Last updated on December 15th, 2025 at 06:49 am
Temple Run: Puzzle Adventure – Puzzle Game Review
Temple Run: Puzzle Adventure is a Puzzle game from Scopely, Inc., first launched in 17th September 2021.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 3,169+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Temple Run: Puzzle Adventure Stand Out
Play TEMPLE RUN as never before! Beat match 3 puzzles to uncover the mysteries of the ancient temple realm. Create powerful combos and use special pieces to become a Temple Champion!
Assist the great adventurer, archeologist and Temple Runner Scarlett Fox as you solve puzzles to overcome the mysterious obstacles along your path.
Download Temple Run: Puzzle Adventure today to embark on a new thrilling adventure!
If you have any questions or need support, please email us at [email protected].
This Puzzle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Temple Run: Puzzle Adventure is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 11th December 2024
Recent improvements include:
A NEW MIRROR STORY has been uncovered! Montana Smith has teamed up with the Shadow Runner, and that means trouble! Also, Scarlett has uncovered a collection of new and challenging PUZZLES to solve! All of that plus new TEMPLE TOURNAMENT objectives.
New Mirror Story
50 New Puzzles
Updated Tournaments
Download & Availability
Temple Run: Puzzle Adventure is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Temple Run: Puzzle Adventure 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:
Bejeweled and Temple Run are two of our all time faves on mobile, so this is a perfect blend of both! We hope it stays on Arcade forever.
3-22-25: For the past couple of weeks, we will be in the middle of a game and the game will abruptly close. No warning, nothing unusual happens, just instantly back to our main iPad screen. We are currently on Stage 16962. Please fix because this is the only game we play daily. Level 1658 has a bug. Even when you clear the board, the game says you have 1 block left. Ive tried scarabs, skulls with bombs and other combos and nothing works. Still have 5 to 11 moves left. We have plenty of screenshots that show the board is complete. We thought this would be fixed in the last update. Please fix because this is one of our favorite games. We would normally score it 4.5 stars.
We love this game and have been playing it for a long time, however we cannot see how many moves we have left. Our account initial sit right on top of how many moves we have left. Please fix this. Thank you.
Its an enjoyable game in the style of Candy Crush or Bejeweled. We just wish it was prettier.
Freezes and glitches every day. Ive never had this problem with any other game.
Game is good. But often glitched or shuts down.
As others have mentioned, this is a buggy game. It will just freeze and you have to exit and restart the game. It does get annoying.
Its a decent game. It was getting updated a lot when we first started playing. Now its like we play the same old games over and over again. Starting to get repetitive and boring. Needs some updating.
Been playing daily on iPad for a year. Played all the levels and amassed more gems than can use. Enjoy daily puzzels, and challenges. However it has never worked on the M1 Mac. Stuck on full screen and so enlarged that it seems one pixel covers the whole screen. No access to settings, menu, or any way to play the game. Have tried deleting and reinstall multiple times over the years. Before forced full screen used to be able to switch between Mac and iPad to play. Looking at the refviews others have had this problem or crashes on the M1 for at least 3 years.
Love this game and so far into it, its so addictive but the glitches are getting too much. We spent so long trying to pass this level Im on and we finally had it and the game froze and closed out. Super upset. Ive put so much into this game so please update it.
Using on an iPad Pro, running iOS 18. Pros – engaging thinking game. The colors and game play are fun and challenging. Cons – Every single time we win a game, we have to restart the game to play the next level. Phantom pieces just appear and block a space. We very rarely get the cha nce to play the raft game. Its almost always blacked out. Our Apple Pencil only works on certain screens. The AI beetle is the most useless counterintuitive piece of technology Ive ever interacted with, we avoid making those beetles, theyre useless. Its frustrating enough that even though Im on level 3615, we may just delete. These issues have been ongoing since we got the new iPad months ago, we kept hoping an update would fix these issues, but for not. Id hate to have to delete but its annoying.
Fun but unplayable because phone overheats.
This game hasnt been updated in 11 months. No new levels. Compare this with Royal Match which is updated every 2 weeks. We have 1 million gems with nothing to do with them. No new Tiers, Maps, or Stories. The play is fine, but you will soon get as bored with it as the developers are. Just sad.
While this is a fun Candy Crush type game, we got half way thru the achievements and they just stopped updating. Frustrating.
The games storyline is very short. After that youre stuck in treasure room and have to fill a mirror with gems just to get a mirror story. Its boring.
Been playing this a long time, but, theres been a lot of glitches lately. The newest one is the challenge has disappeared. First it was in and out, showing up usually after playing the first level. Now, its disappeared completely. Thats one of the only reasons that Ive been playing it anymore. Could really use some new levels. Gets tiresome playing the old ones over and over again. Would give it 5 stars if the developers would keep up with fixing the bugs and adding more to the game.
