# Return to Grisly Manor — user reviews > 213 indexed App Store user reviews of Return to Grisly Manor by Fire Maple Games, rated 4.80/5 from 227 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/return-to-grisly-manor/id975985952/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/return-to-grisly-manor/id975985952.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 209 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 6 ## What do users think of Return to Grisly Manor? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Enjoyable gameplay - 🎨 Beautiful graphics - 🧠 Challenging puzzles - 🕹️ Fun and engaging - 🕰️ Nostalgic experience - 🕵️‍♀️ Intriguing storyline - 🕰️ Longer playtime than original - 🤝 Great for families/all ages - 💡 Innovative features - 🕹️ Addictive and replayable **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional bugs/glitches - 🤔 Some puzzles not intuitive - 🕰️ Repetitive backtracking - ⏱️ Slow hint system - 🤔 Unclear objectives at times **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezing after certain events - Puzzle elements not functioning as intended - Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions **Most requested features** - Ability to skip/fast-forward cutscenes - Map navigation to quickly access locations - More varied and challenging puzzles - Ability to save progress and resume later ## Newest reviews (14 of 213) ### 3/5 — 한국어 지원이라 해서 구매했는데 *2024-10-08* 한국어 없어서 당황했어요 ### 4/5 — Fire Maple : Such fun games *2023-12-09* I like the games by this developer. The challenge provided is not terribly hard but just enough that I am motivated to reach the end. The artwork is beautiful. The music adds to the enjoyment. One thing I like about these games is the built in hint system. They are free, but are on a timer so you can’t buzz right through them. And you wouldn’t want to! Half the fun is figuring it out yourself. But if you are truly stumped, you can ask for a hint. I started with Grisly Manor, which was a little short but still a lot of fun. After I completed the game, I sat with my granddaughter while she played and that was fun for both of us. The sequel, Grisly Manor 2, was much longer and even more enjoyable, with a great ending. My most recent game was Lost City. While scenes are beautiful it seemed a bit too long with more back tracking than I cared for. The last half of the game I used more hints just to get through it faster. It would be nice if you could click on the map to get to the room you want to go to. For example, once you figure out what season you need to be in, it gets tedious to get to the room where you can adjust the season, and then continue on. Nevertheless, the Lost City provided much enjoyment, broken into three or four days as I had time to work with it. Because I’m of the age of being forgetful, a year from now I’ll be able to play these games again and they will still be fun. Thank you, Fire Maple, for making good “clean” games that are appropriate for any age player. I look forward to buying the next game. ### 5/5 — I’m the best player in the world *2023-07-25, version 1.0.8* In fact this is my favourite fire maple game and can beat it the fastest with the time of 46 minutes 11 seconds ### 5/5 — So good *2023-04-14, version 1.0.8* Hi this will be a little bit longer but I love these games I played all of them except for two. ### 5/5 — Wonderful game. *2023-03-26* Fire maple games have always been my favorite. I’ve played all of these throughout my life and they always brought me joy. I highly recommend getting this app because it’s truly interesting, fun, and worth your time. Grisly Manor is the OG so you should definitely play this, but if you enjoy this I 100% suggest you check out the other fire maple games such as Return to Grisly Manor, Lost City, Thickety Creek, Curse of the Cobra, Hidden World, etc. All super fun and mysterious. In my opinion, these apps are one of the best on App Store and are extremely enjoyable. Thanks for servicing these brilliant games to us, and if you are not the company thank you very much for reading my review. Ava Chamberlain ### 5/5 — Amazing *2023-03-15, version 1.0.8* Hands down best adventure puzzle game I’ve played. Didn’t expect it to be so long too. Please make more!! ### 5/5 — Finally! *2023-02-23* Finally! The length and complexity of a point and click adventure game that Fire Maple fans have been waiting for is here. Developers would do well by Syntaxity’s example and create add-ons to the shorter games to bring them up to the length and complexity of GM2. ### 5/5 — Grisly Manor 2 *2022-12-17, version 1.0.8* As a fan of 7th Guest I like to try any game that takes place in a big house with Puzzles. I thought it was a fun game. It’s puzzles and story line kept me up me picking my phone to continue the adventure. It’s puzzles are not too hard like some other games. It enticed me to buy another Fire Maple game: Thickety Creek. ### 5/5 — So sad when this awesome game was over! *2021-11-07* Loved the game, the house and Grandpa. It was refreshing not to have blood and demons in the game. Play was medium difficulty, most puzzles easy to figure out but the locked or hidden objects took quite a bit of thought to find. I hope there will