# Young Detective: The Mutation — user reviews > 26 indexed App Store user reviews of Young Detective by Pham Quang, rated 3.70/5 from 58 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/young-detective-the-mutation/id6738573028/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/young-detective-the-mutation/id6738573028.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 26 · 4★ 13 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 8 ## Newest reviews (6 of 26) ### 2/5 — Ads and errors I can’t ignore *2025-07-08, version 1.2.25* It’s a shame. This could be an entertaining game. Unfortunately, there’s more ad time than game time. I only played about 1/2 hour, and had four ad breaks. I was willing to give it some time, but within three puzzles I got to a tectonic (suguru) puzzle which was unsolvable due to several errors in construction. Right away I found two pre-filled cells arranged to block using that number in an adjacent region. Designer, people interested in puzzling games won’t ignore bad game design for good illustration or animation. We also won’t be pleased by a game which provides no means of grabbing in-game pics of neceassary info while also providing far too frequent distractions from playing. I can’t recommend this to anyone, and the two stars I gave it are only for the image and audio quality. What a letdown! ### 2/5 — Сплошная реклама *2025-01-07, version 1.2.20* Рекламы больше игры ### 1/5 — Awful *2024-12-20, version 1.2.19* These are my favorite games but this one is a disaster. On the pipe puzzle there is no solution. Nothing goes together. ### 2/5 — Too Confusing *2024-12-09, version 1.1.10* The puzzles and hints make little to no sense. There were several instances where I was sure I had it right, and still had to watch ads to get enough coins to skip the puzzle. Additionally, the feature where you have to use more items and go into more rooms before getting a new hint is very annoying. I’ve been tapping aimlessly for about 20 minutes and haven’t been able to get any new hints. Also, for future games, please considering decreasing the number of coins needed to skip puzzles. The story is intriguing, but the difficulty of the puzzles and the confusing hints ruin it. ### 1/5 — TOO MANY ADS *2024-12-01, version 1.1.10* too many ads! ### 2/5 — Almost but…. No *2024-11-28, version 1.1.10* Just no. Game and puzzles are way too obscure and frustrating to be any real fun. They’re challenging in a bad way just to get you so frustrated that you’ll buy coins to progress. It’s a bad revenue plan. Dev: you’re clearly very talented. Make games with puzzles that are enjoyable and charge us up front. That would be so much better. You have what it takes to make great games. Deleting this one. Please make games with the player in mind, and not how you can sell the most coins. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — ads ads and only ads *2026-05-21, version 1.2.25* so terrible game experience ### 1/5 — Anúncios dms *2025-11-22* Muitos anúncios, não dá pra nem pensar pra resolver os enigmas pq já vem outro anúncio de novo e de novo ### 1/5 — injouable *2025-11-15, version 1.2.25* Bloquée sur le puzzle avec les 4 cercles, indice indéchiffrable, impossible de passer et même avec la soluce ça fonctionne pas. Supprimé. ### 1/5 — Nul ! 1 pub toutes les 2 min *2025-11-09, version 1.2.25* Nul ### 1/5 — Feels like dum *2025-08-28, version 1.2.25* Not recommended at all. WHO teach you all to design a puzzle like this?! The clue and hind are not reasonable at all. ### 1/5 — PÉSSIMO *2025-08-26* Não sai do lugar! ### 1/5 — Not worth it *2025-05-25, version 1.2.25* Too many ads. None can be skipped thru, you must endure the whole ad. Then the ad strip at bottom of the screen covers 1/3 of play area. ### 1/5 — Сплошная реклама *2025-04-10, version 1.2.20* Играть просто невозможно: сплошняком реклама. Так ещё это реклама автоматически заходит в аппстор для скачивания игры или приложения, которые рекламирует.Удалила. Играть невыносимо. Не рекомендую. ### 1/5 — Ads every minute *2025-02-11, version 1.2.20* Pop up ads every minute. Why? Completely destroyed this game. Painful and not worth attempting to play. Ads pop up constantly. Can’t get or do anything without having to painfully have an ad. Deleted after the first 12 popped up. Impossible to play. Why????? ### 1/5 — Read me *2025-01-12, version 1.2.20* Avoid this game, and don’t pay for ‘No Ads’ like I did. This game makes zero sense, no flow, no storyline…. Majority of the game is a treasure hunt at best.. Really disappointing!! Good art work tho lol ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Awesomeness!! *2026-02-01, version 1.2.25* I absolutely love this developer! These games are just hard enough. Ads are a real annoyance but the games are $2 to remove ads. I play a lot of these types of games and these are waaayyyy underrated!! ### 5/5 — Perfeito *2025-10-12* Simplesmente muitooooooo bom! ### 5/5 — Muito bom *2025-10-11* A maioria dos jogos nessa categoria tem enigmas fáceis demais e pouco elaborados, mas não é o caso desse. Ansiosa pelos próximos jogos do Bamgru Team. ### 5/5 — Bon challenge *2025-07-04* Un bon mix de difficulté!! Divertissant. Bien apprécié. ### 5/5 — I thinks it nice *2025-06-11, version 1.2.25* Pretty good usually the puzzle games I play are pretty easy but this one is hard and test my brain just enough a little to hard but I still pushed though so it’s pretty good in my book<3 ### 5/5 — Don’t understand the hate *2025-04-24, version 1.2.20* I read the other comments, honestly I don’t get the hate. Yeah there are ads, but you always get to skip them. This game is so fun and entertaining. It really made me think and had my brain going. I also loved the sound and visual effects. The art style is great too. ### 4/5 — Challenging *2025-07-11, version 1.2.25* I really enjoyed this game but needed a lot of hints. The ones provided weren’t much help so I went to walkthroughs. Still, I played it all the way through and thought it was well worth it. ### 4/5 — Game review *2025-04-28, version 1.2.20* Some of the cabinets didn’t open as they should and the keys didn’t open the right drawer’s where as the game’s graphics were amazing ### 4/5 — Enjoyed *2025-03-03, version 1.2.20* Tricky puzzles, you need to be very observant, found a few tiny bugs that didn’t impact the game play, couldn’t read ending though. ### 3/5 — Pas mal *2025-06-04, version 1.2.25* Les énigmes sont un peu trop complexes, vu le système d aide qui est limité dans ses explications et peu progressif. Pas assez d indice visuel pour comprendre comment relier les éléments trouvés et obtenir la bonne réponse --- *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.*