As of late its just the same twenty or so puzzles over and over and over.
Started off with an interesting story line but eventually you reach the never ending puzzle that adds 100 more sections to reach your goal. Starts out at 100, then 200, 300, etc. We were only getting 3 levels with each win. With nothing interesting happening we feel like Im on a never ending treadmill playing the game.
Temple Run is a decent puzzle game. However, as of the last update, the game only loads to the title screen. The button to start the game no longer appears.
Game frequently loses progress and you have to play levels over again to get back to where you were. This has occurred to us several times. We dont know if this is cloud sync issue with Game Center or what but it is very frustrating. If it werent for this issue Id give it 5 stars.
The game is more enjoyable in the beginning when you are solving puzzles for part of the story line. After the short story line ends it isnt as much fun.
We recently downloaded TR:PA and after 48 hours of play, we have mixed feelings. The game offers a familiar match-three puzzle format, similar to others in this genre, with an added storyline featuring characters from the Temple Run franchise. While the story adds a unique twist, it feels a bit cheesy, and we often find ourselves skipping the dialogue to jump back into the puzzles. While the gameplay is easy to pick up and is incredibly addictive, theres a catch: the gameplay feels restrictive compared to its freemium siblings. Unlike the freemium versions, where you can make micro-purchases of gems and coins to extend play, the Arcade version only allows you to earn gems after completing a puzzle, mini-game, or achieving goals. While this is the very reason we prefer Apple Arcade games over freemium; TR:PA has made it far too difficult to extend gameplay by limiting the use of gems to power-ups (no extra moves.) So, when you are one rotation away from solving the puzzle, but out of moves, the puzzle ends and you have to start again. This limitation has dampened our enjoyment, as it makes gameplay feel unnecessarily repetitive and punishing. Adding an option to trade earned gems for extra moves would add to the games appeal and help retain momentum when youre on a roll. Overall, TR:PA is a fun an engaging game with solid puzzle mechanics, but theres absence of extra moves impacts the pacing and enjoyment. If you enjoy the match-three genre and are a Temple Run fan, its worth trying, but be prepared for some frustration if youre hoping for uninterrupted play without puzzle resets.
Game is entertaining when it works, but its too glitchy & constantly freezes.
Im around puzzle 1341, however, Ive suddenly stopped getting the daily perks or prizes (?). Ive tried closing it out completely and that does nothing. Ive been playing this game for a very long time with no issues, not sure why now.
With the latest update, whenever you use an idol or whatever the rainbow orb is, jewels get overwritten and now you have no idea what jewel is really there when you are actually playing the hidden piece behind the jewel.
Love the game but the last few days, have not received the daily bonuses. We couldnt find how to submit a ticket.
We have not received a daily boost in almost a week. Whats going on? Still waiting on a reply.
This is a great game and a lot of fun to play. Not sure what is going on lately but it seems that not much is being put into this game. You use to have a daily prize for just playing the game but that has gone away for some reason. You can ride the river for gems and items but it is just always the same. This could be an area that you could do more with but it feels like not much is being invested into this game any more. This is a great game and you could do so much more with it. Please invest some time to continue to make this a great game.
We play this game every day, even though we often get frustrated by it. It was still fun until a few days ago when we noticed Ive stopped receiving our daily reward for coming back. Is this a glitch or have the daily rewards been removed.
What happened to the daily points or prizes for playing everyday? Please fix.
This is a great game, but it is sending us a saved conflict message that is stating we have to choose a local or remote host. We are deep into the levels of this game and am worried on how best to proceed. We tried to contact support in the app, but there is no way to get help. Wondering if the app people can provide an answer here please.
This is the game we play the most and really like it but the one down fall for us is there is no opportunity to gain extra moves when you run out. There are so many times we may be just one move away from clearing a puzzle only to run out of moves and have to start all over which can be frustrating on the hard or super hard puzzles.
This was a great game until we completed the first three storylines. Now we're endlessly stuck in a room which only manifests treasures, with apparently no way to get out – no supporting characters – no storyline – and the only way to keep going with any real sense of advancement is to get 100 stars – which is a minimum of 34 (!!!) games if you do them all perfectly. So – why do you stick people in this no-story loop which is truly no fun and removes the narrative we've all been working towards? This is the oddest and most disappointing turn in a fun game we've ever had. Really frustrating and unnecessary.
We were so happy to find this game a few years ago–no losing lives, no timers to wait for, no ads every level. Fun game, some challenging levels, and a great story. It was perfect. We played it all the time. Then we finished the last part. We are now endlessly stuck in the treasure room. Forever. The story was the special part of this game. You knew the characters and helped them along. Then it disappeared abruptly leaving just level after level with nothing new and no hint of what happened to the story. It's so disappointing. This was a 5+ star game and now it's just repetitive with no real incentive to keep playing. We keep seeing updates for a "new mirror story" and get them, but we're still in the same old treasure room. How do you get to the new stories you say are available? The treasure room is too repetitive to keep playing without any goal other than collecting more and more items . Please continue the story and bring back the fun.