be more Grisly adventures! Here’s my nitpick. Every time I had to flip to another app I had to wait through the introduction. That was frustrating, especially if I swiped up by accident. ### 4/5 — Schönes Spiel, aber... *2021-05-28* leider kann das „schnelle Reisen“ über die Karte nicht genutzt bzw. aktiviert werden. Deshalb einen Punkt Abzug. Bitte nachbessern! ### 5/5 — Lots to love *2021-03-28, version 1.0.7* This game is beautiful, challenging, and fun. I’m so grateful for Fire Maple Games as they relax me and provide a welcome respite from stress. So creative and well thought out. This one was especially good. Just when you think you’ve finished, there’s more. ### 5/5 — Wonderful Series *2021-02-17* Back in the early 2010s, my mom bought The Secret of Grisly Manor on our family iPad and it was probably our favorite game to play! We replayed it at least 5 times. A few years later we found out about the second one, and I’m sure we’ve replayed it at least 5 times as well. We lost the original account but I decided to re-buy the games just for the nostalgia. Just as fun as a decade ago! The attention to detail in this series is amazing, such as during the time travel sequence when the year always matches the current one. I’d recommend this game (and the original) to anyone of any age. ### 5/5 — Brilliant game! *2020-11-18, version 1.0.7* One of the best games I’ve ever played. Just get it and enjoy hours of challenging and fun puzzles. Well done developers. ### 5/5 — Fun game *2020-11-16, version 1.0.7* I really had my doubts about this game, but to my surprise I love it. It’s actually one of the best games that I have played in a long time, and I would recommend it to anyone. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 한국어 있다고 해서 다운받았는데 없는데여 *2025-10-18* 패치좀요 ### 1/5 — Broken *2025-04-23, version 1.0.9* Game has horribly slow hints - and the riddles cannot be solved by reasoning. And the hint that broke my interest was to fix something that literally did not exist within the game. Seriously? ### 1/5 — Not worth your time or money *2023-12-25, version 1.0.8* This game only offers around an hour or two of gameplay tops. The game would be less than an hour if not for its nonsensical puzzle solutions that leave you tapping on random places around the screen. The game does not make up for this with any sense of story or visual intrigue. If I could go back to before I bought this, I would tell myself not to waste my time or money on it. Even if this game was free I would not recommend it. ### 1/5 — Unable to complete *2022-02-11, version 1.0.7* I love the fire maple games but this one has a glitch and I can not get to the box on the table so a few minutes into the game I am stuck and unable to complete it ### 1/5 — Doesn't work *2018-01-19, version 1.0.3* Doesn't work on IOS 11 ### 1/5 — Not good *2017-12-21, version 1.0.3* I bought this game for my daughter and I and it doesn’t work anymore. RIP OFF! ### 1/5 — Безобразие *2016-08-05* Оплатила покупку - скачивание начинается и на середине прекращается. Появляется окно с надписью о том, что на данный момент скачать игру не удалось. И так бесконечно. Деньги заплачены впустую!!! ### 1/5 — Doesn't download *2016-08-05, version 1.0.1* It would be handy if the game actually downloaded I spent £2.29 on a game that doesn't download. ### 2/5 — Magicians hat with stars part not working on ipad *2022-07-25, version 1.0.8* Followed hint guide and checked forums have done everything in correct order but when at magicians hat to select stars in correct order the hat is in the incorrect orientation and nothing can be done. Developers website gave security warnings (25 July 2022) so could not contact them. Had this game some years ago and worked fine then, but with update evidentially has a bug with latest IOS. ### 2/5 — Freezes *2021-06-25, version 1.0.7* Great game, seriously disappointed that it freezes after I give the alarm clock to the uncle ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — To the maker *2026-04-25, version 1.0.9* MAKE more games like this there are amazing!!! ### 5/5 — Best game ever made *2026-04-21, version 1.0.9* This is the greatest game ive ver played in my entire life, I have beaten this game 100 times and every playthrogh I have its the greatest thing ever. Please buy this game please it’ll be the best thing you’ll ever play ### 5/5 — PLEASE!!! *2026-04-19, version 1.0.9* MAKE MORE GAMES!!!!!!!!!! ### 5/5 — Pure pleasure *2026-03-24, version 1.0.9* Fire Maple games are the best games by far on mobile! Worth every penny and time spent. Please make more! ### 5/5 — Sensacional *2026-01-22* Muito intrigante ### 5/5 — Good *2025-10-13* Nice Game ### 5/5 — Saves you a soda pop *2025-09-01, version 1.0.9* Play while on the crapper good game ### 5/5 — Pode baixar *2024-09-22* Bom jogo, nao vai te arrepender ### 5/5 — Great Game! *2024-02-09, version 1.0.8* Love all your games. When are we going to see a new game… waiting hopefully!! ### 5/5 — A fitting sequel! *2024-01-28, version 1.0.8* I have very fond memories of playing the original as a kid. This game stayed very true to its predecessor which made for an awesome nostalgic experience! --- *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.*