Last updated on January 15th, 2026 at 10:46 pm
hocus. – Education Game Review
hocus. is a Education/Family/Puzzle game from GAMEBRAIN YAZILIM TEKNOLOJILERI ANONIM SIRKETI, first launched in 1st October 2015.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 232+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes hocus. Stand Out
hocus. is celebrating 10th year;
Let artificial intelligence design new levels for you. You can even get help from her if you get stuck.
Best Games on iPhone; Russia, South Africa, Turkey, Middle East
New, polished, mind-bending, impossible shapes.
Features:
• 120 mind-bending hand-craft levels
• Create/share your own levels
• Load / take picture of levels cards
• Endless mode
• Shortest path algorithm
This Education game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, hocus. is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 10th July 2025
Recent improvements include:
- bug fix
Download & Availability
hocus. is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
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 like this game very much. Its stimulating and relaxing at the same time. Gets our mind off our world and allows us to concentrate on a red cube. One question though: Id love to know whos in first place, what their score is and what level theyre at. But we cant possibly scroll from our position in 372,000 (something like that) to find out. Cant you put a button that jumps to the top of the Global listings.
We love the simplicity of hocus and how relaxing it is. The little puzzles get more challenging over time, but never in a frustrating way. Some may say that its too basic, but we appreciate the muted color scheme, dreamy music, and the games ability to get you to just focus on moving the little cube around to its goal. We love to play when Im stressed or just want to do something calming. Our only disappointment was that we eventually ran out of puzzles. So Im very glad hocus 2 was released.
We LOVE the game! Right now Im on level 48. Maybe you can add a meter to the bottom that will show how close you are.
Can we get iCloud progress sync. Just installed the game on our iPad and none of our progress is a available and if we want to play on that device we have start from level 1 again.
This is a nice little game to get enough of a challenge in while perhaps waiting in line, relaxing after a tough day or challenge the kids to stretch their imaginations a bit. Some levels are trickier than others but theyre all quite doable without any kind of hint system or walkthrough. Reminds us of a much more simplistic and less-involved version of The Bridge (which is another great game Im still waiting for on mobile). A bit of a mind-bending puzzle game. You can tap or swipe to lead the block around. Not sure why another reviewer broke their phone as you certainly dont need to tap or swipe that hard. Calibration shouldnt be that intense.
Puzzle 36 is unsolvable. Ive tried every way – keep going in circles. Flaw in design.
So we got this a couple years ago and its really fun! The challenges and puzzles are nice, but after a bit of time the puzzles were to challenging & to repetitive at the same time. They didnt add any features like maybe a blue square, or something, but just the repeating levels with just little change and no new features get repetitive, and VERY boring after a bit of time.
We NEED MORE LEVELS PLEASE !!! Yes, we finished all of them. Please add more levels to challenge us! We dare you.
This game is great and we love it but one thing Id like to suggest to add to the game is hints. Most puzzle games like this one have hints or skip levels. So maybe add on of those. Like we said, just a suggestion.
We have played though the whole game a couple times. And keep coming back because its so relaxing.
We enjoy this app and game, makes you concentrate and the 3D it awesome.
Hocus is a gentle game thats perfect to twist and turn through while listening to podcasts or just relaxing. We love the minimal design and simple gameplay.
The best puzzle/maze we have found anywhere! The hard part is waiting for more puzzles and challenges. Wonderful brain food.
This game is honestly amazing and challenging also kinda makes it easy to break your phone so make sure you have apple care + before you download.
This is by far our favorite puzzle game on any platform ever! Thanks for making such a great game.
We cant pick up from the last level completed Im Iphone from iPad. Failed. Dont feel like replaying from the beginning.
It will be excellent if there is a dark mode with dark background for iPhone X users.
Games like this are beautifully crafted and pretty to look at but the novelty quickly wears off when you realize how easy they are. There isnt much strategy to these levels, you just can swipe around in a relatively limited number of paths until you win.
It is very frustrating… We know its a bug, and the developers have worked hard to create this app, but this annoying bug is preventing us from enjoying it.
