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Blackthorn Castle – Puzzle Game Review
Blackthorn Castle is a Puzzle/Adventure game from Syntaxity Inc., first launched in 25th February 2015.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 1,173+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Blackthorn Castle Stand Out
Once again your Uncle Henry has asked for your help in the search for a mysterious artifact. Embark on your own quest in this beautifully designed classic point and click adventure puzzle game. Explore an all but forgotten 14th century Blackthorn Castle, surrounding dark forest and structures. Discover hidden passageways, clues and puzzles along the way!
Uncle Henry has been hunting lost treasures for as long as you can remember. His legendary stories of adventure excited your imagination as you were a child growing up. Now with your newly acquired archeology skills, he has been reaching out from time to time for your help in tracking down some of these difficult to find treasures.
In his latest quest, he has been hunting for a mysterious artifact last known to be at Castle Blackthorn in England. As the tale goes, centuries ago a wizard once lived in this castle and stole a valuable artifact from a local watch maker and hid it away somewhere in the depths of the castle.
You must hurry and help him on this amazing adventure before anyone else finds the mysterious artifact!
This captivating adventure game has:
- Custom designed beautiful HD graphics!
- Custom composed soundtrack and sound effects!
- A dynamic map to show the screens you have visited and current location
- A camera that takes photos of clues and symbols as you discover them
- Dozens of puzzles, clues, and items
- Auto saves your progress
- Available for phones and tablets
- Instantly move around the map reducing travel time with Fast-travel
- Get helpful text hints that nudge you in the right direction and complete walkthrough videos for each hint and puzzle
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This Puzzle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Blackthorn Castle is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 18th September 2022
Recent improvements include:
Gameplay performance improvements.
Enjoy the adventure!
Download & Availability
Blackthorn Castle is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Blackthorn Castle 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:
Ive purchased all of Syntaxitys games. We wish they had more, the second we see one drop, we buy it. Excellent music and puzzles.
Fun game with lots of rooms, puzzles and relaxing music. Appreciate the hint feature and interactive map given size of this world.
This game is great in so many ways… Beautiful scenery, challenging puzzles that are also logical – not too hard, not too easy, fast transition time between locations so you can move speedily from one place to another, an integrated hint system if you need it, a camera to record important finds, and a map (not teleporting but we didn't need it). It has a lot of locations but they're well organized and were introduced gradually so we didn't find it too hard to learn our way around… The terrain was challenging but in a good way. It's also long. We were so happy that it went on as long as it did and it also had some surprises and unexpected delights. Overall a really great game. Our only suggestion would be to make the camera one that we operate (like Glitch Games does) rather than one that's automatically operated. But that's a small thing. THANK YOU to Lone Wolf games and we can't wait for the next one! And, oh yeah, not one single glitch! Flawless in our opinion.
Probably the best mystery puzzle game out there.
Love that it had a ton of content and never lets you get stuck.
So glad we stumbled upon these games. Theyre challenging, interesting and a lot of fun.
Loved this game!!!!!!! We did it together as a family kind of adventure. Loved that you could solve it without paying money! Plan to purchase one and hope it is as fun.
Enjoyed a mobile game after a long time. Five stars.
Recommend playing Blackthorn Castle 1 & 2.
One of a very few developers that make such creative and well made point and click escape games. Every aspect of each game is thoroughly thought through. Mini games are fun and challenging. Wonderful fast travel option helps not to get lost in wondering around the locations while trying to find the clues or return to them, as well as does the snap shots option. Ive given the same 5 star review to every Syntaxity game we have played as they are all excellent.
Great game. Fun and addictive. Worth the 4-6 bucks.
Good graphics, well thought out, pleasant background music. Has location shortcuts when earned and if you need a hint after you think youve exhausted your options its there to help.
These games are always great. A nice blend of puzzle and adventure. Lots of thought went into the structure.
Tried doing this without the hints or the map, by memory alone. We thought Id never have human contact or a life ever again. With the map and hints we got it done. We recommend playing it that way, with map and hints. Otherwise leave instructions as to what should be done when your body is found.
