Last updated on January 3rd, 2026 at 09:35 pm
Blackbox – Puzzle Game Review
Blackbox is a Puzzle/Trivia game from Shapes and Stories LLC, first launched in 25th February 2016.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 103,018+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Blackbox Stand Out
So you think you understand this thing you’re holding? Think again. Stop tapping. Stop swiping. In fact, stop touching the screen at all. To crack Blackbox’s puzzles you’ll need to find solitude and stillness, climb mountains, call on friends, get in tune with the cosmos, and think outside the box.
Minimalistic visual clues make for incredibly satisfying “Aha!” moments, while sonic interfaces provide an extra level of guidance and nuance that makes Blackbox accessible with or without vision. Thoughtful haptic feedback, Easter eggs on Easter eggs, and solutions that can’t be found beneath the glass of your screen redefine what a puzzle can be. You’ll never see your device the same way again.
Think you’re clever? Prove it.
(Blackbox is a living game under active development by Ryan McLeod. When not eating burritos or drinking coffee, he’s busy designing and developing new Blackbox challenges.)
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This Puzzle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Blackbox is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 16th December 2025
Recent improvements include:
■ Fixed a crash for players playing with the grid
■ Fixed wormhole transitions back to the grid (once again buttery smooth)
■ Fixed lots of little delays while moving about the game
■ Attempted to fix another audio crash (when will it end?)
Download & Availability
Blackbox is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
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:
Fun we dont know a lot about our phone actually help ful.
Very frustrating. We used all our hint credits on the first day! It feels so good when you finally get it though, and it is fun trying to figure out the puzzles.
We genuinely didnt think we would be this impressed by an app. We downloaded it kind of just as a joke but now Im really invested It definitely makes us second guess ourselves and Im sure we look absolutely ridiculous trying to figure this out but its pretty amazing that someone could make these. Good job.
These puzzles are extremely engaging and thought provoking having you to think outside of the box (literally) and we truly believe that with more games like this on the App Store, we can bring back critical thinking.
This game interacts with your phone, so you can learn more things about your phone, and helps your brain with puzzles.
Wish we could play all for free tho.
Ive played before, but recently stumbled upon it again. Whoever made this game is weird, but its pretty cool we guess. Freaked our fiance out haha she thinks its too weird that it knows what Im doing with our phone. But its cool.
Te pone a pensar mucho y es un juego interesante.
An amazing game have never seen a game like this. So unique and creative.
Its very fun and creative and extremely cool Good job.
Its impossible the one with the blue smoke its impossible the only one that we actually found out without using all our hand credits was the one with the hint push click plug what we like to say the four orange we dont know how this game helps people we dont know how you solve this, but however, you solve this please tell us.
Has to be one of the best puzzle games ever but… Im bamboozled.
We promise this one game is genuinely puzzling,also Im finding out just how much stuff can apps track.
This game is awesome some levels are pretty challenging some are much easier. Theres a perfect balance that makes this game so much fun.
This game is fun and oddly satisfying its hard but a challenge every single level.
Its hard but at least we can call ourselves gifted at the end of it.
This game is interesting it kinda like brain teaser typa of game but requires a lot of critical thinking.
If you like thinking and trying to figure things out, DOWNLOAD.
Made our brain think smarter not harder.
Its the one with three white boxes and they vibrate our phone and we have no idea how to solve it.
This is genuinely a genius game from what little Ive seen so far. The usage of your environment and the hardware and software on your device makes this very a thought provoking and fun game in a way most arent. We just wish we had the money for the full version. We await to see more levels.
This is not only a clever and tricky game, but it's also beautiful.
This was such a unexpected game it makes you think outsider the box and its so intriguing.
This puzzle game uses all of the different features of the apple phone and devices. The amount of puzzles is enough to keep you hooked for days. If you plan on buying the other puzzles, you will be in for a ride. 5/5 Stars.
Seriously the most creative game we've played! Genius.
We dont like how you gave to pay.
Got it a few mins ago, already almost finished! Can't wait for more.
Stuck but having the time of our life.
That game is truly fantastic a little confusing and makes you think outside the box but thats the whole point youre supposed to think outside the box we think Im gonna get a checkpoint for writing this review so Im gonna try to make it as long as we possibly can please and thank you.
This game is awesome, not too hard, but also challenging enough. Its also very creative. The only time you touch the screen, is to go to the menu, or go to ur settings. 10/10 perfect.
Turns out you sometimes have to exit the game, lower the brightness or volume, it goes on. Very interesting game.
This was one of the most fun games Ive had that used the phone was part of the game. Definitely recommend.
Its a good game only thing is it is kinda hard sometimes hints help.
This is so challenging that we love it. Got many of our friends curious and downloading it! Great job.
Damn, we didnt realize this would be so hard. However it is also super fun and theres a whole subreddit dedicated to it! Love the game.
We love you ryan we will buy the game when we get money.
The best pizzle game we have ever played would def recommend.
Its so cool we want more people to see this game.
Great game all around, can you bring the Apple Vision Pro version to meta quest.
Bro this game is great for detoxing your brain and for when you are bored but it wouldve been way better if it was free.
Very very hard but also a goodie.
Been playing this game on and off for years, havent completed it yet, fun game.
Pretty good game very confusing but very cool.
It is quite fun and gives you tests and puzzles to figure out on your own.
Fun game! Should be able to play a lot more.
Nice game, sometime hard but overall fun.
We like the games and how much it makes you use different things in your phone.
Good game Makes us think a lot Don't like that you need to pay for all the levels.
So we thought this was going to be a generic game but NO, this made us almost go CRAZY, we love how you have to think outside the box and use everything but your screen in game, we do however wish you didnt have to pay to unlock the full game, but otherwise Id say a 4.5/5, if that pay to unlock thing didnt exist, then it would be a 5/5. From Gl!tchThe C0rruptedC0de.
We have one phone and no friends. Your game's subreddit is dead. We can't do all the qr codes :-( Help us.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.4.3
- Size: 187.08 MB
- iOS: 16.6 or later
- Languages: AF, DA, NL, EN, FR, KA, DE, HE, IT, JA, KO, NB, PL, PT, RU, ZH, SL, ES, TR
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Shapes and Stories LLC
Last updated: 16th December 2025 | Genre: Puzzle, Trivia | Developer: Shapes and Stories LLC