Alleys
Step into the gaming world with Alleys, one of the top $2.99 games in the App Store! Crafted with creativity and innovation by THEMEr Design LLC., this captivating Puzzle game is bound to grab your attention. With its content rating of 4+, it caters to a wide audience. Ever since its release on 16th May 2018, it has been constantly updated, with the latest version rolled out on 24th April 2020.
Whether you have a liking for Puzzle, Adventure, games, Alleys is sure to keep you hooked!
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About The Game
Alleys is a 3D narrative escape game made for players of all skill levels. With its stunning 3D visuals, Alleys simplifies many of the complicated elements found in escape room puzzle games. As a player, you can choose to collect resources and clues, solve the mysteries of the old town and escape. Or you can go at your own pace and hunt for hidden objects. You can even freely explore the town for hard to find entrances that will lead you to secret passageways and areas.
The Town
Welcome to Alleys! This escape adventure takes place within a theme park based on a mysterious old town. Fully immerse yourself in the quaint alleyways, dozens of corridors, buildings and underground passageways inside Alleys.
The Story
As a vistor to Alleys, you enter a town that has been ravaged for years by an unknown culprit. Once a prosperous community full of progress and hope, mysterious disappearances, sudden change of fortunes and even murder have befallen this mining town. Luckily, there are those fighting to uncover the truth behind all these events. You have a vital role to play in helping these people restore the town to its former glory.
Main Features
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Exploration
The players must find the way through alleys, buildings, and underground passageways. -
Check in to Proceed
Accumulate points by activating the check-in stations found throughout Alleys. Collect enough number of points to access new areas of the town. -
Freely Choose Your Route
Alleys is a non-linear escape puzzle game with no predetermined route. You are free to explore and can escape the game as long as the conditions required to exit the town are fulfilled. -
Collect Resources
Player decides how to use the keys and other resources collected in the game. Managing these resources will impact the difficulty of the game. -
Solve Riddles on Tool Cards
Every Tool Card is its own little riddle. Figure out the meaning of the illustration to find out what the card can be used for. -
Simple Controls
No need for virtual controllers—just swipe and tap to easily move around and interact with items.
NOTEminimum requirement: iPhone 6S, iPad 2017, iPad mini 4, iPad pro 1st, iPod touch 7
What’s Fresh in the Latest Update?
Discover what’s new in the recent update of Alleys on 24th April 2020:
- Fixed several bugs
- Improvements to game performance
Hear from the Players – Alleys Reviews
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We have played this game all the way through two times and love it. Some of the puzzles are hard to figure out but you will. Love the graphics and how huge the town is laid out.
This game deserves thousands of positive reviews. So well designed. SO MUCH FUN. Beautiful graphics, interesting story, hours and hours of fun. We love this game so much and we cant figure out why more people havent tried it. Maybe offer a free trial period or free chapter? We think that more games like this should be available. Id been looking for games like The Room series and the House of Da Vinci, and this point & click 3D adventure fits the bill. Id venture to say that we like it EVEN BETTER. We cant wait for future expansions and since this is the first game from this game developer, we cant wait to see what she comes up with in the future. Download today. You wont regret it.
This game is a-Maze-ing! Every nook and cranny is filled with puzzles and secrets. We really enjoyed the open feel of exploring this city. This really needs to be a vr game, because it is very exploration-based. Great job!
Honestly, finding keys and cards instead of solving traditional puzzles does not seem like we will enjoy in paper. However, we gave it a go as it seemed really good nonetheless. We are honestly blown away. This is the best experience we have had last year. It is so polished and detailed to the point its hard to express it with words. Anyone who hasnt played this gem absolutely needs to do so.
Best game we ever played!!! Loved these challenges! Please make more games like this to make it more challenging!
