# Surface: Strings of Fate — user reviews > 49 indexed App Store user reviews of Surface by Big Fish Premium, LLC, rated 4.50/5 from 777 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/surface-strings-of-fate/id1292006080/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/surface-strings-of-fate/id1292006080.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 514 · 4★ 167 · 3★ 65 · 2★ 15 · 1★ 16 ## What do users think of Surface? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Fun and imaginative storyline - 🎨 Lovely scenery and graphics - 🕹️ Unique and engaging puzzles - 📦 Bonus chapter with good length and story - 🌺 Collecting flowers and morphing dolls **Cons** - 🐛 Graphical glitches and issues - 🤔 Repetitive tasks and game mechanics - 💤 Short main game length - 🕹️ Some puzzles too difficult or unclear - 💰 Game considered overpriced **Commonly reported bugs** - Touchscreen hotspots visible - Inability to pick up items in hidden object scenes - Bonus chapter glitch preventing progress **Most requested features** - Ability to continue games - Option to make games free to continue ## Newest reviews (13 of 49) ### 4/5 — 👍 🤗 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 *2020-03-29, version 1.0.0* Good game, excellent lengths of main and bonus sections. Mixed HOs and puzzles, nice story, very enjoyable and got it on sale....recommended 😉 👍 🥂 ### 4/5 — Mixed reviews *2019-12-23, version 1.0.0* Very good minigames and HOPs. Really liked the bonus chapter story line - great ending. Hated the story line in main game. Music and visuals ok. No glitches. ### 4/5 — Great storyline *2019-03-13, version 1.0.0* But there’s a lot of task repeats, it’s too high, it’s stuck, the chain broke have to find another.. ### 4/5 — Не берётся трубка *2019-03-06, version 1.0.0* Здесь есть небольшая хитрость- надо нажать на трубку внизу и потащить её к трубке в поисковике, когда они станут рядом - задание будет выполнено . ### 3/5 — Great but short *2018-04-20, version 1.0.0* Really beautiful and just the right pace and challenge, in fact Everything I like in a HOP, but it's not very long for the price. If it was four pounds great, but seven pounds ? For four hours game play ? Meh. ### 5/5 — Nice story *2018-04-15, version 1.0.0* I am very tied of magical theme games and ancient time games with little story or plot. The game is not one off them. It is modern times game in some type of underworld that look like the back woods of the south after you left a modern city. You fight three bothers playground dice for lives. The people you meet have some good character development. Seems like a lot of this game actually tells a story. What unique idea. Wish more games did that. It is a movie where you interact. Really enjoyable. Hope this company makes more like it. ### 5/5 — Great Game *2018-04-03, version 1.0.0* Elephant Games & Big Fish team up for another great game. Loved the different HOP,s which were a break from typical. Puzzles were challenging but not too overwhelming. Good story, beautiful settings, what you would expect from the developer (Elephant Games), which always seem to be at the forefront of expanding new developments. ### 4/5 — 😀 *2018-03-17, version 1.0.0* Good game but not as good as the other surface ones . ### 5/5 — Enjoyable *2018-03-12, version 1.0.0* Great game beautiful graphics some good puzzles ### 5/5 — Very good *2018-03-11, version 1.0.0* Game was good, interesting storyline, puzzles not too taxing. Bonus game quite lengthy. Only downside to the game not able to go back to find a missing collectible. Collect all flowers and it opens extra puzzle at the end. ### 3/5 — $ *2018-03-10, version 1.0.0* Way too expensive. $10.00. More for Canadians ### 4/5 — Good game but Bonus Chapter was better *2018-03-10, version 1.0.0* Good game but the Bonus Chapter was better. ### 3/5 — Blank Screen *2018-03-10, version 1.0.0* The game is fine. After a day or two it just opens to a blank screen. Let it sit like that for half an hour. Nothing. Tried deleting and reloading. Same thing. Just wish I could actually engage in the game I bought... ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — DEFECTIVE *2023-05-08, version 1.0.0* The is yet another game with the white lines and overlays. Unplayable. ### 1/5 — Does not work on iPad *2021-09-08, version 1.0.0* When I open this game (and other Surface games) the screen shows all the touchscreen hotspots as visible rectangles. No way to work around that! ### 1/5 — Needs update or pulled *2021-08-29, version 1.0.0* All sorts of graphic glitches; deleted immediately. ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2019-11-08, version 1.0.0* Pretty lame storyline. Not a great game overall. Seems that pretty subpar for Big Fish ### 1/5 — Nice game but *2018-03-01, version 1.0.0* Big Fish is greedy for reviews ### 1/5 — Ugh!! *2018-02-28, version 1.0.0* Love the game, but in a hidden object scene and it won’t let me pick up item to move on! Stuck and can’t play now after purchasing! ### 2/5 — THE MINORITY REPORT👎🏻 *2018-04-05, version 1.0.0* Once again, I am completely pessimistic about a game with a high ranking. ♥️I was ABSOLUTELY determined to like this game, as the last SURFACE was one I really enjoyed....and I really miss Elephant Games..as they've been my touchstone for all my top games. 