Battery drain issue has been fixed, which just means our addiction is back in full force.
We love the game but the game crashes way to much. We play almost every single day and the game will crash several times during a play session. Also the game has several bugs when clearing lines. You can use a power up and the pieces wont clear.
Really solid matching puzzle game. We like the variety of powers from the different match shapes and the interesting interactions when you merge them. The story is tedious and the raft mini game is awful, but those are easy to ignore. Unfortunately, sometime in the late 400 puzzles its increasingly common for maps to seem only winnable with very powerful combinations, and replaying those until that combination comes together becomes tedious. Worse, after 505 they introduce a component that simply negates the cheapest combo. You can skip maps or use the (plentiful!) gems to just buy your way out of a level, it thats not actually very satisfying. Still, we certainly got more than our Arcade subscriptions value for the month.
We really enjoy playing the game except for one issue. There has been a glitch while playing for the last two days. While playing the gems get stuck on the top each other for example instead of seeing a blue you would see red. It gets so bad we have tried to reboot hoping it would fix the issue. Please get the issue fixed.
Ive played this for a long time and beaten all the levels, but we still get a lot of enjoyment out of it. One issue, though, is that it causes our phone to run hot and runs our battery down super quick. We have an iPhone 15 Pro Max, but after just a few levels, the left side of our phone gets noticeably hot to the touch. If Im trying to charge it while playing, we get the notification that charging has stopped until the phone cools down. Not sure what to make of this, since we havent encountered this issue in any other phone games.
The story keeps us going, the graphics are great, and the puzzles are fun.
This game is so cool and makes them work for we wonder who we will find next.
Levels over 2000 seem to be more buggy than the lower levels. Example 2257 – if you stay with the bomb/arrow combo it causes the game to freeze and we have to hard close and restart. Would love to see the higher levels get some more debugging!! Thank You.
Fixed: the drawing of which gems are where after a move that has lots of action seems resolved. This always seemed like a timing/frame rate issue. Broken: the game now heats up the phone ridiculously fast and eats battery like thats its only goal in life. Silver lining: now we dont need to worry about playing too long as the phone gets too hot to hold and the screen dims, or the battery gives up. IPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 17.4.1.
We could play for hours. However recently, whenever we play for more than 20 minutes, our iPad gets extremely hot and it drains our battery. Ive uninstalled and then reinstalled the app and that didnt help. Ive contacted support and we never received a response. Ive never had anything like this happen before and it only happens with this game. We wish we knew what to do because we really miss playing the game.
We play this game frequently, & it is nice & relaxing. However, it overheats our phone & drains our battery VERY quickly.
Temple Run Arcade stopped opening last week of January 2024. Also it cannot be found doing a search in App Store, although it does show up in the recently played section of Arcade Games. Did Temple Run just quit working on Apple Arcade? Update: Temple Run Arcade opens again. Silver Tier still non-functional. Still doesnt show up in a App Store search.
We really really loved this game when we first downloaded it, and we still play it often. However, we get more and more angry at the lack of support. Theres no place to submit a support ticket or report a bug and the game doesnt give you rewards that youve honestly earned. Heres an overview of the gameplay: The character goes through a landscape and theres a story and you play matching games in between two advance, the story. All thats fun, but in no time at all less than a week, Id say you reach the end of the adventure and the character is stuck in the same hall forever after that. Forever? Yes, literally forever instead of having the character lets say, for example circle around and go through the same landscape again (now that its been restored) she just stands there and tells a story as if we wanted to read a book and not play video games?) the game freezes all the time and we lose tools and bonuses. Ive allocated to that level. The game doesnt give you the progress or points or gems or whatever that youve collected. Its not honest, not fair and and theres no support. Theres a Support LINK, but all it does is send you to FAQ articles and tutorials that say absolutely nothing. Theres not even a place to report a bug. It seems like Apple paid somebody to develop the game and then fired them. They left. Theres nobody at the helm. Theres nobody monitoring the game at all. Apple obviously doesnt care.
Fun game and it is nice with no adds. Only issue is it crashes constantly lose almost any progress you have made.
Im enjoying the game other match 3 games. No ads, etc. Its just missing the haptic feedback that other match 3 games have. It makes it more immersive and satisfying.
Love the game keeps us busy the puzzles go up gradually.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 4.1.0156
- Size: 855.07 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: AR, NL, EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES, ZH, TR
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Scopely, Inc.
Last updated: 11th December 2024 | Genre: Puzzle | Developer: Scopely, Inc.