First, we played NONSTOP for 8 hours. Yes, we loved it so much we literally couldnt put our phone down. We absolutely love the open world, open map, scavenger hunt type escape game. We loved the attention to detail and how we could relax without worrying about some monster lurking, waiting to pounce on us. Im so glad we got this game. It was well worth it. We just finished and Im starting over to play again and get achievements we missed the first time around. The review about the map being useless is accurate. We didnt use the map because it was too hard to figure out where we were in this HUGE town. That is our only complaint. If you are looking for a great game that is a lot like Gone Home, this is it. Totally different atmosphere though. We noticed also that there were a couple of doors that when clicked on they said something about expansion in the future, so Im assuming the map is slated for expansion maybe? That would be great. Although if we’ve already completed the game and left the city, these couple extra doors wouldnt really be of any use to us. But anyway, Im rambling. Just get this game. You wont be disappointed!!!
We love escape games and this one is awesome. We wish there were more like it and more from this developer! We are playing it for a second time and really wish that some of the expansions they had planned in the game were available now!
Great game! Would like to finish playing when it is finished. We cant complete the last part of the game because the game glitched in the 2nd staff room and the tool card disappeared. Its not in our inventory and doesnt regenerate after reloading.
Every time we try and get the tool card from the 2nd staff room (one located in tunnel/sewer) the game freezes. When we restart the game there isnt a new tool card nor a card lying around in the room. The tool just disappears.
We absolutely love these genre of games. It looks beautiful and we were excited to play the game. The first time we played we got stuck at opening the library. The game is not really a free roaming game. The library is locked from both sides and will not let us enter, even though we have a tool card. We tried and tried…. We uninstalled it and try to play again….. It froze up on the first key you find. It let us take the key but it will not let us back out of that scene. We unloaded it again and tried again, the same thing happened. Im really disappointed,I was looking forward to playing this game. Second try….. Got as far as the bus and even though we have the bus card it will not let us in. So its bugs have not been fixed and don’t look like they will be. We are playing on the last east iPad with lots of memory so its not that our system is old or slow.
Played game twice. Fun, but first time we got burned by leaving the park. Cant go back to explore. So, played again, got enough to leave again, but we want to find other achievements . Secret ones listed on the achieve page. Emailed developer, says to go on Discord groups. Garbage life. Just give some hints or charge for them! YouTube vids are no help. Only for beginners. Dumb imho.
We rarely pay for random games these days and this is why. We only played it for maybe 20 minutes before we lost TOTAL interest, and we are a VERY patient person. We rarely want our money & time back for many things, but in this case we most definitely want our money AND time back What a disappointment. Graphics look decent in the previews, and thats about it.
This is the first time we’ve ever left a review. We love the concept of this game, but unfortunately, after trying four times to get through the game, we still havent finished! We deleted and download the game several times, hoping it would work. Each time we got stuck in Chester Wilcoxs house, and couldnt find a way out. The game kept telling us that we had the right card to get to the third-floor, but as we tried each card we had, it didnt work. This is happened four times! Guess Im gonna give up. Its really sad because this game has a lot of potential.
The hints dont seem to mean anything. What does 2m mean? The library card doesnt open the library. AppUnwrapper has a different version that is easier than the version we downloaded, so we cant even use the walkthrough. The instructions about what to do next make sense, but it is utterly unclear how to do these things. Too aggravating. Gave up after an hour of not getting anywhere significant. Reloaded. Still stuck. It keeps telling us to choose the tool card to open library, but neither card works. Cant get anywhere. Maybe not updated for latest iOS?
We want our money back since a bug is making it unplayable. Like another reviewer, our card for the library doesnt function. And as they also saw, the app unwrapper walkthrough has a different and easier version of the game.
We play many room escape, adventure, puzzle games. This is one of the best we’ve played in a long while. Thanks to the dev(s) for the fine work.
*the dev is currently working on fixing the itouch 6 crash issues so we are changing our review back This has easily been one of the most addictive and fun games we purchased this past year. And to be honest, we never thought we would like a game about just collecting tool cards and keys, but the game strips down the puzzle solving and its all the more fun because of it. The graphics are really great looking on iOS (pc quality) with great attention to detail. Since the re-release the dev even made some really nice changes to the graphics style and control movement making it feel much more smooth and like youre in better control. It really fits the touch screen well. This is definitely one of the better premium games on iOS that warrants the price. The gameplay can last upwards of 15+ hours depending on how much of the story you want to discover or if you want to 100% the game by collecting everything, discovering all secrets and completing the achievements that were also recently added.
