Last updated on December 17th, 2025 at 04:15 am
Monument Valley – Puzzle Game Review
Monument Valley is a Puzzle/Entertainment/Adventure game from ustwo Games Ltd, first launched in 3rd April 2014.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 10,873+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Monument Valley Stand Out
Apple Game of the Year 2014
Winner of Apple Design Award 2014
In Monument Valley you will manipulate impossible architecture and guide a silent princess through a stunningly beautiful world.
Monument Valley is a surreal exploration through fantastical architecture and impossible geometry. Guide the silent princess Ida through mysterious monuments, uncovering hidden paths, unfolding optical illusions and outsmarting the enigmatic Crow People.
Ida's Dream now available.
Forgotten Shores: Eight new chapters of adventure and illusion available now as a separate purchase.
Buy or download Monument Valley now and you’ll also get our fully animated iMessage sticker pack, including 5 stickers exclusive to players! Only available on iOS10 and above.
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"This might be the most beautiful iPad game of 2014" – Wired
"Brilliant design… stayed with me like a dream I didn't want to forget" 9/10 – Polygon
"The most sublime hour my iPad has ever given me… and the value of such a thing is incalculable" – Kotaku
"Monument Valley stuns with its serenity… each screen is a work of art" – Huffington Post
"Almost impossibly gorgeous… a feast for your senses" 5/5 – Touch Arcade
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BEAUTIFUL
Inspired by minimalist 3D design, optical illusions and palaces and temples from around the world, every monument is a unique, hand-crafted world to explore.
EASY TO USE
Twist and drag to reshape the world and help Ida to explore. Designed to be easy for everyone to pick up, enjoy and complete.
SOUND
Audio reacts to your manipulation of the world to provide a surreal and beautiful soundscape. Best experienced with headphones.
iCloud
Synchronize your game across all your devices.
** Monument Valley is designed for iPhone 4 and above. It is NOT compatible with iPod Touch 4th Generation.
This Puzzle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Monument Valley is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 8th May 2025
Recent improvements include:
Bug fixes and general improvements.
Download & Availability
Monument Valley is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Monument Valley on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Starts of easy and eases you into challenging yourself with solving puzzles gradually.
Nothing like it. When are they coming out with MV 4???please.
We love this game we hope it gets updated.
Just buy the whole package! World class software, from the minds of geniuses.
Brain twisting puzzles, obscure lore to chew on, incredible art direction?! Sign us up.
The design, from the visual components to the mind-bending movement, to the soundscape. Its all so incredible. Ive never loved a video game until this.
This game is incredibly fun!! Im so glad we bought it. We love the way the puzzles force us to use logic to solve them.
Best game with fantastic graphics design.
The last level was so hard. We cant even get it right now. Please fix this and make it a little easier please.
We dont think we can stress how good this game is enough. Its the perfect blend of casual gameplay with challenging brain teasers that get you thinking. Each level has its own unique theme, and each puzzle is a fun shift in perspective (literally and figuratively). The gameplay is not necessarily innovative or groundbreaking, but the effort put into the game by its developers is evident in the way it plays. The gameplay isnt the only engaging part of Monument Valley, however. The visuals are vivid and beautiful, the distinct art style really breathing life into the world around you. The sound is also amazing. Its satisfying and pairs perfectly with the graphics to create an immersive puzzle atmosphere. However, the game is really short (even combined with the extra levels of the DLC), and it would be nice if the devs added more levels or something. Anyway, what are you waiting for? The awesome experience of Monument Valley awaits! Available now after an easy payment of $2.99! (Monument Valley is a registered trademark of Ustwo games.).
Great graph choices, need more font options.
Not only is it a great game, they charge a fair price and dont harass you with ads.
This world is stunning. And it isnt easy. But the incredible storyline, background,graphics, make the app a cut above.
When we started playing video games, if we had not found this particular game, we may have been only drawn to gory, chaotic games that make monsters out of humans. But Monument Valley saved us from that and taught us to explore the quieter side. UsTwo games is an amazing company, their depth and insight unheard of, and every one of these five stars are well earned.
We wont pretend the puzzles are the hardest thing in the world, but if you want some engaging brain teasers that play around with perspective, good atmospheric storytelling, a brilliant soundtrack/visual direction, and god tier vibes; this is THE GAME. We havent found many games that match this series yet. Actually designed to be played on the phone interface, it is a supreme little joy of a game we cant recommend enough.
This game makes literally no sense. It encourages you to think outside the box. We love puzzle games.
We like ours teasers this game is the best game we played in a while. We do enjoy trying to figure out and understand how to wear all moves and works. This is good for older people as well as young.
We came back to this game after more than a decade. Its still the best mobile game.
