Gossip Harbor®: Merge & Story

Name: Gossip Harbor®: Merge & Story
Rating: 4.6 (203917 reviews)
Author: Microfun Limited

By: Microfun Limited App

Puzzle

Overview

Version:

3.99.0

Last updated: 2026-09-21

Features & Capabilities

Welcome to Gossip Harbor: Merge & Story, a narrative-driven puzzle adventure on Brimwave Island. Merge flavorful dishes to craft your menu, restore and decorate Quinn's seaside restaurant, and follow a gripping mystery you helped unfold. As clues surface and rumors swirl, you'll decide who to trust while the story twists through friendship, sabotage, and romance.

Features include dish blending and recipe discovery, restaurant design choices, relationship-building with customers and characters, and clue-based progression that reveals hidden truths about the Castillo family. This game delivers a cozy, mystery-filled experience that combines strategy, storytelling, and decorate-to-progress mechanics.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Games Entertainment

By:

Microfun Limited

Rating:

4.60

(203,917) 1,883 new ratings

Version:

3.99.0 Last updated: 2026-09-21

Version code:

891666524

Creation date:

2022-07-07

Compatible devices:

Size:

303.60MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-09-22

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 2,076 ▲ 12

Other rankings

#24 in Must-Play Games #58 in hojas keyword 10 ▲

Other platforms

Gossip Harbor: Merge & Story (v3.98.5)

88,419,983 4.29

(702,817)

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Developed by:

Microfun Limited

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gossip-harbor-merge-story/id1623318294

Website:

https://www.microfun.com/indexEN.html

User Reviews

Players largely praise the merge gameplay as fun and satisfying, and appreciate the story. However, the app is criticized for misleading ads, heavy monetization and energy costs, a grindy pace, and pay-heavy mini-games that don’t match the promised experience.

Pros

Fun and engaging merge gameplay with a satisfying merging experience.
The premise/storyline is interesting and adds depth beyond simple merging.
Casual-friendly and entertaining to play during downtime.
Generally regarded as one of the better merge games by players.

Cons

Ads are misleading and not representative of the actual gameplay.
Energy system is expensive and monetization-focused (high energy costs, currency requirements, and caps).
Pace is grindy and tedious, with slow progression to the story/plot.
Mini-games feel pre-determined and money-driven rather than varied or tied to the promised problem-solving.

Recent reviews

Update Ap now need 28g more to play. What in the heck? Who wants to give up that much to play a damn game? It’s not worth it. Good grief, not interesting enough to warrant that kind of “commitment”.

by Ma*****, 2026-09-16

I really enjoyed this game for several months, but the difficulty scaled so much after reaching higher levels it became impossible to make meaningful progress or complete minigames without spending money. The developers also purposefully mess with mechanics so it’s impossible to develop consistent play strategies. Hugely disappointing since I did spend occasionally and likely would have continued, but the constant disappointment of minigames and weekly rewards being too hard to finish became infuriating instead of enticing.