If youre a fan of non-linear hidden object escape-type games, then this is for you. There are so many areas to explore, so many achievements to unlock (though we didnt even get half). The visuals are stunning but the sound effects are amazing! Overall, a very satisfying game.
Finally someone broke the mold of making us run all over to chase down obscure clues that werent all that clever. The game was easy to learn and was extremely clever with hints. Loved it!
This game is special! If you love escape games, play this one. The first time we heard of it we didnt think we would like it. We were so wrong. Its one of the best games we’ve played. Its a huge game with a world you can get immersed in. The graphics are detailed and beautiful, the music is perfect – its there but not intrusive, the 3D controls work well, and there is so much to see and discover and explore and find. We didnt want to leave. There are some things we would tweak – the map could be more useful – Id love to see a you are here like some others have said, and we think there are places that arent on the map? Id also love to have a hint function that could somehow tell you where you need to look when youre stuck. It took a little getting used to since it has its own kind of puzzles and inventory, but once we did we were happy, and deliberately didnt exit as soon as we could because we wanted to get every last experience possible from this town. To the developer: amazing first game!! Congratulations! We do hope youll update to add more places (personally Id pay for an update. $2.99 is cheap for what you get). And we hope youll make more games! Well done!!
Cant believe how much fun we had with this game ! Took us nearly 17 hours, a lot of frustrations, a lot of fun, but was finally able to escape. The intricacies and unimaginable hard work this developer put into this gem is beyond anything we can imagine. You wont be disappointed.
We love the look and feel of this game, it is beautifully done. However, we have found a couple of bugs in getting the achievements. 1)Ready player one achievement-the game wont give us this achievement even though we have used all 4 card machines multiple times. 2)the speedwalker achievement is for completing in under 4 hours, the game wont let us have this even though we have the 3 hour, 2 hour and 1 hour achievements 3)the collector achievement- not sure if this is a bug or not. We have all the keys, tokens, and check-ins. Is there something else we have to get? Other wise the gameplay is smooth and the game works great.
This is an amazing game, but there are no good walkthroughs available. Although we havent needed one til now- there is no information out there to help us escape Chester Wilcox house. Why does it tell us we cant use our tool card (yet)?
We loved this game – one of our new favorites!
Alleys is a great game that lets you go at your own pace, and never leaves you at a loss of what to do. There are a lot of details and places to explore, and it really rewards players curiosity. This is a game we would love to play in VR!
Highly recommended! This one goes on our Favorites list, with others like Rooms, Samorost, Botanicula and Machinarium. We love peaceful games like this, that have immersive environments worth exploring. We spent nearly 9 hours playing this game, and didnt want it to end. Beautifully rendered, Alleys has depth not found in many other games. Every area has multiple layers, from attics to sewers. Transitions are logical, and often you can peek through to further locations. Like another reviewer said, one of the joys of this game is the fact that you can complete it in multiple ways. You never need to worry that youll miss a critical step, or be a slave to a walkthrough. Wander and have fun! And once you finish, you can replay to better your time or master a long list of achievements. Many thanks, Shi-Chi!
Not only did this game provide us with hours and hours of exploration, but watching the amount of detail that went into creating this game was almost as good as playing through the plot itself. It was a great mixture of adventure, puzzle, point-and-click and simulation. This is in our top ten favorite games! We applaud the developers dedication and pure creativity.
