Reviews of Mystery Box 5: Elements

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List of user reviews and ratings for Mystery Box 5: Elements

Total ratings

3.60 (Rating count: 34)

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Review summary

Reviews are mixed. Fans praise Mystery Box 5: Elements for challenging, brain-teasing puzzles and engaging gameplay, with several calling it a thoughtful, enjoyable puzzle experience and noting its potential. However, multiple reviews report frequent bugs and glitches that prevent progression, unreliable controls (double-tap/zoom), and puzzles that rely on hints or external walkthroughs. Monetization and confusing purchases add frustration. Some puzzles demand leaps in logic with insufficient clues. Overall sentiment leans negative due to reliability and guidance issues, though the puzzle design itself is a strength.

Pros

Puzzles are challenging and brain-teasing, offering a mental workout and requiring real thinking.
Engaging and enjoyable puzzle experience for puzzle lovers, with a sense of accomplishment when solved.
Strong puzzle design and potential across levels, showing thoughtful construction and variety.
Overall appeal to fans of brain games who appreciate a non-trivial challenge.

Cons

Frequent bugs and glitches that can prevent progression or cause levels to be unplayable.
Hints are often unhelpful or insufficient, pushing players to search for external walkthroughs.
Monetization and confusing purchases, including pay walls or unclear pricing, cause frustration.
Some puzzles rely on leaps in logic with little guidance, making them feel like guesswork.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.60

All time rating average: 3.60

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45% (5)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-04-20	AK*****	It seems like the majority of boxes are bugged on this and cant be completed.
It seems like the majority of boxes are bugged on this and cant be completed.
2026-03-29	La*****	Love this game - the puzzles aren’t super easy to figure out so you have to have your wits about you!
Love this game - the puzzles aren’t super easy to figure out so you have to have your wits about you!
2025-12-08	br*****	Not gonna lie, had to get a few hints. Really stretched the grey matter.
Not gonna lie, had to get a few hints. Really stretched the grey matter.
2025-09-20	Tr*****	Waste of time. Paying money to do someone else’s math homework! Yuck!!!
Waste of time. Paying money to do someone else’s math homework! Yuck!!!
2025-06-02	Ch*****	Not good hints. If you can’t figure it out you have to go to you tube for help. Even then it often doesn’t make sense. Not enjoyable playing. Suggest you try someone else’s game. This person needs some editing.
Not good hints. If you can’t figure it out you have to go to you tube for help. Even then it often doesn’t make sense. Not enjoyable playing. Suggest you try someone else’s game. This person needs some editing.
2025-04-29	Be*****	I thought this would be fun. When the game doesn’t work, it isn’t any fun.
I thought this would be fun. When the game doesn’t work, it isn’t any fun.
2024-06-23	Er*****	These games have great potential but need a lot of work. Even with clues there are many puzzles I can’t figure out. They require such leaps in logic that one would never find the answer without better clues. Some of the puzzles lack enough examples to figure out the puzzle and it turns into a random guessing game. Thank goodness there are walkthroughs online. Also the double click feature only works half the time, some puzzles you can’t clear if you enter a wrong answer and you have to close and reopen the app.
These games have great potential but need a lot of work. Even with clues there are many puzzles I can’t figure out. They require such leaps in logic that one would never find the answer without better clues. Some of the puzzles lack enough examples to figure out the puzzle and it turns into a random guessing game. Thank goodness there are walkthroughs online. Also the double click feature only works half the time, some puzzles you can’t clear if you enter a wrong answer and you have to close and reopen the app.
2024-06-08	Sh*****	This puzzle is so awful that it almost feels like the developer intentionally tried to make the worst game possible. And it’s exactly the same experience like the other 4 that they made so clearly they’re just bad at their job. 1. The double tap feature is so buggy it doesn’t even work half the time, you have to have the camera at the perfect angle in order to zoom in on an area. 2. The game is so glitchy that many of the puzzles either require you to enter the proper answer multiple times, or they don’t even work at all (like the red/black triangle puzzle at the VERY BEGINNING of the entire game). 3. There are many other examples but honestly this game is such junk that I’m not even going to waste my time. This developer should be so embarrassed that they actually put out a game this horrible… and then did it 5 times over. You should honestly pull this game from the App Store until it’s actually finished, because this piece of junk needs so much work. I wish I could give it -1/5 stars.
This puzzle is so awful that it almost feels like the developer intentionally tried to make the worst game possible. And it’s exactly the same experience like the other 4 that they made so clearly they’re just bad at their job. 1. The double tap feature is so buggy it doesn’t even work half the time, you have to have the camera at the perfect angle in order to zoom in on an area. 2. The game is so glitchy that many of the puzzles either require you to enter the proper answer multiple times, or they don’t even work at all (like the red/black triangle puzzle at the VERY BEGINNING of the entire game). 3. There are many other examples but honestly this game is such junk that I’m not even going to waste my time. This developer should be so embarrassed that they actually put out a game this horrible… and then did it 5 times over. You should honestly pull this game from the App Store until it’s actually finished, because this piece of junk needs so much work. I wish I could give it -1/5 stars.
2024-04-25	Mc*****	Game play is great but wondering why SHADOW LEVEL appears outside the portion requiring purchase, yet it’s requesting payment to unlock it to play. What gives? Is it free or not; either way it’s a boo-boo.
Game play is great but wondering why SHADOW LEVEL appears outside the portion requiring purchase, yet it’s requesting payment to unlock it to play. What gives? Is it free or not; either way it’s a boo-boo.
2024-04-24	No*****	There seems to be a glitch in the first level (ELYSIUM), the rotating dials, red arrow to black, black arrow to red. Nothing happens.
There seems to be a glitch in the first level (ELYSIUM), the rotating dials, red arrow to black, black arrow to red. Nothing happens.