Comparison

Hidden World vs Darkness and Flame 2

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

Head to head
About

Hidden World

Explore a magical land through a hidden portal in your uncle's house. Solve puzzles, collect items, and uncover mysteries with beautiful hand-painted graphics and an original soundtrack. This adventure game offers a captivating journey into another world.

Highlights
  • Beautiful hand-painted graphics
  • Item collection and puzzle solving
  • Original soundtrack and sound effects
  • In-game journal for clues
  • Dynamic map of explored areas
  • Complete hint system
  • Multi-language support
Features
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The strange feeling you had all day followed you to bed that night. A sudden crash from the next room wakes you from dreams of magical lands, and sets your heart racing in your chest. Sitting bolt upright in bed, the strange feeling returns as your eyes adjust to the darkness, focusing on the odd wooden symbols across the mantel of the fireplace. Almost as if something were calling you... Turning on the lamp, you cautiously get up, moving towards the sound that woke you. This is your uncle's house and though you've been here many times, it suddenly feels very different. The room is littered with wonderfully strange and interesting artifacts, souvenirs from your uncle's travels, from where he would not say. On the floor lays a small tiled box, broken open. Unfolding the paper nestled within it, you instantly recognize the symbols. The fireplace! Running back into the bedroom, you examine again the symbols on the paper. They match perfectly those in the woodwork of the mantel, but are arranged differently... Though your hands are shaking with excitement, you work quickly, rearranging the wooden symbols to match the ones on the paper, hearing them click into place easily one after the other, until the pattern is complete. Suddenly, beams of golden sunlight burst through the opening in the fireplace, cutting through the darkness in the room. Standing back with a gasp, you look through the opening, eyes wide in awe at the beautiful, magical land from your dream on the other side. With a deep breath, you step through the opening and take your first steps into another world... Features: • Beautiful hand-painted graphics that draw you into this mesmerizing adventure! • Lots of items to collect and puzzles to solve! • Original soundtrack and sound effects! • A journal that keeps track of all the symbols and clues that you encounter. • A dynamic map that shows all of the areas you have explored, as well as your current location. • A complete hint system built right into the game. • The Hidden World has been translated into many languages. • Available for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad!

About

Darkness and Flame 2

Embark on an adventure in a fantasy post-apocalyptic world. A young girl with flame powers and her uncle seek to recover lost memories and battle spreading darkness. Solve puzzles, find hidden objects, and explore stunning locations to save their world.

Highlights
  • Fantasy post-apocalyptic world
  • Hidden object scenes
  • Puzzles and mini-games
  • Collectibles and achievements
  • Explore over 50 locations
  • Harness flame power
Features
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There is always a clue hidden somewhere deep in your memories. Will a young girl Alice find a way not only to help her uncle recall his past, but to discover what has happened to her and how to harness the power of the burning Flame? "Darkness and Flame. Missing Memories" - enjoy this adventure game with lots of quests and hidden objects, puzzles and mini-games! Its innovative storyline will grab you right from the beginning and you'll be immersed in a world in which fantasy stands alongside the post apocalyptic reality and every living thing encounters the spreading Darkness. A young girl Alice has been endowed with a great power, a power of Flame. One day she found an egg in a strange chest. With just one touch, a firebird hatched from it, changing her life forever. From now on, the beautiful bird flowing out of the girl's arm tattoo, withstands the Darkness that has been trying to find it ever since... What power has been given to Alice, and is there a way to harness it?.. From that moment on, Alice is part of the eternal battle between Darkness and Flame. The Darkness is keeping approaching and, together with her uncle Colin, Alice sets out on a journey full of wonders and adventures threatening their lives. Along with that Colin has been getting trapped in his nightmares over and over again. A woman is begging him for help. Who is she? It turns out that Colin has almost no memory of his childhood and youth. That's because he was among the unlucky ones whose consciousness fell under the shade of the Darkness. The man is convinced that after he regains his memories, they will find answers to the most pressing questions. Who is that vaguely familiar woman begging for help? How to control the flame power his niece possesses? Two confused human beings set off to the desert where a healer who might restore Colin's lost memory lives, and the Darkness is hunting them. Together they'll have to undergo many trials, meet an imminent danger, solve dozens of puzzles, and finally face the army of Darkness threatening their world. Is there a way to defeat the dark forces once and for all? • Get wrapped up in the amazing adventure in a fantasy post-apocalyptic world • Meet inhabitants of the Fertile Lands • Solve dozens of puzzles • Harness the power of the burning Flame • Save the world from a danger threatening to annihilate every living thing Explore over 50 stunning locations Complete over 40 fun and challenging mini-games Challenge yourself with interactive hidden object scenes and original puzzles Assemble collections, gather morphing objects, and gain achievements The game is optimized for tablets and phones! +++ Get more games created by FIVE-BN GAMES! +++ WWW: https://fivebngames.com/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fivebn/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/fivebngames YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/fivebn PINTEREST: https://pinterest.com/five_bn/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/five_bn/

