Truberbrook vs It Happened Here
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Truberbrook
Embark on a thrilling sci-fi mystery adventure set in a 1960s European village. As a young scientist, your vacation takes an unexpected turn, leading you to potentially save the world. Explore handmade scenery and uncover secrets in this engaging single-player experience.
- Single player sci-fi mystery adventure
- Handmade miniature scenery
- Full voice acting (English & Deutsch)
- Atmospheric soundtrack
- Up to 10 hours of gameplay
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»Trüberbrook« is a thrilling mystery-sci-fi adventure game. Enjoy an adventurous vacation to a 1960's parallel universe! A Sci-Fi-Mystery Adventure Game with handmade scenery. Imagine yourself on a vacation to Europe in the late sixties. Now, picture yourself as a young American scientist; Hans Tannhauser. While you're at it, think of Trüberbrook, a remote village in rural Germany. Because, that's where you end up after hitting the continent. But who cares, you won the trip in a lottery! Or at least, that’s how it seems. But don't fear, instead of getting some rest, you could find yourself having to save the world … Supported devices: iPhone6s, iPhone6s+, iPhoneSE, iPhone7, iPhone7+ or newer. iPad 5th Gen, 6th Gen, 7th Gen or newer. iPad Air 2, iPad Air 3rd Gen or newer. iPad Mini 4, iPad Mini 5 or newer. iPad Pro 9.7/10.5/11/11 2G/12.9/12.9 2G/12.9 3G/12.9 4G or newer. iPod Touch 7th Gen or newer FEATURES • Suspense! Mystery! Thrills! After all, it's a single player sci-fi mystery adventure game. • Indulge in universal themes such as love, friendship, loyalty, self-discovery and dinosaurs • Handmade miniature scenery! • Full voice acting in both English and Deutsch! • Atmospheric, moody soundtrack • Up to 10 hours of super exciting gameplay!
It Happened Here
Explore the streets of Senglea, Malta, through an immersive, real-time story. This geolocation-guided experience brings historical characters and fictionalized events to life, inspired by local resident interviews. Discover the city's past as you walk its streets.
- Immersive real-time story
- Geolocation-guided exploration
- Street-level historical events
- Fictional stories based on resident interviews
- Senglea, Malta specific experience
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It Happened Here is an immersive real time story, intended to be played on site in the streets of Senglea, Malta. The experience guides you through the streets of Senglea using geolocation as it brings the streets to life with events, stories and characters that would have lived there in the past. Although the stories are fictional they are based on a series of interviews with residents who have lived in the city their entire lives.
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Verdict
Truberbrook and It Happened Here both sit at 3.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of It Happened Here's written reviews are positive against 42% of Truberbrook's. It Happened Here also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Truberbrook's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 35 months) and ratings volume (89 vs 1). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
It Happened Here is free to download; Truberbrook costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Truberbrook against 4.0 for It Happened Here. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Truberbrook has 89 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 42% of Truberbrook's written reviews are positive against 100% of It Happened Here's.
Truberbrook ships an update monthly, It Happened Here every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Truberbrook | It Happened Here |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (89 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 89 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 35 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2.3 GB | 212 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Headup GmbH | Mighty Boards Ltd |
Customer experience
Truberbrook
It Happened Here
Bugs and requests
Truberbrook
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes when entering certain areas
- Save data not persisting across sessions
- Graphical glitches and visual bugs
- Controls and UI not optimized for mobile
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to skip or speed up dialogues
- More logical and intuitive puzzles
- Improved auto-save and progress tracking
- Support for wider range of devices
It Happened Here
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Truberbrook
No in-app purchases
It Happened Here
No in-app purchases
Questions
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