# Gossip Harbor®: Merge & Story

> Puzzle

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1623318294](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1623318294)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1623318294`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Microfun Limited
- **Category:** Puzzle
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (203,917 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.99.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-21
- **First published:** 2022-07-07
- **Size:** 304 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gossip-harbor-merge-story/id1623318294)
- **Website:** [https://www.microfun.com/indexEN.html](https://www.microfun.com/indexEN.html)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.microfun.com/privacy\_EN.html](https://www.microfun.com/privacy_EN.html)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #2,077 — Overall
- #24 — Must-Play Games
- #58 — hojas

## Review summary

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.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1623318294)