# Spotlight X: Room Escape — user reviews > 65 indexed App Store user reviews of Spotlight X by Aleksei Aro, rated 4.30/5 from 332 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spotlight-x-room-escape/id1597267437/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spotlight-x-room-escape/id1597267437.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 198 · 4★ 73 · 3★ 33 · 2★ 15 · 1★ 13 ## What do users think of Spotlight X? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🧩 Challenging and well-designed puzzles - 🎨 Great graphics and visual quality - 🎵 Immersive soundtrack and atmosphere - 📖 Engaging story and lore - 💰 Free-to-play with quality content - 🧠 Good difficulty balance - challenging but not frustrating - ✨ Creative and varied puzzle types - 🎯 Helpful hint system available **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent progress loss and game resets - 🐛 Tap detection issues and unresponsive buttons - 🐛 Game crashes and force closures - 🐛 Inventory selection problems, especially when scrolling - 🐛 Level selection screen freezing - ⏱️ No progress saving when exiting mid-level - 📺 Excessive ads and intrusive ad rewards - 😤 Some puzzle clues are vague or obscure - 🎮 Poor UI responsiveness overall **Commonly reported bugs** - Progress resets to beginning after closing app or making purchases - Finger taps not registering on interactive elements - Inventory items unselectable when list requires scrolling - Level selection buttons become unresponsive - Game crashes immediately upon opening or during gameplay - Specific puzzle bugs (grid light puzzle with changing solutions, frame picture puzzle) - Inventory bar overlapping with interactive elements - Game freezing requiring rapid tapping to unfreeze - Missing game elements on iPad version - Purchased content not persisting after app restart **Most requested features** - New chapters and levels (frequently requested) - Gender selection option for player character - More plague doctor content and clips - Additional background music tracks to reduce repetition - Back button protection to prevent accidental exits during puzzles - Auto-save feature for mid-puzzle progress - Missing Level 11 - Blackout implementation - Better visibility for hard-to-see objects ## Newest reviews (15 of 65) ### 2/5 — Chapter 2 not responding *2025-02-05, version 2.43.0* Help! I’ve purchased help and cannot get passed the x in the picture frame. Followed the walk through and nothing happens ### 3/5 — Objetos de sobra *2025-02-03* O jogo é bom, mas as vezes terminamos as fases sem usar alguns objetos que foram coletados. ### 4/5 — Fun Game *2024-07-29* Mostly positive experience. I did find a few puzzles that clues were very vauge. Some items are a tad hard to see but, not imposible to locate. I like that the puzzles were varied and challenging. Thanks developers! ### 3/5 — Fun but can’t progress *2024-07-28* I’ve been enjoying this game up through chapter 2, level 7. Unfortunately, there is a grid puzzle where you need to match lights to numbers, and I honestly don’t know if I’m failing the puzzle or if my game is bugged. I’ve seen these types of puzzles in other games, and normally the lights correspond to the number grid, and you can use process of elimination to figure out which ones are right and which ones need to be changed. In this one, numbers that were “right” abruptly become wrong again. The numbers of lights change (all before I’ve used up my allotted 10 tries before the reset.) Unless I guess it all on the first try, there doesn’t seem to be a way to solve it. I’ve watched the exhausting number of ads to get the hints. I’ve tried looking up walk throughs online. Nothing works, and the puzzle resets to a new random solution after 10 tries. Frustrated that there doesn’t seem to be a way past this. ### 2/5 — Doesn’t Save *2024-06-26* Game keeps resetting back to first level. I’m in second chapter then next time I log in, everything is locked and I’m back to first chapter. Restore purchases doesn’t do anything. Frustrating as it was a fun game but I’m not redoing levels nor will I pay to open them all when I already made it so far. **Developer response:** Hi there, sorry for the inconvenience. Please get in touch via stijn@javelin.ee. Please write in that email what you wrote here. Also, please tell us what device you use, what software version you have and in what app it happens. Thank you! ### 2/5 — Doesn’t say progress and lost purchases *2023-07-16, version 2.41.0* Really annoying that played and even paid coupled times to get hints but lost my progress. Plus the target selection is far to small, doesn’t let you select the right item, even if it’s the action that you need to do ### 5/5 — Awesome game! But where is level 11??? *2023-05-22, version 2.41.0* The game is awesome, just like its predecessor. Only a few clues are a tad bit far fetched (according to me). I saw online there should be 11 levels but I don't see Level 11 - Blackout in the game. Confused. ### 5/5 — Michia Blazier *2023-05-02, version 2.41.0* Great Game! Amazing lore and story behind it inside the game. I love how it explains what is happening inside of the game. 5/5 Stars Incredible Game!! ### 3/5 — Good game *2023-03-07* I really enjoy this game however I don’t like that if you exit you have to start all over again. I have finished levels and paused to do something then go back later in the day and I have to restart from the beginning. **Developer response:** Hi there, we are sorry your progress has been lost. Please get in touch via stijn@javelin.ee with information about when your progress was lost and your device model. ### 5/5 — This game is awesome *2023-02-11, version 2.39.0* This game is awesome for people who like escape rooms and mystery’s.it may be difficult at first but it gets easier as you go on. ### 5/5 — Playing the game *2023-01-31, version 2.39.0* My daughter got me into this game and all tho theirs a lot of thinking to the core,I love it Thanks ### 4/5 — Wayyyy better!!! *2023-01-16* Much much better than the original!! I still don’t understand much of it. But I’m figuring it out. When the hints get used they actually make sense! ### 5/5 — Close out issue *2023-01-10* Great game. Played for years. Recently when I open the app either it plays consistently or it goes straight to my Home Screen. Odd issue. Contact if more unfit is required **Developer response:** Hi there, we are sorry for the inconvenience. We are aware of this issue on the latest several iPhone/iPad series and possibly other newer devices and are still looking into a solution. A workaround is to play on an older device. Also please get in touch via stijn@javelin.ee and provide information about your exact device model and software version, thank you! ### 2/5 — Game freezes *2022-12-02, version 2.39.0* Its an ok game but it keeps freezing up ### 3/5 — Glitched *2022-11-29, version 2.39.0* As soon as I got to the second chapter my progress started all over. What could have caused that? I am back at the Awakening. 