Comparison

Hidden City vs Spirits Chronicles

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

Spirits Chronicles

Embark on a detective story filled with puzzles and hidden objects to uncover the truth behind a mysterious animal disease. Solve brain-teasers, tame aggressive creatures, and gather clues to reveal the villain's motives. Explore unique chapters and collect items to unlock more of the narrative.

Highlights
  • Hidden object puzzles
  • Brain-teasers and mini-games
  • Detective story narrative
  • Bonus chapter with additional puzzles
  • Collectible items
  • Unlockable achievements
  • Built-in strategy guide
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Play puzzles and brain-teasers in adventure games! In this one of the top mystery games, your goal is to find puzzles and clues needed to become a hero! Animals inhabiting Lorelai keep coming down with some kind of unknown disease! The townspeople are terrified: heretofore calm and obedient familiars attack their owners! Only the one who knows animals best can figure something out. You come to the town to get to the root of the problem and help poor animals, but learn that the disease is just the tip of the iceberg. Who is behind this horrible deed? Why does the villain choose animals to suffer? There are so many questions, and so few answers. Solve puzzles, tame aggressive animals, deal with knotty problems, and learn the truth. Gather your wits for an unforgettable detective story in this pulse-pounded new Hidden-Object Puzzle Adventure! · TRACK DOWN THE THIEF AND BRING THE FLOWER BACK IN THE BONUS CHAPTER! Play more exciting puzzles and hidden-objects games after you finish the main story! More collectibles await you in these unique chapters, where you can find the object and unlock all new branches of the story games! · FIND ALL THE COLLECTIBLES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DETECTIVE WORK! Each location has a unique collection of various collectibles to help you in your point & click adventure interactive story! Are you ready to go on an exciting adventure quest and find the hidden objects while playing relaxing games? · ENJOY EXCLUSIVE WALLPAPERS, MUSIC, VIDEOS, AND CONCEPT ART! Our interactive story games have tons of bonus content for you to enjoy! More mystery riddles need to be solved! · REPLAY YOUR FAVORITE HOPS AND MINI GAMES AND EARN ACHIEVEMENTS! Replay your favorite Domini Games to earn as many achievements as you can to brag to your friends! · NEVER GET LOST WITH THE STRATEGY GUIDE! Stuck on any realistic games? No problem - our built-in walkthrough will always help you to! This game has a free trial part. You can unlock the full version through an in-app purchase. ----- Questions? Email us at support@dominigames.com Visit our website to search and find hidden object games: http://dominigames.com Become our fan on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dominigames Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dominigames

Screenshots

Hidden City4 screens
Spirits Chronicles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hidden City at 72% against Spirits Chronicles's 26%. Hidden City also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (95K vs 507). Spirits Chronicles's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Spirits Chronicles sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spirits Chronicles holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hidden City has 95K ratings behind it against 507, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of Hidden City's written reviews are positive against 26% of Spirits Chronicles's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hidden City ships an update every 9 days, Spirits Chronicles every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Hidden City versus Spirits Chronicles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHidden CitySpirits Chronicles
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (95K ratings)4.6 (507 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.3% of reviews — better25.6% of reviews
Number of ratings95K — better507
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#119 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size320 MB1.1 GB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperG5 Entertainment ABDO GAMES LIMITED

Customer experience

Hidden City

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

Spirits Chronicles

All ratings503 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral4.4%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive25.6%
Neutral10.3%
Negative64.1%

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

Spirits Chronicles

From 507 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Engaging and entertaining gameplay
  • 🎨 High-quality graphics and artwork
  • 🧩 Challenging puzzles and mini-games
  • 📖 Interesting storyline and plot
  • 🗺️ Generous game offering with bonus content

Room to improve

  • 📢 Excessive and intrusive advertisements
  • 🐛 Frequent glitches and technical errors
  • 👆 Poor touch response and hit-or-miss interaction
  • 🔊 Annoying background audio (buzzing/bee sounds)
  • 🎵 Audio mixing issues (music too loud during dialogue)

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

Spirits Chronicles

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Medicine chest flower pickup glitch
  • War map in commander's tent unresponsive
  • Chapter 2 guard figures puzzle unsolvable
  • Locked portal blocking progression after chapter 2
  • Bonus game fountain of youth non-functional
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  • Tongs in medicine box missing or blocked
  • Mini-games freezing or not responding
  • Bell clapper first scene stuck
  • Ringing bell placement issue
  • Game stops at various progression points
  • Audio continues playing after exiting game

Requested features

7 requests
  • Guide/walkthrough access during mini-games
  • Reduce frequency of advertisements
  • Improve touch sensitivity and responsiveness
  • Better audio balancing and control options
  • Clearer game instructions and puzzle explanations
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  • Fix UI placement to prevent screen obstruction
  • Improved technical support responsiveness

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
6 purchases

Spirits Chronicles

One-time6
  • Update to deluxe$1.99
  • Subscribers' Full Game Unlock$8.99
  • Full Game Unlock 30% Discount$8.99
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  • Full Game Unlock$11.99
  • Unlock$12.99
  • Buy deluxe$14.99

Questions

Is Hidden City free?
Hidden City is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spirits Chronicles free?
Spirits Chronicles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hidden City or Spirits Chronicles?
Spirits Chronicles is rated higher. Hidden City averages 4.3 out of 5 from 95K ratings, while Spirits Chronicles averages 4.6 from 507 ratings.
Do Hidden City or Spirits Chronicles have ads?
Both Hidden City and Spirits Chronicles show ads.
Which is updated more often, Hidden City or Spirits Chronicles?
Hidden City ships an update every 9 days, and Spirits Chronicles every 4 months. Most recently, Hidden City was updated on November 8, 2026 and Spirits Chronicles on November 3, 2026.

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