# Room 1309 — user reviews

> 77 indexed App Store user reviews of Room 1309 by Brian White, rated 4.70/5 from 597 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/room-1309/id1424673124/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/room-1309/id1424673124.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 467 · 4★ 96 · 3★ 18 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 5

## What do users think of Room 1309?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Interesting story and creepy atmosphere
- 💡 Clever puzzles and challenges
- 🚀 Good value for the price
- 👍 Helpful hint system

**Cons**

- 🐛 Some items hard to see or interact with
- 🐛 Certain puzzles felt unintuitive or frustrating
- 🐛 Slow movement between scenes
- 🔇 Lack of subtitles/captions for audio-based puzzles

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Issues with pill puzzle not working
- Chocolates getting stuck off-screen

**Most requested features**

- Option to skip repetitive cutscenes
- Ability to check progress/inventory
- Improved responsiveness and interaction

## Newest reviews (14 of 77)

### 4/5 — Русского нет

*2025-06-30*

Неплохая игра в духе «ржавого озера», правда мрачнее и трупов и крови многовато на мой взгляд . Еще если с английским плохо играть будет очень сложно , русского нет. Если базовый уровень языка есть плюс онлайн переводы всякие то думаю справитесь )

### 4/5 — 結構グロい

*2025-03-25*

期待よりちょっと短いですが楽しみました。
グロい場面が多いので、そういうのが苦手な方はご注意。

### 3/5 — Not the worst escape game, but certainly room for improvement.

*2022-06-12*

After reading all the great reviews I decided to buy this game, however, I’m sorry to say I don’t entirely agree with them. 

This game is pretty frustrating. Some objects are so small or hard to see on a phone screen that you completely miss them, until you read the hints. For example the heart note, or one of the pieces of torn paper, that just looks like a shadow under an object. 

Some items you have to drag out of the way and if you tap them they don’t suggest they move at all (an object shudder or similar would be good to suggest it can move, but that you need to drag it maybe?), so on some screens you have to try tapping first and if nothing happens then try dragging. 

The hints system is ok, I like how you collect more hints as you go through the game and how it gives suggestions first, before becoming more obvious. However, some hints like “I found a shard of glass” is really not helpful at all, it took me ages to figure out I needed to complete something completely unrelated first, before I could get the glass.

There are no entire walkthroughs online to follow either, so I couldn’t find any help for little important things. 

However, I will say that most of the game play is pretty logical, you usually need a key for a lock, etc. 

Overall I wouldn’t play this game again because of the frustrating time I had. I usually like escape games and this is mediocre. Not the worst, but certainly has room for improvement.

### 4/5 — So fun but kinda gross

*2022-04-20*

I loved it! So fun and well put together. I rated four stars because the bugs and maggots were just over the top added to already pretty gratuitous gore. I almost didn’t finish because it made me feel sick 😜

### 4/5 — Creepy Fun!

*2022-01-24, version 1.0.6*

This title is a creepy, sometimes challenging game.  The overall narrative falls into place as you solve clues and puzzles and make creative use of sometimes unexpected objects.  It’s worth the price and worth a play!

### 5/5 — Confused

*2022-01-01, version 1.0.6*

This game is really fun but it’s really hard but I do like solving hard puzzles

### 5/5 — horror puzzles

*2021-11-28*

Are great! You did a great job, it had a good story which I wasn't expecting. Puzzles were good, made sense, and if they are to hard you can skip. The only issue I had was the the pills, I set them up correctly & slowly moved them around to see if it was touchy but I had to skip the puzzle in the end to be able to move on. It was correct I'm not sure what happened but I'm still buying your next one, hope you fix that playing on IPhone 8 btw, and can't wait for more

### 5/5 — Brilliant

*2021-10-10*

Another fantastic game by this developer, I have deleted my previous review from years ago as I can only imagine I was having a bad day and am so sorry as this series of games are quite brilliant and really generous too. I have just finished freezer and it too was excellent, this dev is super talented. Thank you for your hard work! 😃

### 5/5 — Отличная игра

*2021-10-09*

Стоит своих денег!

### 5/5 — Good game

*2021-07-25*

So...who killed them?

