# The Da Vinci Cryptex — user reviews

> 37 indexed App Store user reviews of The Da Vinci Cryptex by XSGames, rated 4.30/5 from 41 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-da-vinci-cryptex/id6467490326/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-da-vinci-cryptex/id6467490326.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 25 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 3

## Newest reviews (14 of 37)

### 3/5 — Tolle Idee, mangelhafte Ausführung in Teilen — 3 von 5 Sternen

*2026-06-09*

Das Konzept überzeugt: ein digitales Cryptex als Rätselrahmen, stimmungsvolle Da-Vinci-Ästhetik, viele Zimmer mit echtem Aha-Potential. Wer Knobeln mag, findet hier Momente, die wirklich Spaß machen.

Wenn da nicht drei gravierende Schwächen wären:

1. Die Steuerung sabotiert die eigene Lösung.
Die Rädchen des Cryptex reagieren unzuverlässig und ungenau. Wer die richtige Kombination kennt, dreht sie trotzdem mehrfach hin — weil das Programm erst bei einem nicht definierten Millimeter-Schwellenwert „erkennt”, was eingegeben wurde. Das ist kein Rätsel, das ist Feinmotorik gegen schlechtes UI-Design.

2. Manche Lösungen entbehren jeder nachvollziehbaren Logik.
Kombinatorik, visuelle Assoziation, Symbolik — alles legitime Rätselmechanismen. Was nicht akzeptabel ist: Lösungen, die ohne jeden ableitbaren Bezug schlicht nicht erschlossen werden können. Nicht schwer, nicht knifflig — sondern willkürlich. Ohne externe Walkthrough-Suche schlicht nicht lösbar.

3. Hinweise, die nicht hinweisen.
Wenn ein Hinweis-System angeboten wird, muss es das Richtige beschreiben — nicht eine Variante, die in eine andere Richtung führt als die erwartete Lösung. Das ist keine Hilfe, das ist zusätzliche Verwirrung.

Fazit: Eine Fünf-Sterne-Idee mit zu vielen Drei-Sterne-Momenten. Viele Rätsel sind wirklich phantastisch — andere gehören überarbeitet. Daher: die Hälfte der Punkte.

### 4/5 — Annonce trop longue

*2025-11-16*

Il devient décourageant de jouer car les annonces sont trop longues.

### 4/5 — Spaccacervello

*2025-04-16, version 1.23*

Mi piace 😆

### 5/5 — Brilliant

*2024-05-07*

loving the games from this developer

**Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, glad you enjoy my games!

### 3/5 — Sarebbe bello ma…

*2024-04-24, version 1.16*

Sarebbe bello ma io non riesco neanche a risolvere il primo enigma…ci sono 6 lettere maiuscole e 5 posti sul cryptex …

### 5/5 — Thought provoking

*2024-01-26*

Great addition to the DaVinci community of games.   They are excellent puzzles.  Lots of thinking outside of the box.

**Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, glad you enjoyed this puzzle game! Try the other games on https://xsgames.co for more fun ;)

### 5/5 — あれれ？

*2024-01-20*

ゲーム自体はおもしろいです。正解のはずなんだけど正解判定でないことが何度があります。操作ミスでしょうか。。。

**Developer response:** Thanks for your review, glad you liked this enigmas game! Feel free to get in touch at https://xsgames.co, I'll be glad to help, and tell your friends what they're missing on ;)

### 5/5 — Excellent

*2023-12-27*

Another fabulous game from this talented developer, I am surprised a previous reviewer said it was illogical and the hints don’t help as they helped me completely and the puzzles aren’t too difficult. Also don’t moan about ads they mean you can enjoy developers hard work for free! Thank you for another great puzzle game 😃

**Developer response:** Thank you so much for your awesome review, happy to see you enjoyed this puzzle game! There are new ones on my portfolio, check them out in case you missed them: https://xsgames.co

### 4/5 — And this is only the Cryptex  1 !!

*2023-12-23*

Wow! Some puzzles are intuitive enough…but OTHERS!?!?
I am a bit worried for vol. 2 and 3!

**Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback and rating, glad you liked this puzzle adventure. Yeah, some riddles require you to think out-of-the-box to be solved, that's to spice up the game a little bit ;) Feel free to get in touch with me in case you get really stuck, I'll be glad to help: https://xsgames.co

### 5/5 — 5 star game

*2023-11-24*

To get clues you watch an ad this generates income for the company, it’s a fantastic free game so I can’t understand why people would complain about it, I’ve downloaded them all and they are mixed between easy and difficult, can’t wait for more games like this.

**Developer response:** Thanks so much for your feedback, happy you enjoyed this puzzle game! More games are waiting for you at https://xsgames.co Check 'em all and have fun ;)

### 3/5 — Good

*2023-10-30*

Could not get past level 32 though.

**Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, feel free to get in touch at https://xsgames.co if you'll get really stuck, I'll be glad to help ;)

### 3/5 — Wel..

*2023-10-29*

Most of the puzzles don't make sense... but it's ok

**Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, you know, some riddles require thinking out of the box to be solved, it may not be always easy be all enigmas have their own logic and can be cracked ;) Feel free to get in touch at https://xsgames.co I'll be glad to help ;)

### 5/5 — Mind bending awesome puzzles!

*2023-10-28*

Love this game!!  This developer is the best, imo!!  Love all of his games! And the books he has on Amazon. Anyway, if you like solving puzzles and none of that match 3 stuff, you will love this game.

