Last updated on January 4th, 2026 at 08:36 am
Mindkeeper : The Lurking Fear – Adventure Game Review
Mindkeeper : The Lurking Fear is a Adventure/Puzzle/Entertainment game from Abylight SL, first launched in 19th September 2019.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 181+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Mindkeeper : The Lurking Fear Stand Out
Put yourself in the shoes of investigator H. Joyce as you explore a mansion deep in the Swamp of Storms and reveal the secret of the lurking fear.
Mindkeeper: The lurking fear is an atmospheric video game of puzzles and mysteries inspired by the stories of H.P. Lovecraft.
In Mindkeeper you will be able to discover worship, legends and lost realities of multi-tentacular beings that only exist in the abyss of the human mind. Features:
● High quality graphics with real-time lights and shadows.
● Surrounding sound atmosphere.
● Challenging puzzles and thrilling action.
● Simple an intuitive control.
● Haptic vibration.
This Adventure game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Mindkeeper : The Lurking Fear is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 5th December 2025
Recent improvements include:
Quick Fix: Resolved an issue preventing some prior purchasers from unlocking the full game.
Download & Availability
Mindkeeper : The Lurking Fear is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Mindkeeper : The Lurking Fear 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:
The moment your fingertips touch the screen or the handle, you sign a silent contract – not with swords and shadows, not with thousands of troops and horses, but with an invisible palace. There are no marble columns and golden domes in this palace. Its bricks are the chains of logic, the cloister is a metaphorical maze, and the dome is the light that illuminates the mind when "suddenly realized". The excellent puzzle game is the greatest architect of this invisible palace. It invited us to complete a pure poetic pilgrimage towards wisdom itself.
Our dog died but we forgot all about it when BIG AAH TENTACLE DUDE WOOOOGHH.
Super cool game with alot of levels, please please please update it so we can play it on our watch again, the recent os update messed the app up alot its all glitchy looking now and wont load right.
Absolutely love this game, we play it on our phone AND Apple Watch. Hands down the best Apple Watch game on the store, and the graphics look really good. On iPhone the graphics look AMAZING almost as if theres ray tracing. Thank you for making such a wonderful game and especially optimizing it for the Apple Watch too :).
This game is the best game we played in our entire life.
This app is fairly good on the Apple Watch. Cant wait to see where it goes.
This is the well designed game for Apple Watch. Us personally did not know that the Apple Watch have a very strong GPU power.
Nah but this is probably the best Apple Watch games Ive ever played. When we first started playing we were shocked at the visuals of this game. On Apple Watch its mad impressive so kudos to the creators of this game Im actually impressed and the gameplay is pretty dang good we also love how you can control it with the crown and by touching the screen. Overall this game is a 10/10 for us.
We love the app. We downloaded and we were surprised that its would be so good looking/working on our Apple Watch. One thing would be amazing if the character didnt walk the whole time but we could make stop like by tapping on the screen once to stop his movement and look around, and tap 2 times to bring up the map with the menu. Apart from that amazing work we hope you create more 3d games for Apple Watch.
We never had a better time than when we were playing mind sweeper.
We didnt even know Apple Watch could handle games like this. The graphics and sounds are both amazing. And you use the dial to move. The controls are very smooth and there are a decent amount of levels. Its a really fun game to play if you dont have you phone and you want to play something. We hope the creator continues to make games like this.
This game is just fun to play anywhere! We have an Apple Watch Series 3, playing this game on it runs perfectly fine! So many levels to beat, someone speed running could beat it in like 20 something minutes tho.
This is the best Apple Watch gane ever!! We appreciate the last update, it feels way much better now. Please, please, PLEASE, add more levels OR make another game please hahaha.
We pick up shotgun, we shoot monster, we hear Doom jingle. We like. Heres your 5 stars.
This is probably the best Apple Watch game Ive played. Its already amazing on phone, but the fact we can play it on our watch too is so cool. The graphics are the best thing youll see on Apple Watch. The gameplay is fun with a nice story to it. So the price is worth it.
Its a really good game especially on the watch just great.
This app is AMAZINGGGG especially on the watch its even better we can say its amazing how they made it the way to play is easy and enjoyable. We wanna thank the developers for creating this please create more games like this and Ill support you guys.
This game great play as good as it do on the phone on the Apple Watch one of the best games for the Apple Watch.
Its a great game Im not good at reviews so Im gonna leave it there.
Its only a couple of dollars and you get an ok phone game but what makes it worth it is its the exact same game on your Apple Watch. This is THE best Apple Watch game. It does tend to eat the watch battery when playing for more than a few minutes but thats what you would expect from such a detailed game on your watch. We like how it seamlessly lets you play on your watch or phone and pick back up at the level you were on. Its fun and it has an…. Interesting…. Storyline. We like it.
Really good graphics and also a add on for our watch which is super dope.
Nice early 20th century style scenery and story telling.
This is amazing. Only one complaintplease optimize it for the screen on the Apple Watch Ultra. Do that and Ill change this review to 5 stars.
