Comparison

Hidden City vs Mystery Manor

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

Head to head
About

Hidden City

Embark on a thrilling detective adventure to rescue a friend from a mysterious phantom city. Solve puzzles, explore dark dungeons, and battle strange creatures as you uncover secrets and confront evil.

Highlights
  • Hidden object scenes
  • Quests and puzzles
  • Dungeon exploration
  • Combat against monsters and cults
  • Offline play
  • Friend assistance
Features
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Hidden City is a hidden object detective adventure for players who enjoy cozy mystery games, search-and-find puzzles, story-rich quests and richly detailed scenes. Explore a mystical Victorian city, find hidden objects, follow clues, solve puzzles, meet unique characters and uncover magical secrets in the City of Shadows. Your next investigation awaits in a game where detective cases, beautiful search scenes, puzzle variety and magical events blend into one captivating mystery story. Look closer, collect clues and discover why every object, note and artifact matters. What will you investigate? Search atmospheric scenes filled with hidden items, evidence, notes, artifacts, keys, symbols, curiosities and visual clues. Every location invites careful observation and rewards players who love to find meaningful details in beautiful environments. Explore foggy streets, ornate halls, manor-like rooms, curious shops, gardens, arcades, laboratories and magical city districts. Each place supports the mystery and turns object search into part of the investigation. Which search modes can you play? Hidden City keeps the main investigation fresh with different modes designed to test your observation skills: • Words mode: Classic hidden object searching using text lists. • Silhouettes mode: Visual challenges based on object shapes. • Night mode: Focused searches in dim scenes using a spotlight. • Pairs mode: Matching identical or logically related objects to test your attention. These modes support players who enjoy search-and-find adventures, visual puzzles, detective games and finding hidden items through careful observation. Are there mini-games and puzzles? Yes. The core search mechanics are supported by puzzle modes that add variety without taking over the main experience. Take a break from the investigation and play through: • Spot the difference: Compare two scenes using sharp observation. • Match-3 levels: Crystal and gem matching for satisfying puzzle breaks. • Brain teasers: Logic mini-games, memory challenges and story-driven riddles. This mix works well for players who want a detective game with brain teasers, a mystery puzzle with clues or a search-and-find adventure with match-3 elements. How does the story unfold? Follow narrative-driven quests, character stories, special cases and event investigations. Assemble artifact collections, solve anomalies, complete requests and unlock rewards that help you continue your detective journey. Every quest connects detailed scenes, puzzle challenges, magical discoveries and story progression into one polished mystery adventure. Play Hidden City your way • Play offline: Continue your investigation anywhere, even without an internet connection. • Follow the story: Return to character quests, detective cases and magical events as your mystery unfolds. • Regular updates: Discover new cases, quests, search scenes and special events added over time. • Cross-device sync: Save your progress and switch between your devices. While this game is absolutely free to play, you have the ability to unlock optional bonuses via in-app purchases from within the game. You may disable in-app purchases in your device settings. You can play this game even if you’re offline! Game available in: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Ukrainian. ____________________________ Sign up now for a weekly round-up of the best from G5 Games! https://www.g5.com/e-mail ____________________________ Download more great games here: https://store.g5.com G5 Games — World of Adventures™! Collect them all! Search for ""g5"" in the App Store! ____________________________ Visit us: https://www.g5.com Watch us: https://www.youtube.com/g5enter Find us: https://www.facebook.com/HiddenCityGame/ Join us: https://www.instagram.com/hiddencity_ Follow us: https://x.com/g5games

About

Mystery Manor

Embark on a detective adventure to solve mysteries in a captivating mansion. Search for hidden objects, uncover secrets, and complete quests through challenging puzzles and mini-games. Enjoy a rich story with beautiful graphics, playable offline.

Highlights
  • Explore a mysterious mansion atmosphere
  • Captivating detective story
  • Beautiful hand-drawn graphics
  • Variety of search modes and puzzles
  • Offline gameplay
  • Mini-games and Match-3 adventure
  • Regular free updates
Features
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Mind Fitness: Your daily mind flex with the best puzzle games! Solve mysteries in a game full of adventures! The master of a mysterious mansion left a message for a certain brave and clever detective. Is that you? Come on, take the clue: Open the envelope and start your adventure in the Manor. There are more mysteries here than you expected! Let’s play the most mysterious hidden objects game ever! Unveil the secrets of Mystery Manor and meet all sorts of fantastic beasts, from fierce monsters to spooky ghosts, and try to search and find clues for your investigation. Solve challenging puzzles, find hidden artifacts, uncover secret rooms, investigate crime (occasionally, even an old murder!), search for evidence, and complete exciting quests. It will be a never ending journey! The master of the Manor keeps an eye on the mansion from afar and won’t ever let you get bored. With each new chapter you’ll see new quests, rooms, and characters, that appear in the manor every once in a while! The efforts of the seekers will be generously rewarded. Some great feature highlights: • Explore an atmosphere of mystery. • A captivating detective story full of secrets, romance, crimes… and sometimes even murders. • Beautiful hand-drawn graphics. • A wide variety of objects to search for and puzzles to solve. • Search for objects in different modes: words, silhouettes, phenomena, and Zodiac modes. • Regular free updates full of new characters, rooms, and quests. • Breathtaking mini-games and a Match-3 adventure. • This game works offline without an Internet connection, so you can play it on the plane, on the subway, or on the road. Enjoy! Enter Mystery Manor and compare it with all the other murder mystery games, detective games, and hidden object games you ever played: you are sure to see the difference for yourself! Looking for clues, finding evidence, solving criminal puzzles, chasing a killer — what can be more fascinating! Mystery Manor is a game where your attentiveness, wit and creativity really matter. Be ready for a breathtaking adventure that will be a wonderful escape from your everyday routine.