😓 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — My progress was lost *2023-04-04, version 2.41.0* After I made a purchase for some coins all my progress was lost when I went back to play ### 1/5 — Started Over *2023-02-05* I got to Passage and put the game down for a few hours. When I went back it start from beginning with none of my previous progress. There was no continue option. Played through again and then it wouldn’t take me to chapter 2 even though I finished all of chapter 1. Cool puzzles but too buggy. And after I finally got into Chapter 2 it reset to the beginning of chapter 1. All progress lost. I’m out. **Developer response:** Hi there, we are sorry your progress was lost, please get in touch via stijn@javelin.ee and provide information about this and your device model as well as the software version so can help. Thank you! ### 1/5 — 👎🏻 *2022-12-18, version 2.39.0* The game has bugs ### 1/5 — Crashes within seconds every time *2022-11-25* I played the first level, but then it crashed and continued to crash immediately with each attempt to open again. Both Spotlight games I’ve tried have done this. The second crashed before I even made it past the menu the first time I opened it. **Developer response:** Hi there, we are sorry for the inconvenience. We are aware of this issue on the latest several iPhone/iPad series and possibly other newer devices and are still looking into a solution. A workaround is to play on an older device. Also please get in touch via stijn@javelin.ee and provide information about your exact device model and software version, thank you! ### 1/5 — Bugs *2022-10-26, version 2.39.0* There is so many bugs in this game. For the longest time I could not get past passage level as it would not turn red when HI was pressed. Now I can’t access my task pieces in the menu bar on the side . I highlight a game piece and it will not glow and highlight so I can take it out of my storage section. Very disappointed. The other games would do that also but when I refreshed or deleted the game and put it back it would work. ### 1/5 — SCAM WARNING!! Game keeps resetting progress to beginning, even though I paid to unlock ALL levels. *2022-05-08, version 2.39.0* I would’ve given this 5 stars, but the game keeps on resetting to the beginning. Even after I paid to unlock all levels and remove ads. ### 1/5 — Anti Biden ads *2022-04-16, version 2.39.0* I deleted this game when I saw the anti Biden ads. Too bad. The game was fun. ### 1/5 — Reset *2022-03-14, version 2.39.0* Game has lost my progress and reset to the start. Very disappointed ### 1/5 — Bug after Passage *2022-03-14* I just finished and passed the level “Passage” and have a bug which it’s impossible go ahead. I can’t play next level “Say Hi”. :/ ### 1/5 — Very buggy *2022-03-04, version 2.39.0* Lots of locations don’t register the finger taps. It’s very difficult to access the inventory as the game doesn’t register the finger taps. V frustrating. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I love this game! Highly recommend *2026-03-20, version 2.43.0* I love this game so very much, the story is great, the puzzles are great, everything about it is amazing. I’ve finished all of the current “chapters” and I’d absolutely love more of them. I truly recommend this game to anyone who likes mind puzzles, mysteries etc. Thank you so much, have a great day ### 5/5 — New levels *2026-03-17, version 2.43.0* Can you do some new levels? I already finished the game ### 5/5 — Great game *2025-12-13, version 2.43.0* Very great game. The puzzles are challenging but not too frustrating that I get angry/annoyed. Good for keeping mind active ### 5/5 — Awesome developers *2025-06-08, version 2.43.0* Great game, they keep you thinking just outside the box without being way too complex. Love it. ### 5/5 — For free??? *2024-07-18, version 2.41.0* This is one of the best escape room apps on the store, quality puzzles, great graphics, and again…FOR FREE!!! ### 5/5 — Next chapter *2023-11-20, version 2.41.0* Love this game! Played up to dirty things chapter 3, and am still waiting for the next one, is there going to be another one, says new one coming, but this was months ago, maybe last year I finished it, so when are you making the next one??played all the others too, they also saying a new one coming and nothing has happened 🙄🤷🏽‍♀️ ### 5/5 — 100% recommend *2023-11-11, version 2.41.0* These puzzles are downright challenging! Absolutely love it! ### 5/5 — Muito gostoso de jogar *2023-07-19* Os gráficos, a trilha sonora e a história são incríveis. Muito bom, porém tem uns enigmas que são quase impossíveis, que nem faz sentido (na minha opinião) mas tudo bem, talvez eu seja burra mesmo. ### 5/5 — Please finish the next chapter *2023-06-28, version 2.41.0* Really fun. Can’t wait for the next chapter! ### 5/5 — Finally a game to get excited about! *2023-06-06, version 2.41.0* What a great game! I’ve played the first chapter so far and really loved it, not sure if I’ve missed something as I didn’t get any stars and not sure the relevance of the johnny cash paper although I did appreciate it being in the game…. Great song! Also there was an unexpected creepy moment that was ace! So glad I came across this excellent game. Edit: so I got all stars on second play through! What a great little add on…absolutely love this game! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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