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Is This Seat Taken? – Casual Game Review
Is This Seat Taken? is a Casual/Puzzle game from Poti Poti Studio SL, first launched in 7th August 2025.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 137+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Is This Seat Taken? Stand Out
Window seat or aisle? Booth or table? Lone wolf or life of the party? In Is This Seat Taken?, your mission is to organize groups of people according to their preferences. It’s a cozy, no-pressure logic puzzle game where you’re in charge of who sits where.
Whether it’s the cinema, a crowded bus, a wedding reception, or a cramped taxi cab, every setting introduces new characters with specific tastes. A party guest with a sensitive nose won’t be happy sitting next to a stranger who’s wearing too much cologne. A sleepy passenger won’t be happy trying to nap on the bus next to someone listening to loud music. It’s all about reading the room to find the perfect placement!
Nat is an aspiring actor whose world gets turned upside down when they see a shape just like them on the big screen. This discovery sends Nat on a global journey to meet their hero and figure out how to fit in. Experience Nat's heartfelt story as you travel from city to city, each with its own levels, characters, and charm.
- Play seating matchmaker to please picky characters.
- Discover each character’s unique traits—relatable, outlandish, and everything in between.
- Piece together satisfying puzzles with no timers or leaderboards.
- Unlock fun new scenarios as you progress—from bus rides to banquets!
This Casual game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Is This Seat Taken? is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 17th November 2025
Recent improvements include:
The game now has Game Center integration with cloud save and achievements!
Now, your progress is saved for each puzzle! You can leave the game at any point and return to where you left off.
The way the touch works has been modified so that the shapes can be placed more easily.
We also fixed some bugs.
Download & Availability
Is This Seat Taken? is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Is This Seat Taken? 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:
This game is super addicting, whenever we just need a break this game is perfect. Some levels are decently challenging but not impossible. Great brain work out.
So we started playing this game a month ago and literally im addicted its not that pricy and its super good for this price also can you please update this game more please.
YES. IT IS TAKEN. BY MY BRAIN. THE ONE YOU MURDERED WITH YOUR FIVE THOUSAND RIDICULOUS PREFERENCES. A window? A forward-facing requirement? A slightly-too-cold AC? A little whiff of cologne? We cant even. We cannot. And dont get us STARTED on the SURFBOARD, the TROMBONE, the TEACUP, AND THE BRIEFCASES YOU FORGOT TO LOAD INTO THE TRAIN! DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO TETRIS LUGGAGE INTO THE BACK OF A TRAIN CAR WITHOUT LOSING MY MIND??? Noah cant sit there. Koda cant move. Nat has dreams. Adley is talking. James has a spine. And somehow, SOMEHOW, the ACs are on and somebodys smell is offensive. Do you hear us, game?! You are a sadistic genius who just wants to watch us combust. We SWEAR. If we have to switch one more person to satisfy another persons obsession with cold, hot, facing left, facing right, staring at the ceiling, or the faint smell of someones deodorant, we willI willthrow our device out the window. THIS IS NOT SEATING. THIS IS WAR. THIS IS TORTURE. But still we survived. Our brain is shredded. Our patience is a ghost. Our sanity is on indefinite leave. But we we persist Playing this game was fun, when you werent screaming. It may deceive you in the beginning with a three seater taxi, but it quickly gets challenging. Once youve followed the story into NY, that when you really give up and start asking ChatGPT for help. We digress.
This game is so cute and fun to play. PLEASE make more levels and more variety.
This game is so fun and challenging at the same time! It makes your brain actually think. Its also so cute! The people are so cutely designed, we love it! Definitely recommend for others! Also, please add more levels, because we are so addicted to this game and we DESPERATELY need more! This game is amazing! Keep slaying!! <3.
So much fun, difficult sometimes but the kind of difficult that you want to play more, not give up. Love the art style. Love the different scenarios/environments. Please give us more levels, this game is amazing, we love it.
Amazing cute little puzzle game, but its too short :( Id love to play more.
We dont understand whats going on in the game but its great to see the care the devs put into color design interaction sound and the little characters. Bought it to normalize supporting quality. 5 stars.