Screenshots

Hidden City4 screens
Mystery Manor4 screens

Verdict

The call

Hidden City and Mystery Manor both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 72% of Hidden City's written reviews are positive against 40% of Mystery Manor's. Hidden City also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly) and chart position (#126 vs unranked). Mystery Manor's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Hidden City sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Mystery Manor sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Hidden City against 4.5 for Mystery Manor. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 95K and 30K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Hidden City's written reviews are positive against 40% of Mystery Manor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hidden City ships an update every 9 days, Mystery Manor monthly. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Hidden City versus Mystery Manor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHidden CityMystery Manor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (95K ratings)4.5 (30K ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.3% of reviews — better39.5% of reviews
Number of ratings95K — better30K
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#126 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size320 MB320 MB
Age rating9++12
DeveloperG5 Entertainment ABGame Insight

Customer experience

Hidden City

All ratings95,045 ratings
Positive85.6%
Neutral10.4%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews2,587 reviews
Positive72.3%
Neutral10.7%
Negative17.0%

Mystery Manor

All ratings30,237 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral9.5%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews698 reviews
Positive39.5%
Neutral19.1%
Negative41.4%

User reviews

Hidden City

From 95K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Challenging
  • 👍 Fun and challenging
  • 👍 Great fun
  • 👍 Fabulous
  • 👍 Never knew I could be such a clever person

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Hidden City: You have a VERY offensive ad in your line up
  • 💰 Too costly, not enough bang for your hard earned bucks
  • 💰 Game is the most frustrating I have ever played, very little in return for achieving goals
  • 💰 Game is getting more and more difficult to play without making in-app purchases
  • 🐛 Quite often when visiting friends, the game freezes and I can no longer continue playing

Mystery Manor

From 30K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast-paced gameplay
  • 🎨 Beautiful graphics
  • 🤗 Enjoyable story
  • 🎮 Fun mini-games

Room to improve

  • 🕰️ Slow energy recharge
  • 🔍 Tiny, hard-to-find objects
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🤖 Poor customer support

Bugs and requests

Hidden City

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Can not access the game to sign in after changing password
  • Game freezes and crashes frequently
  • Losing progress and achievements when switching devices
  • Glitches with events and mini-games
  • Disappearing items and rewards
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  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

9 requests
  • Give more free rubies, game is too expensive
  • Make the game less expensive
  • Give more rewards for completing goals
  • Make the game less frustrating and more enjoyable
  • Fix the glitches and technical issues
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  • Provide better instructions and tutorials
  • Offer an ad-free version for a one-time purchase
  • Make the mini-games less difficult and frustrating
  • Improve the social features and gifting system

Mystery Manor

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Rooms not registering completed searches
  • Ads causing game freezes
  • Progression reset after updates
  • Inability to access certain rooms/features

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to play with friends
  • More reasonable energy/key requirements
  • Improved object visibility
  • Consistent room layouts
  • Removal of mandatory guilds

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Hidden City

One-time10
  • Special Offer$0.99
  • Cluster of Rubies$1.99
  • Tray of Rubies$4.99
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  • Super Deal$4.99
  • Platter of Rubies$9.99
  • Hyper Deal$9.99
  • Drawer of Rubies$19.99
  • Special Deal$19.99
  • Trunk of Rubies$49.99
  • Stockpile of Rubies$99.99
10 purchases

Mystery Manor

One-time10
  • Tiny Pack$0.99
  • Sprinkling of Diamonds$1.99
  • Symbolic Offer$1.99
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  • Mini Deal$3.99
  • Bunch of Diamonds$4.99
  • Stack of Diamonds$9.99
  • Rich Compass$9.99
  • Mystery Pack 17$14.99
  • Daily Offer 5$14.99
  • Heap of Diamonds$19.99

Questions

Is Hidden City free?
Hidden City is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mystery Manor free?
Mystery Manor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hidden City or Mystery Manor?
Mystery Manor is rated higher. Hidden City averages 4.3 out of 5 from 95K ratings, while Mystery Manor averages 4.5 from 30K ratings.
Do Hidden City or Mystery Manor have ads?
Both Hidden City and Mystery Manor show ads.
Which is updated more often, Hidden City or Mystery Manor?
Hidden City ships an update every 9 days, and Mystery Manor monthly. Most recently, Hidden City was updated on November 4, 2026 and Mystery Manor on November 4, 2026.

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