Screenshots

Hidden World4 screens
Darkness and Flame 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Darkness and Flame 2 at Free against Hidden World's $1.99. Darkness and Flame 2 also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 117). Hidden World's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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

Darkness and Flame 2 is free to download; Hidden World costs $1.99 up front. Darkness and Flame 2 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Hidden World asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Darkness and Flame 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Darkness and Flame 2 has 1.4K ratings behind it against 117, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 92% of Hidden World's written reviews are positive against 88% of Darkness and Flame 2's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hidden World ships an update every 6 months, Darkness and Flame 2 every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Hidden World versus Darkness and Flame 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHidden WorldDarkness and Flame 2
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (117 ratings)4.8 (1.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.0% of reviews — better88.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1171.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#134 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB1.1 GB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperFire Maple GamesFIVE-BN STUDIO LLC

Customer experience

Hidden World

All ratings117 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral3.4%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews338 reviews
Positive92.0%
Neutral5.3%
Negative2.7%

Darkness and Flame 2

All ratings1,379 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews165 reviews
Positive88.5%
Neutral4.2%
Negative7.3%

User reviews

Hidden World

From 117 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Beautiful graphics
  • 🧩 Clever puzzles
  • 👍 Intuitive gameplay
  • 🕹️ Fun and engaging
  • 🏰 Immersive fantasy world

Room to improve

  • ⏱️ Too short
  • 🔔 Bell puzzle glitch
  • 🚫 Compatibility issues

Darkness and Flame 2

From 1.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Engaging story and graphics
  • 👍 Challenging but manageable puzzles
  • 💡 Ability to watch ads for hints
  • 🚀 No ads or energy limits

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs with arrow controls and clue wording
  • 👎 Lack of character development and personality
  • 👎 Repetitive puzzles across games

Bugs and requests

Hidden World

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Bell puzzle not unlocking
  • Game freezing on piano puzzle

Requested features

4 requests
  • Longer gameplay
  • More challenging puzzles
  • Faster hint system
  • Ability to skip opening animation

Darkness and Flame 2

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Arrows not working as intended in some puzzles
  • Glitches with mosaic puzzle coloring
  • Inventory bar blocking parts of the scene

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to transfer purchased coins/hints between games
  • More humor and interactivity with characters
  • Improved zoom functionality for smaller details

In-app purchases

None

Hidden World

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Darkness and Flame 2

One-time10
  • 20 coins$0.99
  • Bonus chapter$1.99
  • 30 coins$2.99
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  • 35 coins2 variants$2.99
  • 55 coins$4.99
  • 80 coins$6.99
  • 90 coins$6.99
  • 120 coins$9.99
  • 200 coins$14.99
  • 225 coins$14.99

Questions

Is Hidden World free?
Hidden World costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Darkness and Flame 2 free?
Darkness and Flame 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hidden World or Darkness and Flame 2?
Darkness and Flame 2 is rated higher. Hidden World averages 4.6 out of 5 from 117 ratings, while Darkness and Flame 2 averages 4.8 from 1.4K ratings.
Do Hidden World or Darkness and Flame 2 have ads?
Darkness and Flame 2 shows ads; Hidden World does not.
Which is updated more often, Hidden World or Darkness and Flame 2?
Hidden World ships an update every 6 months, and Darkness and Flame 2 every 10 months. Most recently, Hidden World was updated on September 24, 2026 and Darkness and Flame 2 on September 18, 2026.

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