# Secret City 5 - F2P — user reviews

> 25 indexed App Store user reviews of Secret City 5 by DO GAMES LIMITED, rated 4.70/5 from 530 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/secret-city-5-f2p/id1569149072/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/secret-city-5-f2p/id1569149072.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 419 · 4★ 82 · 3★ 17 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 8

## What do users think of Secret City 5?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🎮 Engaging and enjoyable gameplay
- 🎨 Good graphics and visual quality
- 📖 Interesting storyline and diverse characters
- 🧩 Challenging puzzles
- 💰 Free-to-play model appreciated
- 🌍 Available in multiple languages

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent glitches and bugs
- 🎯 Poor touch screen responsiveness and hit detection
- 💰 Aggressive monetization pushing coin/gem purchases
- 🌐 Translation errors and character encoding issues
- 📱 Screen scaling problems on larger devices
- ⚠️ Game-breaking progression blockers
- 🔧 Inconsistent performance across devices

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Bonus chapter envelope not appearing after clicking newspaper
- Safe/vault won't open
- Minesweeper bonus not functional
- Game crashes or fails to launch
- Unable to return to previous areas
- Items positioned off-screen and unclickable
- Coin purchase history not recognized
- Game jams/freezes at certain progression points
- Crown Card popup blocks progression in phone booth

**Most requested features**

- Language selection option instead of automatic translation
- Fix accented character display in translations
- Improved touch target sizing for better usability
- More frequent new F2P game releases
- Better customer support responsiveness

## Newest reviews (5 of 25)

### 3/5 — Glitchy

*2022-07-02*

Fun but glitchy. I have to use the hints sometimes to get some of the items to function like they're supposed to.

Also, some items are off the screen so there's no way to see them to click on them.

**Developer response:** Hello! Thank you for helping us to make our hidden object game better! We will definitely take into account your request in the future. We wish you a good time!

### 3/5 — イライラ

*2022-07-01*

反応が悪くってイライラする

### 4/5 — Bien, pero…..

*2021-10-17, version 1.0*

Genial que sea en castellano, fatal sistema de monedas

### 3/5 — Doesn’t work properly on my iPad 12.9

*2021-09-28, version 1.0*

I love these games but I always run into problems. Your screen area is much larger than my physical screen so it makes playing the search games impossible. I also can’t get into the vault having restarted several times. I had to quit this game sadly.

### 3/5 — Slacking

*2021-07-03, version 1.0*

There used be new f2p games out every week but really dissapointed as i always come here excited and always dissapointed

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — 😡😡😡😡

*2023-07-02*

Игра хорошая, но исправьте ошибку с сейфом, не хочет открываться

### 1/5 — Get down to one star

*2023-03-05*

Seriously, never again.. will not get a dime from me. So many glitches to push people buying coins or gems.. not happening here. Thank you.

**Developer response:** Hello! We are sorry that you experienced this issue with our hidden object mystery game. Please write to our support team at support.dominigames.com. Describe the problem step by step (what happens, where it happens, what buttons you click, etc.) and attach screenshots, if possible. Our specialists will be happy to help you.

### 1/5 — Waste of My Time

*2022-05-02*

First off, the “tap screen” locations are minuscule so that I had to hit an item or location many times to get it picked up or identified. I’m in the phone booth early in the game and have the “Crown Card” popped up on the screen and can go no further.
I deleted the game after about 5 minutes of frustration.

**Developer response:** Hello! Thank you for your review. We are sorry that you encountered this issue while playing our item finder game. Please share it with our specialists at support.dominigames.com and try to include as much detail as possible. We appreciate your help in making our game better.

### 1/5 — Не входит

*2022-04-19*

Не хочет запускаться, вылетает😩

### 1/5 — Зачем

*2022-03-17*

Жыжа

### 1/5 — City 5

*2021-11-22*

Si vous aimez les jeux énervants, vous avez fait le bon choix car tactile  très mauvais ainsi que la traduction et des actions a faire avec des objets inadaptés. Bon courage ! 👎

**Developer response:** Hello! Thank you for your review. We are sorry that you encountered this issue while playing our item finder game. Please share it with our specialists at support.dominigames.com and try to include as much detail as possible. We appreciate your help in making our game better.