**Developer response:** Thanks so much for your feedback, happy to see you had fun with my games and books! There are new games on my portfolio, check 'em out and crack all riddles! ;)

### 5/5 — The DaVinci Cryptex

*2023-10-26*

Love this game. Stuck on level 32. Found a walkthrough but only goes to level 30

**Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, sorry for late reply. feel free to get in touch at https://xsgames.co I'll be glad to help ;)

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Pub pub pub

*2025-07-10*

Trop de pub dommage

### 1/5 — Level 16 not solvable

*2024-12-24*

This level is still not solvable. Bad experience.

### 1/5 — Advert con

*2024-06-03*

Stuck Watch an advert! Ok so I watched 3 in a row with the message REWARD GRANTED showing, to then receive no hints … dev’s having a laugh making revenue from a bug they’ve known about for ages going by other reviews! Should be a zero star rating for dev’s like you

**Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, sorry you had troubles with the rewards, feel free to get in touch at https://xsgames.co I'll be glad to help ;)

### 1/5 — Adds dont provide the hints

*2024-01-27*

Adds dont provide the hints

### 1/5 — Makes you watch ads without giving a hint at the end

*2024-01-17*

Watch an ad to get a hint but doesn’t then actually give you a hint

### 1/5 — Help

*2023-10-29*

Can’t even solve the first puzzle even though I doing what the hint says. Ive finessed that thing in every position possible, nothing happens, what am I doing wrong?

**Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, feel free to get in touch at https://xsgames.co I'll be glad to help ;)

### 1/5 — Solution trouvée

*2023-10-20*

Impossible d’avancer .
Ça ressemble à une arnaque pour lire les publicités

**Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, you know, Ads are there to allow you to play the entire game for free and still support the development of new games :) Feel free to get in touch at https://xsgames.co I'll be happy to help!

### 1/5 — Ridiculous

*2023-10-20*

Illogical puzzles with no real help from the hints designed to make you watch loads of adverts… waste of time downloading

**Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, sorry to see you didn't have fun with this puzzle game, feel free to get in touch at https://xsgames.co I'll be glad to help in case you got really stuck on some riddles ;)

### 1/5 — Level 16 has error and is unsolvable

*2023-10-03*

Although I knew I had the right solution it was not solvable so I used the hint which only confirmed that my solution was correct but the cryptex still is closed. I also tried if there is maybe a single error but even that failed. So I am deleting the app now.

**Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, the bug has been fixed with in last update, sorry for the inconvenience

### 1/5 — Bug

*2023-09-30*

Dès la 1ere énigme ça ne fonctionne pas c’est dommage

**Developer response:** Thanks for your review, bugs have been fixed with in the latest update ;)

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — The Game is good but

*2026-08-07*

The game is good but overall I can’t get past room 34 and I even typed in the same code sequence but it won’t let me through

### 5/5 — Love!!!

*2026-03-09*

Addictive

### 5/5 — Interesting

*2026-02-14*

Love the look of the puzzle. Some of the levels are fairly easy but some are difficult because it is hard to grasp the clues.

**Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, happy you liked this puzzle game! Check out more stuff at https://xsgames.co ;)

### 5/5 — Sehr unterhaltsam

*2025-10-05*

Es hat mir gefallen, noch im 50. Zimmer, spiele weiter

**Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, happy you liked this game! Try the other three chapters at https://xsgames.co for more puzzles ;)

### 5/5 — Excellent Puzzles

*2025-05-15*

Surprised there aren’t more reviews.  An excellent puzzle game - gets the brain working.

**Developer response:** Thanks so much for your review, glad you liked this game! Check out more stuff at https://xsgames.co for more fun ;)

### 5/5 — Sympathique

*2025-04-06*

Sympa, souvent assez simple; mais ce qui est dommage, c’est que l’aide s’active systématiquement toute seule au bout de quelques secondes donc il faut éviter de la regarder.

Sinon les autres jeux payants de ce développeur sont quand même mieux.

**Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, glad you liked this puzzle game!

### 5/5 — Bello

*2024-12-17, version 1.21*

Divertente fa spremere un minimo le meningi

### 5/5 — Super

*2024-11-09*

Très amusant. Les énigmes sont difficiles, mais pas trop. Et le développeur vous répond très vite en cas de problème

**Developer response:** Thanks for your review, glad you liked this puzzle game and to support!

### 5/5 — Training für die grauen Zellen

*2024-06-06*

Schöner Zeitvertreib mit angenehmen Nebeneffekt.

**Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, glad you liked this puzzle game! Try more games at https://xsgames.co for even more fun ;)

### 5/5 — Love it

*2024-05-10*

Sometimes the key is not to over think the puzzle. Simple is best

**Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, glad you liked this puzzle game! Enjoy more chapters of the series at https://xsgames.co and tell your friends what they're missing out on ;)

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*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 2026-08-25.*