We never write reviews but we really needed to for this game. We love it, its fun and the dialogue between the characters is entertaining. Its a short game but we really hope we can get more levels in the future.
An absolute heartwarming game. Not only do you solve puzzles surrounding social interactions but also get to undergo an even better storytelling experience. It is a bit short, but thats how all sweet things end.
We like this game it has challenges and its so cozy like the characters and its really cute like the characters and even if they ride, the puzzles are really challenging, but we like the game.
Very cute and fun puzzle game that starts off seemingly simple, but quickly gives you some head scratchers. Very nice on the iPad screen with a pencil to drag and drop.
Its a good game but we deduct one star for the cost.
Ok so we love this game, its a really fun and calm puzzle game. However every time we leave the game, when we come back Im always on level 5 in the second world. We once got as far as the fourth world only to have to go back to the second. Its very frustrating and Im not sure how to fix it. Other than that very solid game but doing the same levels over and over (especially the stadium level) isnt fun for us. We still play those levels from time to time its just sad because we love to play this game.
We loved this game! But for $8, its quite short, and we finished it very quickly. Would love to see new levels added.
Honestly the game its self is really good. Later game they get a little repetitive before they add new types of characters but other than that it is really fun and keeps pace. We wish there was more gameplay for the price or more replay-ability. Trying to replay it can be slightly different but not enough to want to continue playing. Very good for what it is though.
This game is SUPER fun! We would have loved to play longer though. Especially considering it is $7.99. We feel like considering Hollow Knight and Silksong were about double the price, and 10x the length.. The price would be better at about .99 cents. That being said, loved the artwork and the story! The puzzles were super fun too. But we wouldnt buy it again considering how little play time you get.
Its a unique and fun game but the one issue is that theres not enough levels we beat it all in two days.
Theres a lot of unnecessary presentation in the game. We appreciate the attempt to add some depth to the puzzles with the story, but theres no way to turn that off. The biggest one is that you cant play in portrait mode. Its not a game that requires to hands to control and most of the space in landscape mode is blank anyway, so not being able to play one handed is enough to make us not play as often as we otherwise would.
We love the concept but really lack of effort on story for 10 bucks really Im in the concert levels and the same dialogue with we think Nate and Alexis happens over and over about being an actor and him conacting an actor in the Brussels.
We really do love this game and it tickles our brain in the best way. BUT, the game has not been saving our progress. In London we finished the museum section and made it to the 3rd location in New York, a diner. But the next day we joined and we had to restart the 4 levels we had finished all over again. Just for it to get removed again. We do really enjoy this game but we cannot keep playing if our progress is getting removed time and time again. Please fix this.
Creative concept but we just wish it saved between devices.
As of nov 18 game does not sync data across devices despite latest updates saying cloud backup. If you quit the game and go back you will lose all progress. IS the game fun? – yes.. Is it pricey yes we regret paying the 8 dollars Id put it around the 2-3 dollar so if it goes on sale and the save bug gets fixed its worth it.
So we lowkey loved this game and we were SO far into the levels and then today we went in the app and it reset our progress. We tried to search what to do. Logging into your account, resetting, downloading over again. Nothing worked im seriously upset and its stressful. Now we need to restart.
This game is not close to being worth what we paid for it. We dont usually write reviews but felt a bit disappointed after just 7 minutes into the game. Bought because App Store was pushing it. Fell for that one.
We love this game! Its so cozy and cute! There is just one thing tho When we go back to the main menu after we have done multiple levels. We dont get the star for some. For example we do 4 levels. Level 1 & 3 dont have completed stars, only 2&4 have stars. Please fix this. But we still love this game! Its giving animal crossing puzzle! Just the vibe and the mellow chill music and fun sounds! Also please add more levels we loveee the gameeeee.
A great puzzle game to pass the time! Would totally recommend.
A charming, straightforward puzzle game that doesn't force you to watch ads or try to extort you for more money every thirty seconds. We wish more games would let us drop money up front for a full experience.
Despite having to take breaks in between levels, we love this game.
We love the game but when you leave save the progress its annoying please fix this maybe add. Editor mode.