### 2/5 — не рекомендую , совсем

*2023-05-17*

Пройти не реально, без оплаты

**Developer response:** Здравствуйте! Спасибо за отзыв. Эту сюжетную игру с поиском предметов и отличий можно пройти полностью, не покупая ничего во внутриигровом магазине. Дополнительные бонусы доступны в том случае, если вы хотите закончить историю быстрее.

### 2/5 — F2P I can see why

*2022-06-27, version 1.0.1*

I tried this and No 4 and they both jammed part the way through so I couldn’t continue, I’m glad I hadn’t paid because then I’d be really annoyed but it has put me off buying their games if they are so unreliable. It’s a shame because the game is good.

### 2/5 — Frustrated!!

*2021-10-05, version 1.0*

I have been trying for the past week to get DOMINI to tell me why I have 47 coins but when I try to skip puzzle it tells me no record of purchase!!!! I tried contact re ticket system…..but no link sent and I am still not able to skip puzzle because the game keeps telling me no record of coin purchase……47 showing !!!!!! You keep telling me to go to support…..tried this 4 times no response!!!!!

### 3/5 — Bonus

*2024-01-29*

This is the second game that I can’t play the bonus. The envelope with the record isn’t there and the one with mine sweep, no way on doing it. Going to try number 6, wish me luck. Oh I agree there many glitches

**Developer response:** Hello! Our development team will definitely consider your opinion and make our hidden object puzzle game better. If you want, please email us more specific suggestions at support@dominigames.com.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Все супер

*2023-03-10*

Спасибо

**Developer response:** Здравствуйте! Спасибо за отзыв, мы рады, что наша игра на поиск предметов вам понравилась!

### 5/5 — Great and not a glitch in sight

*2023-02-12, version 1.0.2*

Smooth ride with good graphics and best of all no glitches.

### 5/5 — English, please

*2022-08-07*

Great game as usual. Pity it is impossible to choose the language, I’m sick and tired of rotten google translations that don’t even mean anything and random characters (ranging from nothing to Russian alphabet) filling the place of accented vowels. Can I please play in English?

### 5/5 — Fun game

*2022-05-17*

Nice challenges, I enjoyed this game very much!

**Developer response:** Hello! Thank you for your great review! We’re so happy you loved our hidden object adventure. Check out our others, we’ll be thrilled to hear more of your feedback!

### 5/5 — ✨Magic ✨

*2021-07-07, version 1.0*

Really enjoyable game, challenging puzzles and interesting storyline, with great graphics…
I’m liking the secret city series with all the diverse, imaginative characters 😃…
I really appreciate the F2P games you are putting out… thanks 😊 keep up the great work!.. 👍 xXx

### 5/5 — DominiGames❤️

*2021-06-17*

Как всегда на высоте☺️ Спасибо большое за ваши игры😉

**Developer response:** Здравствуйте! Спасибо за добрые слова! Мы прилагали все усилия, чтобы оправдать ваши ожидания.

### 5/5 — волшебно!!

*2021-06-17*

прекрасная игра, прошлась на одном дыхании♥️ спасибо за ваши старания 💯

**Developer response:** Здравствуйте! Спасибо за отзыв! Мы приложим больше усилий, чтобы продолжить радовать вас в будущем!

### 4/5 — Bonus chapter problem

*2023-08-27, version 1.0.2*

I thoroughly enjoy the Secret City games, but am having trouble with the bonus chapter in 5: Having looked at the walkthroughs, the cork board should swing to reveal a crack with an envelope in it when the newspaper cutting is clicked on. This hasn’t happened in my game.

### 4/5 — Minor translation errors

*2022-10-19*

They are a few errors in the french translation. I can help with them of you want : aruthas666 at gmail. To be more specific, all accented letters don’t show up : é à etc.

### 4/5 — Fallo

*2021-11-10, version 1.0*

No puedo volver al callejón si voy atrás. Qué pasa?.

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