If you stare long enough those spandex shorts fade away.
We only wish it was longer!! More levels would be so cool.
Absolutely incredible! Best graphic and design.
This game is amazing and it calms our kids including us down all the time when we play it.
Its really chill and its worth the money.
Absolutely love these games. Theyre challenging but kind of open your mind. Like a mind marathon.
Monument Valley is a game about life. Most of the time we need to relax, change perception and the answer is right there. We loved it.
Its very poetic and meditative. Not difficult but very engaging. We find ourselves slowing down while playing.
Fabulous. Riveting. Mesmerizing. Addictive. Fun. Please make another one.
It is a very good game, but it is kinda short,Again it is very good it is just kinda short.
Not only is this game challenging, beautiful, rewarding and fun, but surprisingly it works smoothly and without crashing on our old iPad while other games freeze and lag. We don't know how they did it, but it's amazing, all of it.
Beautiful graphics and music that challenge the mind and calm the spirit.
This is a high quality puzzle game that works great on a phone. Lots of games look great but few make you think as you have fun. Thanks. Now we want this game on our Nintendo Switch 2.
This is such a calm and relaxing game. We were sad when it was over and relieved to find Monument Vally 2?we hope they continue making these kinds of low stress games.
We love this game a lot we play it when Im bored.
Absolutely mind bending puzzles in a gorgeous world with diminutive scale that makes the puzzles feel huge. We love the perspective shifts and the sacred geometry. Well done. We highly recommend. The only thing we wish it had was longer and/or more levels because we completed it and its expansion pack in like a day lol. Couldnt put it down.
We had this game on our kindle fire Amazon tablet when we were very young.. The music was so beautiful that to us as a child and we loved it, and we still do. Te puzzles entertained us for hours. Im so happy we found it again! Thanks for creating such a splendid game! Now that Im older, we can understand the storyline that we can see slowly unfolding! Very interesting and such a beautiful crafted game.
Very pretty and serene game with engaging enough puzzles.. If u like sky children of light youll dig this.
This game helps us relax when Im stressed and is really wonderful to watch basically we love watching all the different puzzle pieces move around and go up and down and there is NO ADS!! Ive been searching our WHOLE LIFE for a game with no ads THIS IS IT!! We highly recommended playing this game.
The art for this game is fantastic.
Our son loves this game! We were wondering how this game works. Maybe next time, we could nicos a quest for forgiveness.
Therapeutic and beautifully made.
We are not a big gamer but fine these games to be relaxing, interesting and beautiful. Sections challenging but clever. We enjoy doing a section again to get faster. Well done.
Thank you guys so much for making this game! It is so funnnnnnnnnnnn.
The most beautiful game in the App Store. Our grandsons age 4 and 7 even love to play it. The message within is also beautiful. Thank you.
We actually like the game a lot. We used to play it when it was on on the Kindle fire we looked it up on the PlayStation and it was around nine or $10 and we looked it up on the Nintendo switch. It was basically almost 9 or $10 as well And we decided to purchase it off of the App Store and it was also cheaper and we saved some money and the game was totally we really enjoy this game. We played a long time ago and we decided to come back to it, but we did not know that there was a second one. This game is the best puzzle game is actually very curious to play this. We like how you get your character from a certain floor. To get to the other area so they could reach their destination whoever came up with this game had some idea of making this game and brilliant.
So much love to all of u that made it happen.
Great game! We have had it for years and always return to play. Relaxing. You have all the time you need to figure it out. Esher like puzzles. Interesting storyline.
We used to play this game as a child, maybe 7 years old. Coming back to it now has filled us with so much joy, and many memories have followed from our childhood. It reminds us of how much of a puzzle kid we were, and how we still am today. This is probably our favorite, if not one of our favorite games from our childhood. We thank Netflix for coming out with a 3rd because it was there we saw the game and memories flooded our mind. Making us instantly install the game. We truly love this game, and its been so long that it still feels like a new adventure Ive never took before.
The game is super good and fun, but there is an up down. We just wish there was more puzzles and we literally finished this game in a day but still very good game.
It is tricky but its fun when we play it with a another person.
Monument Valley is a unique, fun 3D puzzler featuring a beautiful, calming design and sounds. The puzzles are fun, though a bit on the easy side. There are no nagging IAPs, though a short expansion is available for a few dollars. Overall, this is a great mobile game and well worth the price.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 3.9.744
- Size: 323.56 MB
- iOS: 15.0 or later
- Languages: NL, EN, FR, DE, HI, IT, JA, KO, MS, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: ustwo Games Ltd
Last updated: 8th May 2025 | Genre: Puzzle, Entertainment | Developer: ustwo Games Ltd