This is a great puzzle game. It is fun and challenging to find everyone the right seat. Thanks to NPRs Linda Holmes Pop Culture Happy Hour for recommending this app on the podcast.
Super cute and charming game. The puzzles are mostly solved by shuffling things around rather than any big aha moments, but theres a couple interesting constraints. The different wacky scenarios and quirky characters were fun to see any time we picked it up for a quick level. Our expectation for a mobile game is that we should be able to pick it up and play in small chunks of time, so we were frustrated to find it doesnt save after completing a segment of a level, only after completing the entire level. Thats completely normal for Steam, but the reason we got it on mobile (paid more, actually) was because it seemed like the perfect game to play in a couple minutes of downtime. We hope this can be updated to improve the mobile experience.
So much better than any of the Free games on the platform. And a steal at 10.00. Like no ads on a phone for an hour. Imagine it.
We made it through all the levels in less than a week, even just casually playing in the evenings. Its such a cute, smart, fun game and we wish there were more levels – esp for the price. We hope they release updates! Even though, it was so fun we will probably reset and play again at some point.
So much fun! The drag and drop could be better.
All we can say is im really bummed we finished it.
Our only complaint would be that we wish it would be longer. We enjoyed playing this a lot.
Perfect balance of chill vibes, puzzle elements and session length. We can get through the levels without getting frustrated, which we super appreciate in games we play for winding down at the end of the day. Love it.
When a game is REALLY good, you get addicted. And when youre addicted, you finish the whole game 100% in 3 evenings! We purchased this app on a whim because we thought it looked cute, and prayed that the price tag would pay off- its the most expensive app Ive ever bought. It certainly did pay off with an uplifting and soothing design aesthetic, a heartwarming story, genuinely funny bits and pop culture references, and a very relaxing soundtrack which kept us calm during the handful of stages that we got stuck on for 20 full minutes. We dont play logic and puzzle games often at all, but dont let the adorable icon make you think its made for kids the difficulty level challenged us well at age 30! We can only hope that someday there will be additional levels added.
Absolutely addicting puzzle game! Our only complaint is that theres not more of it. Looking forward to future updates :)).
Im really enjoying playing this game. The puzzles are cute and we think the difficulty is just right.
A cute and entertaining puzzle game! Ive been waiting for this one to come out for a while, and was not disappointed. The puzzles start off easy and scale up to what Id consider upper-medium difficulty we got stuck on several for a while but never long enough to get frustrated. The premise of the puzzles is also fun seating people so that theyre comfortable, with relation to other people (being with friends, not being next to someone wearing too much cologne, sitting beside someone willing to share sunscreen) and environmental details (being in the AC or wanting to sit next to a plant because why not :) ) we completed this game over the course of a long travel day Id say it took around five hours to complete, though it would likely take less if you locked in without distractions. Definitely worth the price and highly recommend.
We initially paused because of the price but decided to get the game because Id read a number of people talk about how they loved the early demo on Steam (the full game literally just came out). And quite frankly, Id rather pay upfront than to have some mediocre freemium game that hit us up for money all the time. Anyways, Im so glad we bought this because its so much fun! Its extremely well made and addicting. Anyone who likes logic puzzles, cozy games, or games that you can easily pick up throughout the day when you need a break will LOVE this. 10/10 – Would buy again.
Its a shame that its a short game.
Its a very cute idea, not worth the price as we do not think we will be playing it much.
We love this game so much but we dont think its worth 10 U.S. Dollars.
Really need some offset on the bottom.
Great game but super short and very pricey for minimal content available.
Stopped playing this game because there is no obvious way to start a level midway through making playing the game on the go frustrating. Having to restart a level from the beginning for the fifth time because you cant fully finish all the scenarios before getting off the train/bus is super annoying.
This is one of those games you can play in your free time that is puzzle based, we didnt follow along to the storyline much but we thought it was cute and this game is very unique compared to the rest with original ideas and different challenges. However it is a more expensive game that has you just doing the same things over and over. Good for a bit, just gets boring after awhile.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.2
- Size: 294.09 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Poti Poti Studio SL
Last updated: 17th November 2025 | Genre: Casual, Puzzle | Developer: Poti Poti Studio SL