When we wrote the original review, we were trying to play the game on a first generation iPad Air. When we got frustrated we tried it on our iPhone 6S and it worked just fine. Really enjoyed it. The only critique Id have is that the App Store said that the game works on this iPad which it does not! As a big fan of The Room games and House of Davinci, we really like the attention to detail in the graphics in the Alley game but… 1) the controls are terrible. First, one minute, the game doesnt respond to your touch to turn and the next you are spinning out of control. Very inconsistent. 2) as others have noted, when you go through a door that has no graphics behind it (cutscreen?), we get dumped out to the iOS screen and have to restart the game. Annoying but manageable until… 3) upon restarting, hitting the continue button give us the little chime sound but the screen never changes. We’ve tried deleting and reinstalling but now we got the crash even earlier in the game. PLEASE fix it! Otherwise Im stuck waiting for the next chapter of House of DaVinci.
This game is such a gem Im just so sad to see updates and expansions arent coming.
Loved this game because its not like anything else we’ve played. The designer did a great job of not only designing the world and the levels but also the interface with that world such as the use of tool cards and a hint system which doesnt take away all of the fun. We played through the whole game on an iPhone 6S with iOS 13.1.2 and didnt have any issues.
This exactly the kind of game we’ve been waiting to see in the App Store. We love exploring and enjoying the artwork of the game. However, we have escaped Chester Wilcoxs house but am stuck in the ours the phone booth is inoperable and there are chairs blocking our way out. Have we come to the end of the game? If so, will future updates allow the player to experience alternate endings of the game? We love to be able to go back without re-playing the entire game. Overall a fun experience!
What else can we say? This is a masterpiece. Great graphics and gameplay, soundtrack and environmental are top notch. The UI (Ive only ever seen the all-new one) is awesome, intuitive and helpful. The concept of cards makes conquering puzzles fun but adds its own new dimension at the same time. Really impressive game. Not done yet but looking forward to seeing how it all comes together. One note: some of the text could use proofreading. There are some clunky sentences, weird grammar and spelling errors. We see this is developed by a Chinese company so much of that can be forgiven, but it does take away a little bit from an otherwise very polished experience.
This is one of the best games we have played to date. We found it by total accident and so happy that we did. We love exploration/escape games and this totally hits the mark. We truly hope there is an update to open those remaining doors because we want to keep going! Was so sad that it ended, we played through twice more just to improve our time. If you love open world games without having to be attacked, you should definitely check out this one. Thank you for making this! We look forward to future updates!
Totally great gaming experience, the fifth star would be there if the game isnt crashing when loading between areas. Our device is iPhone6 with 12.1.2 iOS version, in case you need to know for further crashes investigation.
Really like this game. Lots of atmosphere, and no voices to ruin vibe. Lots to do, choose your own path. The controls are still balky: sometimes you cant move; sometimes the world goes spinning. The tool card at the shop wasnt there the first time we played! Didnt get the Speedwalker achievement. Nevertheless love this game. Hope to see additions, and some more bug fixes.
We like the new additions, however there are two bugs, one which is merely annoying and one which might be game breaking. Dont know how to contact for bug reports, so…. 1. If youve gotten achievements already (it auto gives you achievements if youve already played and got the update, which was the case for us, havent checked if it happens with a fresh install) and you get an achievement with a new run, the achievement notification repeatedly comes up. Only workaround we found is to uninstall and reinstall. 2. In the second staff room, if you open the toolbox, it says you got a tool card, but no card actually appears and the game freezes up. Got around it by rebooting iPad, but no new tool card showed up when we loaded the app back up.
Although we wasnt hooked when first playing Alleys, it didnt take us long to find myself staying up until 3am trying to beat the game! What seems at first like a simple collect-all-the-resources game hides an intriguing mystery spooled out at just the right moments to keep you hooked. Especially if you can pick it up on sale, buy this game… And stick with it!
We are having the same trouble as others. We find the secret break room and open the chest. No tool key and the game freezes. Would definitely be a 5 otherwise.
Different kind of exploration game, very enjoyable. BUT Im trapped in the miners house and can find no way out. Developer responded with a clue but it was not for the place we are stuck. Would love to know if theres a glitch in the game.
Great graphics that provide a great environment to explore but when all is said and done you just do a lot of running around pixel hunting so you that you can either unlock something or buy something. The controls are good for moving about but hit and miss for acquiring items. There is a story that provides some sense of purpose but doesn’t provide any meaningful information about what to do or where to go. Instead you are given a list of goals telling you what to do once you get somewhere. The map is next to worthless. For those who like hidden object games this is worth the money. But for someone looking for for a good point-and-click puzzle adventure game this is not it.
