-05, version 1.5.6* I’ve played this game a long time ago when I was young. It still holds up relatively well, but the ticketing system really kills it for me. I don’t think it’s particularly a bad system but there’s ads inbetween levels as well which gets in the way of enjoyment for me. That’s all I have to say though, the game itself is still just as fun as it was back then. ### 3/5 — To many adverts *2024-12-30, version 1.5.6* Good game, but have to pay very quickly into game, way too many adverts, that trap you for ages before being able to press X so I deleted it, pity. ### 3/5 — almost perfect *2024-03-22, version 1.5.6* it would’ve been the perfect wild western game, perhaps the greatest on the wasteland known as the app store, but the tickets system was so dumb and frustrating that i deleted the app. there’s other ways to shove ads up our throat, not just in the middle of levels or to progress in the game. at that point, just make an ad player instead of this. ### 3/5 — I liked it *2024-02-24, version 1.5.6* It is still really fun to play but the new tickets is so stupid I don’t like it please remove it. ### 3/5 — Cute but gonna go probably *2024-02-19, version 1.5.6* So another absolutely cute game, which I could really love playing except for the constant ads which is longer than the game play. I understand games needs ads, but it’s starting to interfere with wanting to keep them and hope to play. It defeats the purpose of playing when you watch more ads than anything else. Sad.. so sad this is how it’s all done now, with more ads than anything. I’m over all the ads. ### 3/5 — Too many ads *2023-07-21, version 1.5.6* I love the game but hate all the ads. Let me play 5 rounds before seeing ads. Not every other game. I get it, need to make money, but you won’t if I just delete the game. Cuz it is fun to play. ### 2/5 — Should I pay for it? *2023-07-07, version 1.5.6* This game is actually kinda fun. My only problem is how aggressive the ads are. I understand the developers need to get paid and there in an advertisement paradigm so insane that it seems whatever service, game, etc, we are consuming takes a hit in quality and becomes nothing more than an placeholder for ads - demanding, insisting attention. I want to pay for this game. However, I fear that if I give my money, the ads will NOT disappear; as is the experience of a bunch reviewers. I really don’t want to give my money away in vain but if I do, I guess the only thing I can do is report to Apple and warn others. 2 stars because I’m not sure if I’m about to get screwed over by buying this game; as I said before, the vendors are EXTREMELY aggressive with the — sometimes, less than palatable, un-wholesome — third-party ads they allow. (Think of the children man!). If I have a good experience, I’ll give it a good review. ### 3/5 — Good but *2023-06-11* Not bad, but nothing beats the original Trainyard **Developer response:** Dear player, Thank you for the review. Any suggestions on how to make your gaming experience more enjoyable? We'll be grateful for the feedback. All the best, Anastasia - Spooky House Studios Support ### 2/5 — Too much for too little *2022-11-13, version 1.5.6* They’re asking for too much money considering the complexity of the game ### 2/5 — Too easy, too many ads, too long. *2022-05-28, version 1.5.6* The puzzles seem pretty trivial. Ads to keep playing are fair for free games, but these come up a lot more often than in other games, and they seem to go on forever. Deleted this one. ### 2/5 — Why do I have to wait? *2022-03-29, version 1.5.6* 2 tickets every hour? Why?! Wouldn’t you want me to play the game more often? ### 1/5 — Отвратительная монетизация за билетики *2021-11-26* Ужасная монетизация с билетиками и невозможность вернуть деньги за покупку **Developer response:** Здравствуйте.Спасибо, что написали нам. Все транзакции проходят через Apple, и они отвечают за обработку платежей. Пожалуйста, свяжитесь с Apple для получения помощи относительно вашего возврата. Всего наилучшего, Анастасия - Spooky House Studios Support ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Son *2026-06-22, version 1.5.6* 3 MINUTE ADS????? ### 1/5 — 吃相难看 *2026-02-27, version 1.5.6* 无须多言 ### 1/5 — Horrible *2025-09-16, version 1.5.6* Just makes you buy everything, just make the app cost money at the beginning so you dont fall in the trap of downloading it. ### 1/5 — Билетики *2025-01-23* Играл в игру ~7 лет назад👍. И там не было этой «Системы мамонтизации» где приходится либо ждать полчаса⏰ либо платить 😡💵. Билетики 🎫 на СОБСТВЕННЫЙ ПОЕЗД 🚂 всё испортили! Короче: -вайб 😢 **Developer