🤔I began to question it before I even began playing. I saw the basic functions and graphics for the Custom Difficulty Level Options...and instantly knew it wasn't going to be up to par. The quality of graphics of the characters, especially in the first "place the object" lame Mini-Game...was so poor and cartoony...I laughed out loud. Ex: Adding the mans fingers to the picture? 👎🏻 Is this really happening Elephant? Q: Are Cardboard Pine 🌲Tree Fresheners really that popular in Russia/Eastern Europe? Q: Are all Mini-Games going to be on auto-pilot? (Ex: The Maze: Number 1 choice for all three levels leaves no chance for mistakes, much less any challenges) The HO Games remind me of toddlers plastic toys; large bright "you can't miss" objects that would be difficult NOT to find. And the museum case bolts? I nearly gave in right there...it's so ridiculously simple ...it's actually funny. Trying to set joking aside - but even the storyline is laughable. 👶🏻-Goo! This is a PERFECT game for children. But not at ALL for adults, and especially not ...ABSOLUTELY NOT for experienced gamers. I doubt I'll write much more even in follow up ..saving my ramblings for games worthy of praise or criticism and extra long reviews. 😉Lol.... San Fran 🙋🏼🌉 Miss LC ### 2/5 — Disappointing and Disjointed, Ultimately Boring *2018-03-01, version 1.0.0* Two stars because: 1. Overall, the graphics are small. Very difficult to find collectibles - flowers and evil dolls. No symbol on the screen to indicate that there are collectibles to been found. The map only indicates that there are collectibles in a certain location. My favorite to play is to find collectibles. 2. Refresh rate is 15 seconds. I have played games where the refresh rate is 5 - 20 seconds. 3. Convoluted plot. I don’t like fantasy games because the characters are difficult to follow - blue, gold, gray, and others. I only purchased this game because I don’t have any new games to play. At least there are no snakes! ### 3/5 — Не берётся трубка *2019-03-03, version 1.0.0* Не берется трубка, в поиске предметов, там где лисёнка орехами выманиваешь, а следовательно не могу закончить игру... ### 3/5 — Mini games too hard! *2018-04-30, version 1.0.0* I play a lot of these games. Never casual, usually advanced. And many where there are no directions to the mini games and you have to figure them out completely. Even with directions, I couldn’t figure many of these out. Which is sad because once I saw them solved, I realized it would have been fun to do. I play for the games, not for the hidden object scenes. The game otherwise was fun. On sale, for $2.99,it maybe deserves a 4 star rating. But for its regular price, not the best purchase. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Big fish *2022-05-30, version 1.0.0* I have saw a lots of white squares ### 5/5 — Fun! *2020-04-21, version 1.0.0* Very imaginative and well-thought out storyline, lovely scenery. I especially liked the desert of forgotten toys, with a giant rubber ducky in the background🐥😲. Characters are inventive. Puzzles are easy to medium. Hops are quite unique. Even though the puzzles were fairly easy, I still found this game enjoyable. I always like collecting the little flowers in this series, which unlock bonus hops, and there are morphing dolls of the characters to find as well. Game length is longer than average. Bonus story is good as well, elephant really put a lot of effort and creativity into this game! ### 5/5 — Amazing game *2019-09-25, version 1.0.0* Fantastic storyline and graphics. Long gameplay and brilliant bonus game as well. More of these please Big Fish ### 5/5 — Great game *2019-09-05, version 1.0.0* Long bonus chapter. Loved the concept. ### 5/5 — Hi *2019-06-09, version 1.0.0* Why can’t we continue this games just asking and why can’t it be free to continue this game ### 5/5 — This one is great. Thank You! *2019-05-26, version 1.0.0* 26 May 2019 Great Game! Didn’t get all of the flowers for the hidden room but I was happy with everything else. Lol. One of the better games. Thank You! ### 5/5 — Wirklich spannend *2019-03-11, version 1.0.0* Ich habe schon viele Spiele gespielt, dieses hat mich wirklich gefesselt, auch wegen der seltsamen Wesen und Orte. Einige MS kannte ich schon von anderen Spielen, aber einige waren auch neu. Ich werde es sicher nochmal spielen ### 5/5 — Loved it! *2018-11-22, version 1.0.0* Excellent, well made, imaginative game with beautiful artwork. ### 5/5 — Strings of fate *2018-06-25, version 1.0.0* Not bad, like collecting the flowers, really enjoyed it ### 5/5 — Excellent 😍 *2018-05-07, version 1.0.0* Loved everything about this game. Interesting storyline, gorgeous graphics, great cutscenes, nice mix of puzzles and HOS and good navigation via map which, helpfully, indicates any missed collectibles. It's a good length game and bonus, which carries on nicely from the main story. Great buy at sale price and recommended. 💕 --- *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 2026-07-05.*