The game is fun and has potential…. But there are several things that annoy the absolute crap out of me: 1. No map legend so if you cant remember which symbol is the mining office, good effing luck. Nothing found on the developers website or via google searches either. 2. No you are here symbol on the map. 3. You can accidentally win before youre done exploring and theres no warning. Then you have to start completely over. Seriously. Since there are several ways to escape, this is just extra stupid. 4. We got the All Aboard! Achievement, which is great we guess, but now the announcement – which takes up half the screen – pops up all the time. For. The. Love… Sigh. 5. Apparently theres new stuff in the latest update but we’ve only encountered a couple small new areas and theres now these weird people shaped posters that give you useless information & minor backstory. And guess what?! If youve played through before and just want to go back to see the new stuff, NOPE! You have to play the whole fracking game from the beginning. YAAAAAAAY. 6. The quest tracker only tracks a few quests… The main ones, of course, but also some of the side ones but only 1 or 2. Why cant the game track all your quests?! Im all for writing things down for an escape game but not something as basic as what the game wants us to do. So unnecessarily frustrating.
This is a great game, however it is in need of some tweaking. Like where the heck am we on the map? What does the hint button do but count down? Wouldn’t it be nice if, when you double tap you would zoom in "when" there is something to "find", such as a token? Especially useful for those with not so good eyes when hunting pixels. Other than that, it’s still a great escape game!
Beautiful graphics but the amount of screens to read and the business with the keys kills the game.
We enjoyed what of the game we played, but like some other reviewers mentioned it has a game-breaking bug on iPhone 6 so we cant in good conscious give it any higher of a review. Basically what happens is every time you go through a door that takes you to a different area it crashes on the load screen. We liked the game ok so we got used to just reentering the game via the main menu, which is a very frustrating thing to have to do but still workable, the areas are large enough. However, eventually the game crashes and you cant continue anymore. Very literally – instead of saying continue on the main menu anymore it reverts to start. On top of that, nothing on that menu works anymore. You cant hit start, or options, or anything. Its totally broken. You have to reinstall. This happened to us once shortly after starting the game so we were ok with the delete and reinstall but the second time it happened we were on 45+ checkpoints and didnt at all feel like starting from square one again. Exquisitely frustrating. So yeah, we probably wouldnt get this if you have an iPhone 6 unless the game gets updated. Its a gamble with your time & money that could very well lead to disappointment.
Worked for 1 day, contacted app support and still no reply, app does not work.
It’s a beautiful game, but it crashes each time we enter a new area (such as entering the library or bus area). We’re on an iphone 6 using ios version 12.4 (edited). I’d be very happy to rewrite our review once it gets resolved! A little while later: Now it’s completely crashed. It has no resume option anymore and won’t launch when we click start.
Should be able to use keys, but it says its locked from other side. Cant move forward in game. We really wanted to play this game!
We downloaded the app a couple of days ago and found that the app crashes on our iPad Mini 2. We have to restart it while Im playing. However, now the app doesnt even load. We get to the Start page and nothing happens. We’ve tried numerous times to close and restart the app to no avail. We want a refund!!! That being said, its also horrendously boring. All you do is try to find keys and cards to open stuff and find MORE keys and cards. There are NO puzzles here. What a total disappointment. We love puzzle games, and this one is is a hide-and-seek game.
We were so excited to play this game, but it crashes and even when we have the right tool card we cant use it. Im so upset that we spent money on this game. Amended 2/28/19 we are so sad. We’ve installed this game and deleted it at least 5 times hoping each time the glitches are fixed. The game randomly stops, closes, and restarts our progress. We’ve gotten over 20 keys and 5 check ins, but we cant use our tool cards nor can we progress in the game as we dont have access to the next tool card. This game has the potential to be amazing but there are still too many issues to make it fun. We hope you fix the issues soon.