Comparison

Hidden City vs Detectives United 6

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

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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

Detectives United 6

Embark on a thrilling hidden object adventure to prevent global chaos. Uncover secrets, solve puzzles, and stop a mysterious creature from altering timelines and resetting the world. Can you save humanity from the Time Keeper's influence?

Highlights
  • Hidden object scenes
  • Engaging puzzles
  • Mini-games
  • Explore unusual locations
  • Uncover secrets
  • Bonus chapter content
  • Collectibles
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A New Hidden Object Mystery Game The world is on the verge of chaos. Can DU agents deal with it? ________________________________________________________________________ Will you manage to uncover the mystery of Detectives United 6: Beyond Time? Test yourself in solving engaging puzzles, explore unusual locations and learn all secrets of the Time Keeper. You have a great opportunity to learn what surprises the Keeper’s henchmen prepared for DU agents. The team of detectives receive a mysterious parcel. Its spell splits up the team. The agents find out about a mysterious creature that can change timelines. The detectives don’t have much time to stop the chaos created by this creature. They find the last heir of a family that has been protecting us all from the Time Keeper, and they set off to save the world from being reset. HOW TO PREVENT THE APOCALYPSE? DU agents always manage to deal with anything on their own, but what to do if a powerful spell splits up your team, and all the documents you find indicate that we need to find an heir of an ancient family? WHO IS THE TIME KEEPER? Solve engaging puzzles and complete fun mini-games to find out why the past changes and how to stop this. WILL DU AGENTS SAVE THE WORLD THIS TIME? Complete engaging HO scenes and feel the thrill caused by the unexpected plot twists. FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE EWAN FLORENCE AND ANNA GRAY IN THE BONUS CHAPTER! Play as Ewan and Anna and enjoy the bonuses of Collector’s Edition! Earn a variety of unique achievements! Tons of collectibles and puzzle pieces to find! Enjoy replayable HOPs and mini-games, exclusive wallpapers, soundtrack, concept art, and more! Discover more from Elephant Games! Elephant Games is a casual game developer. Check out our game library at: http://elephant-games.com/games/ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elephantgames The DU team learns that the world is on the verge of chaos again. Can they deal with it? DU agents are the only hope of the world. They have to learn the story of the mysterious Time Keeper, find the lost member of a secret order, stop the apocalypse and remain a team at that. Are you up to this task? Find out in this thrilling game!

Screenshots

Hidden City4 screens
Detectives United 64 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hidden City at 72% against Detectives United 6's 22%. Hidden City also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). Detectives United 6's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hidden City sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Detectives United 6 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hidden City holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hidden City has 95K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Hidden City's written reviews are positive against 22% of Detectives United 6's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hidden City ships an update every 9 days, Detectives United 6 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Hidden City versus Detectives United 6: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHidden CityDetectives United 6
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (95K ratings) — better3.0 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews72.3% of reviews — better21.7% of reviews
Number of ratings95K — better21
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#119 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size320 MB961 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperG5 Entertainment ABElephant Games AR LLC

Customer experience

Hidden City

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

Detectives United 6

All ratings20 ratings
Positive30.0%
Neutral30.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive21.7%
Neutral34.8%
Negative43.5%

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

Detectives United 6

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
1 purchases

Detectives United 6

One-time1
  • Full Content$6.99

Questions

Is Hidden City free?
Hidden City is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Detectives United 6 free?
Detectives United 6 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hidden City or Detectives United 6?
Hidden City is rated higher. Hidden City averages 4.3 out of 5 from 95K ratings, while Detectives United 6 averages 3.0 from 21 ratings.
Do Hidden City or Detectives United 6 have ads?
Hidden City shows ads; Detectives United 6 does not.
Which is updated more often, Hidden City or Detectives United 6?
Hidden City ships an update every 9 days, and Detectives United 6 every 2 months. Most recently, Hidden City was updated on November 7, 2026 and Detectives United 6 on November 3, 2026.

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