### 5/5 — Amazingly SPOOKY

*2021-06-25*

If you like point and click games and don’t mind getting the heebie-jeebies this game is for you. I absolutely love the atmosphere the game created from the little scares to background noise I unnerved the entire time, one small issue i have is I’m not sure if the hints were in chronological order (this could be a “me” issue since I grabbed early game hints later than intended) and I understand the hints are intentionally vague to prevent spoilers but around the end I got so lost because I thought I missed items, chocolate (since case wasn’t full), and wine cork (since it never said where) it wasn’t until watching the walkthrough that I realized I had everything, but would appreciate having a way to check progress to avoid confusion because those 20 minutes of retracing my steps took me out of a great experience

### 5/5 — Good game, major bug

*2021-04-05, version 1.0.5*

I thought this was a great game and paid $1.99 for the full game, but there is a MAJOR bug. I collected the chocolates but when placing them, 2 pieces got dragged off the screen behind the inventory and there was no way to get them back. To complete the puzzle, I had to look for the associated code in a walkthrough. Hopefully the developers can fix this. Other than that, good puzzles, great graphics, worth the 2 bucks.

### 5/5 — Fantastic

*2021-03-29*

Atmospheric, creepy, tricky at times and a great game. My only criticism is redoing the corridor bit each time you want to move between areas is annoying.

I’ve played pretty much every point and click style game on iOS at this point and this is a good one

Please make some more!

### 4/5 — Good Start

*2021-03-24, version 1.0.5*

I hope we see more from this developer.  I really liked this game, but there were some moments that really disappointed me. Yes, it’s like Rusty Lake, but not as random with the storyline. The art and sounds are very good. My biggest complaints are the Slider, Radio, and bookcase puzzles. Does anyone like slider games? I almost deleted the game when I saw there was no option to skip it. The radio puzzle is hard to hear and not very intuitive on where to tune. Like someone else said, I think the developer doesn’t know how clock hands work. The bookcase puzzle just felt random and unnecessary... there was no story or hint leading to the conclusion. I had to find a YouTube walkthrough to get it. Anyway, sorry to pick it apart. There’s much to like and I’ll be looking for another game from this developer.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — 게임에 버그가 있어요

*2025-07-01*

도구를 주워도 도구함으로 들어오지 않고 사라져서 스토리 진행이 안돼요
도구가 많아 다음탭으로 넘겨 확인하고 싶은데 다음으로 넘길 수 있는 버튼이 생겼다 없어졌다 해요
사무실에 들어가서 사진 조각을 주웠는데 도구에 들어오지 않아 게임 진행이 막혔어요

### 1/5 — CannerGrow t exit the bathroom

*2019-12-02, version 1.0.5*

After several attempts, I simply cannot get out of the bathroom. I have restarted the game several times and followed walk-throughs several times.. I have checked the inventory list I have everything I’m supposed to have. After about the fifth walk-through, I simply must give up since I cannot exit stinking bathroom.

### 2/5 — Toll bis...

*2026-06-26*

Eins dieser typischen Rätsel-Escapegames was mir zu Beginn gefallen hat. Nachdem ich allerdings zum 2. Mal in den unendlichen Flur gestolpert bin und das Level erneut durchlaufen musste, obwohl es schon beim ersten Mal ausgelutscht und langatmig war, hat es mir leider den Spaß verdorben.

### 2/5 — Puzzles were ok

*2025-08-18, version 1.0.8*

Puzzles were ok. Game mechanics had just some minor gameplay frustrations (like 0-9 keys only sliding one direction). The hints were helpful without being too obvious. I like spooky/creepy games but this theme leans hard toward ‘gross-out’ horror style and not for me.

### 2/5 — Too slow and too hard to find things

*2022-04-16*

Nice idea, design and set up but the movement around the room is painfully slow.  Some of the objects are very hard to see and you have to touch them precisely to collect them so you often miss things.
The hint system is great and had to be used quite a bit to find some things.

### 2/5 — Could have been a five..

*2022-04-12*

..but the walkthrough videos are worthless if you can't find all the prerequiste items! I cannot find the 7th letter piece, even using the supplied clue that tells where to supposedly find them all. I've gone back over and over and have now given up. A shame.