Sure, the concept is ok, but only 100 levels for a game that costs money? We would rather play a free game with over 3,000 levels than this.
So you basically removed pocus from the AppStore and put back the same thing with a different title on it as puzzlement.
It seems simple at first, but it fast becomes challenging. Hours of fun, with M. C. Escher-inspired puzzles.
(iPhone 4, iOS 7.1.2) we enjoyed the initial release of this entertaining game. But the bug we originally reported for (v2.0.0), under iOS 7.1.2, persists unchanged in (v2.1.0) Hocus reliably crashes, immediately on launch. Pls. See the following crash log (excerpt): Dyld Error Message: Symbol not found: Referenced from: /var/mobile/Applications/hocus.app/hocus Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/UIKit.framework/UIKit in /var/mobile/Applications/hocus.app/hocus Dyld Version: 324.1.
An actually fun/challenging puzzle game. It's unique and creative and really challenges ones special skills. While still being a very fun puzzle game we haven't had new maps in forever and it doesn't look like that will change. You're paying for 100 maps folks.
We love this game because it keeps our mind thinking with all the exercise of figuring out the puzzles.
Hocus Pocus. The name makes very little sense, but the game is intriguing, challenging, and satisfying. The background spa music and satisfying little tick sounds as the block moves along the pathway make for a great experience. Probably the only game for which we've written a review–well deserved.
This puzzle game makes you think in a new way, where you might be surprised even when you think you have it all figured out. We'd personally recommend actually trying to solve it instead of randomly moving the cube; you'll feel smarter if you do.
Really nice easy going good to pass time.
We don't leave reviews for games. We don't because we find very few that actually stimulate more than one of our senses. This is one of those rare games that does. There's a gorgeous Zen soundtrack and challenging puzzles that place solutions in the wide open, daring you to find them.
So much fun love it want more levels. Addictive finished too soon.
Challenging, relaxing, entertaining.
Awesome puzzles game! Don't hesitate, just get the game.
This Escher-like game is one of our favorites. We prefer spatial games anyway but this one has combined the attributes that we think are important in a game perfectly. Lots of levels. We're only in the 60s out of 100, but we only play it when we have a few moments to spare between doing other things. And that is also a plus because you can do a level in a few minutes rather than having to commit yourself to finishing a long duration level as we've seen in other games.
This game really makes you think. We enjoy playing it in the mornings to help us wake up.
Brilliant idea, we can't wait for more levels.
Reminds us of monument valley with more levels. We love it.
This game is so involving. You cannot put this down. The next puzzle is better every time. Love it.
We have so many levels to play! Thank you.
This game is hard at sometimes but it is fun to figure things out along the way.
This is an awesome game. It really keeps your mind going.
Though very simplistic, we actually really love this game. It's a great way to unwind and relax. The background music/sounds are great. We would recommend anyone to give this game a try, just be careful it is addicting.
It's challenging so it makes it fun.
Kick back into auto-pilot, and just navigate through different planes as you attempt to place the cube into the hole. Hocus has twists and turns that never seem to end.
Good puzzles. Variety of difficulty. Very straightforward. No coins, iap, just level after level. Love it. Anxious for more soon.
Relaxing, stimulating and fun! Nothing like a few bent square tubes and a little red square to open new pathways in the brain! More, please.
The title says it all. Well worth the time and money. :-).
A simple puzzle game with mind twisting graphics. If you like Monument Valley, you'll probably like this.
Terrific puzzler and high regard for UX.
We love these type of puzzles and this game has so much content. Every puzzle give us a better challenge.
A little bit like "Edge" (check it out) but with an optical illusion twist. Very cool.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 3.0.0
- Size: 18.31 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: [GAMEBRAIN YAZILIM TEKNOLOJILERI ANONIM SIRKETI]()
Last updated: 10th July 2025 | Genre: Education, Family | Developer: GAMEBRAIN YAZILIM TEKNOLOJILERI ANONIM SIRKETI