Last updated on January 4th, 2026 at 02:01 pm
Follow the meaning – Puzzle Game Review
Follow the meaning is a Puzzle/Adventure game from Second Maze B.V., first launched in 9th April 2025.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 78+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Follow the meaning Stand Out
A desperate letter summons detective Paul Trilby to a peculiar island town, divided by a wall and ruled by a Hospital. Regular citizens get admitted and then return without their memories. A sinister conspiracy is afoot. Can you get to the bottom of this mystery?
Use wit, curiosity and lateral thinking to puzzle your way towards a solution, helped by the local citizens you meet along the way. Remember that there is always a grain of truth in the local gossip.
Follow the Meaning is a surreal, hand-drawn, point-and-click adventure inspired by classic titles like Samorost and the Rusty Lake series.
Features
■ Hand-drawn art brings the offbeat world to life
■ Whimsical worldbuilding with a sinister undertone
■ Atmospheric soundtrack by Victor Butzelaar
■ A twisted mystery that awaits your diligent inspection
■ 1.5 hours average playtime
This Puzzle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Follow the meaning is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 16th April 2025
Recent improvements include:
Thank you for playing Follow the meaning! Can you find the new secret achievement?
Download & Availability
Follow the meaning is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
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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:
Great puzzles and special art.we really love the same style of it as Rusty Lake.
Love this game, well worth the money for the hand-drawn art, sweet background music, quirkiness, unusual but not impossible puzzles. We hope there will be more.
Im hoping for more gams like this! Thanks for the fun.
Love the artwork, love the mood, love the variety of puzzles. We wish itd been a bit longer but sometimes its fun to bash one out quick. We hope they make more. We think this one could extend its story too, it seems like a cliffhanger. Definitely inspired by Amanita Design but thats great to see. Please make more.
We really enjoyed this game although we needed more help than the hints provided from time to time. Its inventive, clever and challenging.
Fun game – enjoyed the story & solving the games, thanks.
Fun, mostly simple puzzle game with a charming look. Its a little short, but we would probably try another app from the developers in the future.
Going well until we were in the bar after giving man the hat, the box appeared but when attempting to open it, nothing happens. Pretty sure we cant continue, which is unfortunate.
Feels like an unfinished game, not worth the price for the amount of game play. Story makes no sense, puzzles are simple. One of the first games we were so disappointed in Im writing a review.
Good game, too short for the cost.
Game kept crashing at first, but they did a fix and we were able to play it. Fun game, not too hard but very interesting. Thanks for the fix.
Great job, we hope youre making a sequel! Gotta find out the real meaning that we followed! Lol And find the further adventures of Detective Paul and the resistance! Our only complaint.how do we go back to finish finding the remaining cats for the cat lady? We found 5 out of 8, and we were searching very meticulously! Please please, let us know.
Interesting point-and-click puzzle game with bizarre twists. Need to play again so we can find the 2 cats we missed. The hat puzzle was quite challenging as well, we had to follow a guide to get the answer.
We look forward to the story continuing ! Im sure the detective will solve more mysteries and find more cats ;).
Good but too short of a game, needs more. (Some cut scenes drag on and can only tap to skip a few of them).
Art: pretty good Writing: underwhelming, not helped by poor translation Gameplay: nothing very thoughtful or taxing All in all, an okay way to spend an hour or so, but not something Ill ever think of again.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0.7
- Size: 285.68 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PL, PT, RO, RU, ZH, ES, SV, ZH, TR, UK, VI
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes, Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
- Developer: Second Maze B.V.
Last updated: 16th April 2025 | Genre: Puzzle, Adventure | Developer: Second Maze B.V.