Honestly it really is one of the best. From the graphics to the controls. HOWEVER we really miss the board game menu style! We would love for there to be an option to change it back to that! But all in all we love this game and HIGHLY recommend it.
As the title said,the gams is a color garbled on screen, and you can't continue to play.
Though a little eyes-hurting when playing on watch.
We were so excited when we downloaded this game only to find that it was all weird and glitched out like the walls were all glitched out and stuff. Still fun game but definitely would be 5 stars if the graphics were right.
The only problem we have with this app it draining our Apple Watch and iPhone battery like crazy. We on play 4 like 2 mins and both our watch and phone drop 2 like 90% from 100% charge in like 2 minutes. Please fix this bug problem.
Moving around in a simple maze and collect easy to find big gems. The graphics repeat in every new level also. Two bucks wont buy much we guess.
Edit: 03/06/2020 we posted a review yesterday and got a response today. We already had the latest patch, yet the issues are still present, unfortunately. Edit: 03/05/2020 This update looks promising, but two terrible things are happening. First, the watch app wont open at all and crashes upon starting it. (Series 5, up to date) Second, we played the game on our iPhone and it seems Ive lost our progress!!! Argh, Im having a tough time getting the motivation to redo all our progress… (11 Pro Max, up to date) Someone please help.
Developers working hard to keep the game running.
We have loved this game on our watch for months! We play it whenever we have a dull moment (waiting in line for coffee, waiting in line at DMV, waiting in line at Disney World, etc.)! And now this awesome gamefilled with fantastic mazes and deeply disturbing creatures is on iOS! Oh, and by the way, its got a fascinating narrative too.
When we press on the game icon on our watch it zooms in like its about to load then it goes back to the home screen every time.
Love this gaming experience! Amazing graphics. Worth the money. How do we turn down or mute the volume.
We think it did not work because we have a 2 series please get back to us as soon as possible and or fix this because we paid 2 dollars for something we cant even use so pleas get back to us.
Its pretty remarkable to have running so well on a watch, especially considering we didnt realize the Apple Watch was capable of something like this. Its literally a first person shooter (eventually – keep playing!), and has a clever design that absolutely works on such a small screen. Im so glad we took a chance on this and look forward to whats to come.
Looks like a great app but it wont download onto our Apple Watch id either like a refund or a way to fix this problem UPDATE IT FINALLY DOWNLOADED AND IM SO HAPPY WITH THE GRAPHICS we DO HAVE A APPLE WATCH SERIES 5 It just took a day and a half to download but definitely worth every cent.
Why doesnt it turn down the volume when we adjust the sound on our watch.
We cant get off The first screen on this game. We can open the scroll, move up and down on the scroll and close the scroll. Am we missing something.
Looks fun but wont download on Apple Watch.
The game looks amazing, but its no use if we cant get it to download on our Apple Watch. Its been 23 hours since we purchased the game and its still not on our watch after Ive tried everything. Ive reinstalled it, restarted both our phone and watch, and even reset our watch.
There is no volume control and its obnoxiously loud! Its a good game to play before bed, but its way too loud when your wife is right next to you trying to sleep. We have turned down the volume on the watch to no avail. Please fix this, Ive seen other complaints on this particular issue. We have the Apple Watch series 4. Once fixed, we will change our 3 star review to 5 stars. Thank you.
Want a refund. The sound is too loud. Cant play it because its so loud and cant control the volume.
The game sounds super exciting to play but it wont download onto our watch, we need help :(.
It wont download on our watch and we want a refund.
We agree with the other reviews. There are not too many other Apple Watch games that can compare. Its amazing what has been done with this game, even has sound! Now thats awesome.
So far the best Apple Watch game with some ambitious goals! How they made this is a testament to some new well thought out game design and ingenuity, its fairly well made and a great concept, but has some small issues! The level design and player movement can be wonky at first (if the devs could add a simple bezier curve to slow down the player movement speed slightly before reaching a wall or obstacle, we think it would help), other than that some things are stylistically designed a little weird (looks like the art team didnt work together to make certain assets fit the same general style), from a garish title screen, to a weird 3rd person board game-style map progression system with icons and art assets that don't match the games theme that well, then there is awkward lighting and a strange amount of specularity on the character model.
Read the previous review about wondering if purchasing this game would be a mistake. Been playing for about 15min and this game is just next level. This really shows the potential of AW games. Love the movement system. The character moves automatically and you turn the crown to move left or right or in circles. Feels very natural. Find keys, gems, solve puzzles, all kinds of fun stuff. Graphics are amazing! Well done to the Dev.
Deceptively simple concept but we are blown away by the execution. We hope we see more developers that are willing to push this hardware like this. Highly recommended to all Apple Watch owning horror fans.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.1.4
- Size: 311.70 MB
- iOS: 16.6 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES, ZH, TR
- Content Advisory: Frequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Frequent/Intense Horror/Fear Themes
- Developer: Abylight SL
Last updated: 5th December 2025 | Genre: Adventure, Puzzle | Developer: Abylight SL