Last updated on December 15th, 2025 at 03:08 am
Strange Investigations 1: F2P – Entertainment Game Review
Strange Investigations 1: F2P is a Entertainment/Adventure/Puzzle game from Elephant Games AR LLC, first launched in 11th March 2021.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 56+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Strange Investigations 1: F2P Stand Out
Can you solve the case of “Strange Investigations: Becoming”? Test your skills in thrilling hidden object puzzles, explore crime scenes, stop the criminal and save an innocent victim! Immerse into the complicated sleuthing of Strange Investigations agency’s private detective!
Dana Strange had been searching for the maniac who kidnapped her sister for many years. She managed to arrest him, but it was too late to save her sister. Dana quit her police detective job. After a while her small town of Rainville was suddenly shocked by yet another kidnapping. You’ll have to play as brave Dana Strange who is trying to defeat the ghosts of the past and the maniac in the present. Will Dana manage to live with the thought of losing her sister, find out where the girl student of college of arts disappeared to and bring to light who’s behind the new kidnapping?
AN OLD FRIEND ASKS YOU HELP HIM INVESTIGATE. WILL YOU MANAGE TO SOLVE A NEW COMPLEX CASE?
Where did the girl who was helping your old friend Malcolm equip the office disappear to? Find out who kidnapped her and why.
SOLVE THE CASE AND SAVE THE GIRL
Uncover the truth by solving engaging puzzles and mini-games.
FIND A WAY TO NEUTRALIZE THE COPYCAT MANIAC WHO STRIVES TO FINISH THE DEEDS OF HIS IDOL
Complete hidden object scenes and enjoy spectacular investigation.
HELP THE GROCERY STORE OWNER FIND OUT WHO STEALS FOOD FROM HIS SHOP IN THE BONUS CHAPTER!
Uncover the copycat’s identity and enjoy the bonuses of Collector’s Edition! Replay your favorite mini-games and HOPs!
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This Entertainment game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Strange Investigations 1: F2P is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 6th February 2025
Recent improvements include:
Minor bug fixed.
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Download & Availability
Strange Investigations 1: F2P is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Strange Investigations 1: F2P 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:
We loved it because it has a variety of puzzles and great graphics to go along with the storyline. Looking forward to playing the next game.
Ive played a lot of games similar to yours, but the best part was when we ran out of energy and couldnt play again until it filled up. Its so difficult for us to walk away from playing, Im enjoying it so much. Ill be downloading it again in the future. Thanks.
The games are fun, but the energy is so annoying, especially when it takes an entire day to refill. We refuse to spend money on it.
We downloaded this game after playing and enjoying similar mystery games by a different developer. While the graphics are good and the story is interesting, we are a bit disappointed that this game was labeled F2P as it is not truly free to play. You have limited energy in this game, so when you run out, you can either wait until your energy refills (you gain 1 energy point every 5 minutes) or purchase more energy. Other games in this genre that are labeled F2P are truly free to play and do not run on a limited energy model. It would be nice if there were more ways to gain free energy (besides the free 20 points every 24 hours), such as watching ads.
You have to use energy to complete every task. Even with the 200 energy they give you as a gift, youll be out in less than 30 minutes and will have to buy more or quit until it replenishes. This is not what we consider f2p and its not the model other f2p adventure games follow.
Paid for this game in 2021. Now the format has changed and it asks us to pay to play for energy. So much for the Pay once, play forever promise. Developer is too lazy to just make new games, just trying to remonetize old ones. Insult to injury? Support button doesnt work – clicks nowhere – and game crashes back to beginning. So long Elephant.
After the game reset twice back to the beginning, we just deleted it. We couldnt get past the movie theater.
We purchased this game eight months ago and we've played it several times. When we downloaded it again today it's asking us to pay to recharge the game at different points. Plus there's no strategy guide anymore like before. We'd like to know what happened to the buy it now play it forever promise. Absolutely nothing about this is right. What is up with you elephant games?. This stinks.
This game is terrible, not once do they tell you that everything cost energy until you get a surprise notification.
This game it very frustrating! Some people wanna sit down and read a book all day. We wanted to sit down and play this game all day. Unfortunately the energy drains then you have to wait hours to advance. Play for 10 min then the energy is gone again.
1) The energy is too low and it costs about 10 energy for every action. Although we thank you for extra 20 energy claimable every 24 hours, please either increase the energy points or have an option to view ads to replenish more energy quickly. 2) we were mainly compelled in to writing this review because occasionally our progress got reset which means to play the game again and again and to wait sooo long just to get to the place we were before reset. Please fix to get improved rating, especially this reset problem.
Half way through the game decided to send us back to the beginning, twice.
WTH! Why why why do u have to wait sooooo long for energy. Its maddening. You get to play the game for like a half hour and then wait an entire day for the energy to go up to 300. Common guys, 5 minutes for every 1 energy. Its so fing stupid. We cant stand it. Deleting right now.
We know the devs run a business and put a lot of effort into the game, but this is a terrible model. Once youre in a decent way, the energy drains super fast, leaving you to pay excessively or wait for 24 hours for a tiny boost, which again quickly runs out. We dont mind watching ads or paying up front. This is just an ugly cash grab, though. We will be uninstalling.
The game is engaging and the interest to keep playing is definitely there, the only complaint we have is how fast your energy dies.
We loved the storyline and that fact that the dialogue was in a larger print. Wonderful. What are the other titles that you have.
We absolutely loved this game we fell in love with character Dana and hope to play more games with her.
This was just the right length,with great HOS and a plethora of puzzles. Really enjoyed it.
This game is fantastic. We enjoyed every minute of it. This is a must buy. Also, love that its a new series. Looking forward to the next one.
Great mystery game. No problems playing, smooth. Fun games throughout. Love elephant games, please keep them coming.
Loved this one! Looking forward to the next game of this series. Thank you for another great game! :).
Thank you elephant games for a new series. We really enjoyed this game. We love the 2 new main characters. The story was easy to follow, we had no problems with anything. You could customize your settings and the map transported you to your location without any problems. Im looking forward to seeing more from this series.
We are happy to see a new series from this beloved developer. We enjoyed the storyline, and the one in the bonus adventure was both poignant and humorous. The general gameplay was fast-paced and addictive. There could have been a bit more innovation in both the HO scenes and the variety of puzzles and mini-games. We are tired of almost every puzzle being rotational in nature. Give us more art, knitting, coding, graphs, labyrinths and mazes. Thats what makes a game interesting. However, the quality assurance was excellent and the map functioned properly. It was a very brief adventure, and we need longer games for the price we are paying. We also did not appreciate the jump-scare with the rat in the opening scene. Remember, your target demographic is women over the age of 50! Our rating will remain at 4 stars.
At the cash register trying to enter the code 852. It wont work and the skip button isnt working. It keeps its refreshing but its not doing anything. We cant continue the game.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.3.0.
- Size: 884.23 MB
- iOS: 10.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence, Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes
- Developer: Elephant Games AR LLC
Last updated: 6th February 2025 | Genre: Entertainment, Adventure | Developer: Elephant Games AR LLC