### 2/5 — I cannot hear some sound-based puzzles

*2020-03-10*

I am a deaf person that just played this game but found that there are some puzzles that requires hearing to solve. For example, a radio I used to turn the specific AM frequency on without captions or subtitles that should translates what the radio say. I get frustrated so I had to use the hints to get the message. This message gives an answer for the color combination safe in the closet. 

After playing the game for some time, I decided to quit. I find that telephone in an office when dialing with correct numbers requires hearing through a speaker to get a message. This game needs improvement by adding captions or subtitles for some objects that require hearing sound such as radio. 

I am sorry that I had to give a 2 stars review. This game provides good graphics to include puzzles, except that there is no subtitles for sound-based puzzles which is an accessibility need for deaf people.

**Developer response:** I’m so sorry for this! I have released an update and my future games will have SDH subtitles. Please check out The Freezer game.

### 2/5 — Super

*2019-11-20*

Ein tolles Adventure mehr davon

### 2/5 — Disappointed

*2019-04-22*

The game started out fine with nice animation and story line, but about half way into the game puzzle solving started to get ridiculous.  I got to the point of being trapped in a hallway with a ghost floating around and no way out.  Some independent walk through web sites also found this to be aimless.  

I finally gave up, wasn’t enjoying it anymore, and deleted the game.

**Developer response:** I'm sorry to hear your frustrations with the maze; that's one of the more challenging puzzles. I've just updated the game (1.0.5) with more hints to make the maze easier to navigate. Thanks for your suggestions and I hope you'll give the game another try in the future.

### 3/5 — Pill puzzle?

*2022-07-13*

I am enjoying the game so far but for me the pill puzzle doesn’t work. Nothing happens when I solve it. I’ve reloaded the game and still the same problem. Good game otherwise. Can someone help?

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Please new game♥

*2025-01-18*

Was amazing and awesome!!

### 5/5 — Absolut klasse!

*2024-09-21*

Dieses Spiel lohnt sich wirklich. Es ist keines dieser schlichten Jump-scare-Produkte, sondern ein knackiges Rätselspiel mit grandioser Atmosphäre und kinoreifem Sound. Man findet nach und nach Hinweisblätter, die man einzeln immer wieder zu Rate ziehen kann, wenn’s mal knifflig wird. Lob an die Entwickler. Es gibt noch 2 weitere davon, die auch in diesem Hotel spielen. Viel Spaß!

### 5/5 — Never wrote a review before..

*2024-05-05*

Have never written a review before , that being said I’m a BIG fan of rusty lake (like I’m assuming a lot of you) and that whole vibe of games. This game has fast became a favorite. Played all games and the only complaint is there is no more new ones to play! Can’t wait till the next chapter!!!!

### 5/5 — Excellent, Excellent Games!

*2024-03-14*

Thoroughly enjoyed this series. Good puzzles, story lines and artwork. Would really like to see developer produce more of these.

### 5/5 — Delightfully Macabre!

*2023-12-08*

I enjoy the dark humor of the Rusty Lake series, and this is similar. Wonderfully scary and a touch gruesome, with a good storyline and clever puzzles.  I like escape room games that are creepy with a plot. I do appreciate the hints, too — able to just get a nudge in the right direction without an immediate spoiler.  I just bought the prequel and sequel, so back to gaming!

### 5/5 — 재밌음

*2023-11-10*

일단 공포스라운 분위기덕분에 몰입감이 있고 찾는재미가 있네요. 그런데 다시 가고싶지않은 장소가 몇군데 있엇어요.. 너무 징그러워……ㅠㅠ 속이울렁거려요ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

### 5/5 — Great game

*2023-04-07*

One of the best puzzle/horror games out there. Clever puzzles, interesting plot, and awesome graphics! Definitely worth the couple dollars.

### 5/5 — More please

*2022-07-17*

Have played these over and over and still love them

### 5/5 — This was awesome!

*2022-06-28*

No spoilers. If you like a good creepy, suspenseful story then this is a winner. Puzzles were just right, and no worries if you get stuck, there are plenty of clues. Love to have seen more like this.

### 5/5 — Creepy fun!

*2022-05-27, version 1.0.6*

I played all the games in the series and enjoyed them a lot. Challenging but not impossible. Love the creepy factor. Hoping for more games in the series!

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