These games have kept our family busy for hours. They are very well designed and a lot of fun. Keep up the good work on designing more.
We love escape room games, and this one seems to have everything.
We love point and click adventure games, and this is a great one! The puzzles are engaging and cleverly placed within stunningly beautiful scenes. The map is extremely helpful, and like all other elements of the game, well designed. We especially appreciated the hints system – just enough to get you on track without giving away the solution. The sound effects were subtle and added to the experience. A very satisfying game experience.
Very enjoyable and user friendly.
Great game, fun to play, but why cant we download it.
Really great puzzle game, but we do think they should remove the unlimited hints feature.
A fun app where everything seems to work properly and the puzzles are challenging but not too frustrating.
Had a fun time. Puzzles a little too easy.
All the games are great. Always challenging.
The games from Syntaxity are definitely the best in this genre.
Finally, a game that doesnt beg for real money and still have quality graphics, music and enough of a challenge to keep us interested! Thank you.
Fun point and click game with nice graphics. The game is pretty easy and logical. There is a hint system which is nice, but it's not needed. The solutions to all puzzles are somewhere in the game that you take a photo of with the game camera. Neat feature. We beat the game in a few hours on the same night. We wish it was a bit longer but it was worth a few dollars.
Good puzzles. Good hint system. Graphics are fun. Thank you.
This game is well designed, and is fun to play.
We are enjoying solving this adventure game.
Our first impression of this game was that it was well worth the money. The puzzles were challenging, but not overly difficult. However, you should know, dear reader, that once you solve this puzzle game, the only reward you get is a suggestion to buy part two of the game. Until the end we liked it, but at the end it revealed himself to be nothing but a cheap mercenary trick to get you to buy the next one. Bad form. Further, the ability to fast travel to selected locations is important and almost necessary to the game, but the developers choose to charge you an extra dollar for that. Once again, bad form. And cheap. A little less money grubbing, and a little more fair play, will create more good will and subsequently will sell more games. Developers, think about it.
No storyline. Just fetch items.
In the end, the puzzles were too easy and the whole game consists of travelling and completing simple tasks. Pass.
Excellent design and interface.
We got turned onto this game by the designer, Jason, at his home this past weekend. He told us it was a little like Mist or Riven. We were blown away!!! Addicted for 4 straight hours. Where can we get more.
Great graphics, useful hints, no glitches. Lots of fun.
A very enjoyable game with some easy and some difficult puzzles. The scenes are very artistic and pleasant. Also, thanks for the map that allows one to jump to different scenes.
Just what were looking for to relax and entertain our minds for a bit.
This game is very logical and the parcels are relevant to the game where you can logically solve it. We have played several games like this but this one is the only one that is magical it flows very good its not so hard for you get frustrated and Im so very blessed graphics and above all very good flow! Best of this type game EVER.
This was a great app…keep em coming.
One of the best long term search games. Map is essential. We compare all others to this one.
Im having fun with this app. Ive played one of this companys other games and understand the layouts, clues and style of play well enough to really get into this one.
This game had fun scenes and helpful features, like a map and hints that didnt give tooo much away. We enjoyed it.
It was fun but we needed the clues to figure it out. We cant wait until the next adventure.
This was a great game! Lots of clever puzzles to solve, as well as helpful hints of what scenes to go to if you need a little extra help.
Great game puzzles not too hard.
Many puzzles to solve. Very entertaining, connected. Kept us focused non-stop.
Great fun good puzzles. But too short game.
This is the 3rd Syntaxity game we've played (also Rescue the Enchanter and Enchanted Worlds) and each one seems more enjoyable than the last. With some escape/P&C titles it can take forever to find and line up all the right clues to progress but with this one we were able to make a lot of progress right out of the gate. We like that this title has a more tight focus in terms of location and it's all very well laid out. Lucky to catch this one on sale for free, thank you Syntaxity.
Their games are always fun to play.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.1
- Size: 128.70 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Syntaxity Inc.
Last updated: 18th September 2022 | Genre: Puzzle, Adventure | Developer: Syntaxity Inc.