Comparison

Mystery Box 2 vs Black Box

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Mystery Box 2

Engage your mind with a 3D escape room puzzle experience. Manipulate interactive boxes, discover hidden artifacts, and solve challenging riddles. Unlock bonus levels and enjoy immersive graphics and chilling music.

Highlights
  • Interactive 3D boxes
  • Hidden artifact discovery
  • Challenging riddles
  • Unlockable bonus levels
  • Realistic graphics
  • Hint system
Features
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Turn wheels, move handles, push buttons, and think smart to unlock all the boxes. You can find hidden puzzle pieces on a side of the boxes as well. • GHOST BOX Discover all Artifacts in the game to unlock an extra awesome level, the Ghost Box! • REALISTIC GRAPHICS It feels like you're handling real boxes in different rooms. • DISCOVER ARTIFACTS Once you open all 8 boxes of a chosen pack, find hidden puzzle pieces to compose a figure and find out a brief history of the discovered artifact. • AMAZING PUZZLES Think outside of the box to solve all riddles; it's not always easy. Leonardo da Vinci would have a hard time opening all the boxes of this game! • CHILLING BACKGROUND MUSIC Play the game with your headphones to get totally immersed in it! • FUN IS GUARANTEED Mystery Box will give you hours of fun and will also challenge your brain skills with some good tricky riddles • HINTS In case you get stuck on a level, click the bulb button to get a hint that will help you solve the puzzles • SHARE THE ARTIFACTS YOU FIND Get exposed on Twitter by sharing the game after completing an artifact image. Let your community know what you're playing! ------------------------------------------------ XSGames is an independent solo startup from Italy. Find out more at xsgames.co Follow me @xsgames_ on both Twitter and Instagram

About

Black Box

Features
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THINK INSIDE THE BOX. Black Box: Photon Logic is a pure deduction puzzle. There is a grid. There are mirrors hidden inside it. Your job is to figure out where they are — using nothing but lasers fired from the edges. HOW IT WORKS • Tap any edge to fire a laser into the box. • See where it exits — that's your only clue. • Place / and \ mirrors on the grid to recreate the same exit pattern. • Match every laser path and the box is cracked. That's it. No tutorials, no hand-holding, no enemies, no timers stealing your stars. Just clean, focused photon-tracing logic. 50 LEVELS, ONE BIG CURVE From a 4×4 calibration with 2 mirrors to a 12×12 black box with 50 mirrors. Every level has a fixed seed — retry as often as you like, the puzzle never changes. Every level is solvable; some have multiple solutions. EARN THREE STARS • Solve fast → keep more time bonus • Fire fewer probe lasers → keep more efficiency bonus • A clean run on a 12×12 grid is the brag-worthy goal DESIGNED FOR THE COMMUTE • Plays in portrait — one-thumb friendly • Levels save your progress automatically • Works fully offline once installed • No log-in, no email, no friend requests • Soft procedural sound — keep headphones in, or play silent FEATURES • 50 hand-tuned levels across 5 grid sizes • Smart hint system: stuck on a 12×12? Watch a quick ad, get one mirror revealed • Star-rating system that rewards efficient play • Neon visual style with smooth scene transitions • Subtle haptic feedback on cell taps and laser fires (mobile) • Custom procedural audio — no music files, instant install WHO IT'S FOR If you played Sokoban, Lasers, Light Up, Hashi, Slitherlink, Nonograms, or you just like games where the only opponent is the puzzle itself — this is for you. PRIVACY • No analytics tracking your gameplay • No accounts, no email, no profile • Banner and rewarded ads are served by Google AdMob — see our privacy policy for what AdMob collects Crack the first level in 30 seconds. Crack level 50 over a long weekend. Either way, welcome to the box.

Screenshots

Mystery Box 24 screens
Black Box4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Black Box at none against Mystery Box 2's 3. Mystery Box 2's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mystery Box 2 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Black Box asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mystery Box 2 versus Black Box: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMystery Box 2Black Box
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (190 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings190 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size152 MB87 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperXSGamesSampath Shanivarapu

Bugs and requests

Mystery Box 2

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Game not downloading after purchase
  • Glitches preventing mini-game completion
  • Artifacts not counting correctly (e.g., 15/16 instead of 16/16)
  • Elements dislodged from the box, making them non-functional
  • Elements not working initially, then working later
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  • Game freezes or crashes
  • Cannot get past the title page/play button
  • Taps do nothing or are delayed
  • Box spins repeatedly and uncontrollably
  • Objects move unintentionally
  • Cannot turn the box to fix issues
  • App closes after reaching the play button
  • Tutorial doesn't work properly
  • Spinning wheels turn the box instead of the intended element
  • Game unplayable after latest update
  • Ads are too long and repetitive

Requested features

5 requests
  • Fix bugs and glitches
  • Improve tutorial functionality
  • Ensure game progress is saved across devices
  • Add more background clues
  • Fix artifact counting issues

Black Box

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Mystery Box 2

One-time3
  • Premium$3.99
  • Premium + Coffee$4.99
  • Premium + Love$7.99
None

Black Box

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mystery Box 2 free?
Mystery Box 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Black Box free?
Black Box is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mystery Box 2 or Black Box have ads?
Black Box shows ads; Mystery Box 2 does not.

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