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Return to Grisly Manor LITE – Entertainment Game Review
Return to Grisly Manor LITE is a Entertainment/Adventure/Family game from Joe Kauffman, first launched in 7th September 2016.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 39+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Return to Grisly Manor LITE Stand Out
Return to Grisly Manor LITE is a free-to-try app. You can play the first chapter for free and if you like it, purchase and continue playing the full game!
The future of Grisly Manor lies in its past!
Greedy developers BUYCO want to build their next MegaMart superstore on the site of Grandpa’s newly renovated Grisly Manor!
To stop them from demolishing his home, Grandpa just needs to prove he owns the land – but this is where it gets tricky…
Being the scatterbrained inventor you know and love, the last place Grandpa remembers seeing the deed was in the old manor – back in 1999!
Explore the new house, help Grandpa repair his time machine, and travel back to the original Grisly Manor – before all of its secrets and memories are swept away forever!
You must Return to Grisly Manor and save its future!
Features:
• Beautiful hand-painted graphics that draw you into this mesmerizing adventure!
• Lots of items to collect and puzzles to solve!
• Original soundtrack and sound effects!
• A journal that keeps track of all the symbols and clues that you encounter.
• A dynamic map that shows all of the areas you have explored, as well as your current location.
• A complete hint system built right into the game.
This Entertainment game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Return to Grisly Manor LITE is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 15th February 2024
Recent improvements include:
Bug fixes!
Download & Availability
Return to Grisly Manor LITE is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Return to Grisly Manor LITE 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:
This is the best game ever! We use to play this on our dads phone when we were around 7 and we just remembered it about a year ago and we have been able to solve the game all in one day!! Definitely recommend.
This was one of the best escape games Ive played, and trust us, Ive played em all. We loved the story line, the puzzles, the length. We really enjoyed this one. Cant wait to play others by this developer.
We have done all the games by fire maple, and we have to say that this one is our favorite. The storyline and puzzles were all super interesting. We highly recommend doing this or Crickety creek last, having done the others you will appreciate these two a lot more.
This game very fun and takes a good amount of time to finish when Im bored we can count on this game to give us some thing to do.
LOVED this game! Thoughtful, lots to explore and just the right amount of challenge to keep it interesting and not frustrating. We were happy to pay for it and we hope their other games are as good. Sadly, we did not enjoy the first installment of grisly manor. Short, boring, and we really wish we hadnt paid for it.
We had this game as a little girl and we were happy to see it again so we were more then thrilled to buy the full game so we got into the house until the pop up to buy the game came up every 2 seconds it was utterly impossible to play even though we had payed please fix this so we can play we love this game and really want to play again the only reason we didnt rate it two stars is because we love this game and we want to play it.
We played the Lite version and then decided to purchase the full version. Purchased the full version within the game and played until we found the deed and gave it to the old man. Went to bed. Tried to continue the game the next day and now we are back in current time, NO DEED, the old man doesnt have it though we gave it to him, and cannot find a way to fix this without having to replay the hours of the game we already successfully completed. TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY.
We love these games and Ive played them over and over! Cant wait for another one to be released.
We played the original Grisly Manor game when we were younger. Us and our cousin absolutely LOVED it! It was complex for us at the time, but it was fun. This brings back memories of that game, and it is an AMAZING SEQUEL.
Our entire family get excited when fire maple releases a new game. We almost feel guilty binge playing each of their new adventures knowing that it takes far longer to develop an adventure this beautiful and immersive then it does to to play through.
Fire Maple is one of our favorite developers out there! They, along with MediaCity and Lone Wolf Games, make the most entrancing escape adventures, which encourage intellectual stimulation where one will think critically for him/herself. The premise is unconventional and refreshing as it is void of "copied and pasted" ideas. We feel ourselves mesmerized by the impeccably untarnished graphics, which draw considerable attention to detail. The colors reflect soft and subtle shades to induce a mild and pacifying ambiance. Navigation is fluid and effortless. Using your journal entries and collecting clues to solve puzzles contribute towards an innervating experience. The only negative aspect is that we wish a teleport map would have been included to allow one to directly jump to a desired location in order to save time and obviate consistent breaks in concentration. If you are someone like us who abstains from using hints, this game is lengthy and satisfying. Can't wait for their next one.
This is an AMAZING sequel to the other grisly manor game. This just give us great anxiousness as to what's going to happen next and we can't wait for another one of these games to come out! Please! Come out with another one.
This is a very solid game, in that it runs flawlessly and the game updates according to your progress so it prevents any confusion. It is very straightforward: you solve a puzzle and then go to the next, often by using an item somewhere or by doing an actual puzzle. We bought the full game from this "Free" version, we should've just bought the regular version. This is a pretty great game for younger people. It would probably be an excellent first game for a point and click adventure.
Nice point and click. We really enjoyed it. Definitely worth the price. They should make another one. We would buy it.
100 percent recommended. Get the paid version, don't bother with the free version.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0.8
- Size: 161.96 MB
- iOS: 11.0 or later
- Languages: AR, DA, NL, EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, NB, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, TR
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Joe Kauffman
Last updated: 15th February 2024 | Genre: Entertainment, Adventure | Developer: Joe Kauffman