response:** Спасибо за ваш отзыв. Мы понимаем ваше беспокойство и ценим вашу преданность игре. Мы всегда ищем способы улучшить впечатления игроков и стараемся сбалансировать игровой процесс. Надеемся, что вы останетесь с нами и увидите улучшения в будущем. Всего наилучшего, Spooky House Studios Support! ### 1/5 — Bad. *2024-12-08, version 1.5.6* You know what’s worse than a game that has an ad between every level? This game! Not only does it have ads but you also have to ‘buy’ tickets to play a level. Sure you can wait for the timer to give you a ticket but that’s only one ticket per 20 minutes up to a maximum of 3 tickets. Now other games may work similarly but this one is so much worse. Even if you win the level it still costs you a ticket. Other games only penalise if you lose. This one penalises for winning! I’ve never seen a developer so stupid in all my life of playing electronic games, that’s over 30 years of experience. Dumb, dumb, dumb. ### 1/5 — Bescheuertes Bezahlmodell *2024-08-31* Mann muss mehrere Käufe tätigen, damit man das Spiel sinnvoll spielen kann. Ärgerlich **Developer response:** Hallo, Danke für den Kommentar. Sie können im Spiel weiterkommen, ohne etwas zu kaufen. Um die Tickets zu bekommen, können Sie 20 Minuten warten oder sich Werbung ansehen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Spooky House Studios Support ### 1/5 — Love it hate constant interruptions *2024-08-21, version 1.5.6* I love playing this, but it has changed where every other play you spend 5 minutes of going thru stupid ads. i would prefer paying for the app than deal with the interruptions. I will delete the app ### 1/5 — ADS *2024-03-10, version 1.5.6* Pay a Dollar for no ADS then you have to wait 20 minutes to get tickets to play just 2 more times , or WATCH AN AD TO GET TICKETS TO PLAY. Don’t waste your money!!!! ### 1/5 — Attention arnaque *2023-08-25* Même en payant pour le retrait de la pub (histoire de soutenir les développeurs), il faut se bouffer les pubs pour faire démarrer son train. C’est à décourager d’acheter les applis. **Developer response:** Bonjour, Merci pour le commentaire. Nous supposons que vous faites référence aux annonces destinées à obtenir des billets. Si vous rencontrez un problème avec notre jeu, contactez-nous - support@spookyhousestudios.com Anastasia - Spooky House Studios Support ### 1/5 — It was a 5 star before, but the dev’s got greedy with ads *2023-01-19, version 1.5.6* Self explained, now there is this whole “ticket system” where you have to wait around 20min for a ticket to play a level, where you can only have max two! That’s insane! As soon as you press play to launch your train and want to restart, too bad that’ll cost you a ticket too! It’s ridiculous how the dev’s just ruined an amazing game experience with this “feature”, even reading their “reasoning” isn’t even worth your time on other reviews since they know it’s an awful “feature” but, not a care in the world and they try to “justify” every reasoning they can too. Seriously, please make it so that a game where it takes less than or a few minutes to solve a level have it so that it saves 5 tickets max and doesn’t cost a ticket to even try out a level, because this current one is outrageous, especially since here they are with a 2 max ticket system and at the store they gladly display a 150 ticket offer, unbelievable. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Trains *2025-11-27, version 1.5.6* I like this app ### 5/5 — Town in the Woods *2024-10-31, version 1.5.6* Then what happened to Romi? She’s got kidnapped! ### 5/5 — Enlightening *2022-11-13, version 1.5.6* Lesgo ### 5/5 — Rail maze *2022-02-12, version 1.5.5* Amazing game probably the best game I ever downloaded on my iPhone amazing levels brilliant music.I would definitely recommend soo addictive ### 5/5 — Epic game *2022-02-12, version 1.5.5* I can officially claim I’ve had this game for 11 years ### 5/5 — Good game *2022-02-02, version 1.5.5* It’s a great game love it ### 5/5 — Throwback *2021-09-09, version 1.4.8* I remember playing this on my fourth generation iPod and absolutely loved it so i’m downloading it again! 😂 ### 5/5 — Fun game *2021-07-28, version 1.4.8* I like changing the rails and having fun with the levels.I rate 5 stars. ### 5/5 — Rail maze *2021-06-13, version 1.4.8* This is a great game I totally recommend you getting this game ### 5/5 — It is great! *2021-04-22, version 1.4.8* I used to play this game when I was 3 and 4. I recently downloaded it again and it’s pretty nostalgic and fun! --- *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 2026-09-07.*