Last updated on December 12th, 2025 at 04:29 pm
Dark Romance: Ethereal Gardens – Puzzle Game Review
Dark Romance: Ethereal Gardens is a Puzzle/Adventure/Entertainment game from DO GAMES LIMITED, first launched in 17th February 2020.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 283+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Dark Romance: Ethereal Gardens Stand Out
Your father’s been murdered by the evil fairy queen! You want more than just vengeance when you find that you need her wings to revive him. With magical creatures trying to stop you at every turn, entering the Hallowed Kingdom won’t be an easy task. But as you proceed in this one of the most thrilling hidden object games puzzles, you understand that nothing’s quite as it seems as you set out to save your loved ones and protect your kingdom. Can you stop evil from taking over your realm, or will you fall prey to the dark magic set to destroy you? Find out in this hidden objects games adventure!
· STOP HENRIETTA’S EVIL SISTER IN THE BONUS GAME!
Queen Henrietta's evil sister has sworn to freeze the kingdoms and the Ethereal Gardens into eternal winter, unless you can turn her magic against her! Play for a young Princess of Levrosse and save your subjects, as well as your younger sister’s soul!
· LOTS OF HIDDEN OBJECTS AND MINI-GAMES!
Play – and re-play! – more challenging puzzles and mini-games – you'll earn more Achievements, complete your Bestiary and your Boudoir, and assemble your own Ethereal Garden! Look for cleverly hidden objects and complete levels!
· FIND HIDDEN OBJECTS IN PICTURE TO GET UNIQUE BONUS MATERIALS!
Download original soundtracks, unique original artwork, and other collectible content! Bestiary Pages, Celeste’s jewelry and other collections are waiting to be gathered!
· ACCESSIBLE STRATEGY GUIDE AT HAND!
Feel stuck while playing search and find games? You'll have a navigator at your side when you use the helpful Strategy Guide!
This game has a free trial part. You can unlock the full version through an in-app purchase.
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Player Feedback
As a newer release, Dark Romance: Ethereal Gardens is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 13th January 2025
Recent improvements include:
We've fixed some minor bugs so now you can enjoy our cool family game even more! Take care and have fun!
Download & Availability
Dark Romance: Ethereal Gardens is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Dark Romance: Ethereal Gardens 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 are stuck towards the end of the game because the area needing to be traveled through is glitched out. We paid for the endless hints and skips and hate when this happens. We love this series and am just frustrated with this one.
This game is fun and beautiful. We really loved the character design. However almost a dozen times the screen would suddenly become all black with a tiny bit of the image in the top left corner. Sadly, it usually happened during cutscenes. (Fortunately after we beat the game we could go back and see what we missed). We were only able to restore full screen by going back to the main menu and sometimes by tapping the map and going to a different location.
Screen switches to only 1/4th of full screen view. Truly annoying.
There was a terrible glitch that kept occurring whereby most of the screen except for a tiny square would go black. To get the full picture back, we kept having to close out the game and restarting it. It resulted in us missing a lot of the storyline.
Every time we finish an HOP, the game on our iPad goes from full screen to 1/4 of the screen and we have to completely close down game and reopen.
Good job, beautiful graphics. Lynx Minx: we have a question. We subscribed to elephant news letters and have been trying to find which series is on sale for March, with no luck so far? Was that a one time thing or is really going to be a different sale on a different series each month? Any info is greatly appreciated in advance. Thank you.
As much as we love the Dark Romance series, we were a little disappointed with this one. The story was ok. It didnt grab our excitement like the others in this series. It was just like Maleficent mistress of evil. The graphics were excellent, voices sounded good. The play time was a decent amount. The games were all fun and different. So this helped to make it fun and we did enjoy playing it. It was not all bad. The worst part was The sensitivity of this game. It was was horrible and sometimes extremely frustrating. We were not sure if it was our IPad or the game, but after reading Linx Minx, KimTwilight69 we realized it was not just us. We are a big fan of Domini and have always enjoyed playing their games. We honestly do recommend you trying the trial on this one to see if it grabs your attention before purchasing it. We hope everyone is staying warm out there. Not sure how up north is doing but we know down in Texas it felt close to summer today.
UPDATE: February 27th New release from Elephant. The game is Chimeras: Price of Greed. Our review has been deleted over and over. We wont write another one, and if this one is deleted Im deducting stars! Please refer to KimTwilights review, as we agree with her entirely. This game was gorgeous and magical, but not innovative. We do love playing from the perspectives of two protagonists. There was way better quality assurance but some slight touchscreen sensitivity issues. It was also very brief! We need more sub-genres because after a while these games are way too similar! Next up for Domini is Enchanted Kingdom 6: Arcadian Backwoods, to be released March 10. If you have questions about EIPIX, please write to Oleg. Happy gaming everyone.
Its the end of February and this is only the 3rd one this year. We thought 2020 would see an increase in releases – so far it feels exactly the same as last year. Im thinking of walking away from this for a few months and coming back when there is a stockpile.
So much for a new game on the 10th . This game was good. Had a few issues with the way the game was set up but was fixed.
Although this series is a standout in that it offers players insight into the interchanging perspectives of two main protagonists, we feel underwhelmed by the exhaustively explored storyline, which conveys the concept of being whisked off to another world to save a loved one from an evil queen. On the other hand, Domini is adept at conjuring up well-detailed and imaginative environments, which evince a sense of curiosity in us as we explore surrealistic landscapes and stumble upon quirky-looking objects. The hybrid traits of some of the characters further enhance the otherworldly ambiance; for example, the tree man with the long, grassy beard. The adventure portion of gameplay is entertaining, but it does not deliver enough innovative touches, something this developer is known for. Furthermore, even though the HOSs are multilayered and varied, they lack the artful interactions that "wow" us in some of their other games. Fortunately, there is light at the end of the tunnel. In our opinion, the puzzles are the strongest component of the game; they are cleverly constructed and surprisingly challenging. We particularly enjoyed the one in which you place vines on a board and connect them to the pumpkins. Another favorite is the one in which you move balls of light to their matching colors within the limited amount of moves. All in all, this game, in our opinion, is not memorable, as it lacks a refreshing storyline as well as the high level of creativity we've come to expect from this developer. Additionally, throughout the entire game, we felt inundated by the frustrating touch sensitivity issue, rendering the process tedious to acquire and place inventory items. Moreover, we had to solve one of the puzzles on the easy mode, as the puzzle kept freezing up on the harder mode. Thankfully, we were able to complete the game without coming across a fatal flaw. On a final note, we think this game is still good enough to pass some time; however, it's just not our favorite. We suggest you give the free trial a spin before purchasing.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0.6
- Size: 781.02 MB
- iOS: 14.0 or later
- Languages: NL, EN, RU
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence
- Developer: DO GAMES LIMITED
Last updated: 13th January 2025 | Genre: Puzzle, Adventure | Developer: DO GAMES LIMITED