Faraway: Puzzle Escape Wiki

People complain about the $2.99 unlock fee, but this app is well worth it. A flat fee is far superior to a subscription or having to buy tokens/gems/coins to keep playing. For the cost of a coffee, the game offers a beautiful experience and some fun puzzles. It's not too hard and not too obvious. It doesn't try to be all things to all people. It's a world unto itself and you can explore it at your own pace -- slowly and with hints if you're a beginner, or blazing fast if you don't do anything but explore fantasy worlds. Some free levels to see if you like it. Definitely worth the fee if you're entertained. If you find it "too elementary," move on, genius.

Update (and tip): I quit out of the game and tried again the next day. It works now. Had to do that on another level as well. Maybe it’s buggy, but I’m so happy with the game I came back to rate it a 5. —— Very addictive game with puzzles just hard enough to make me think without making me crazy. However, I’m on level 9 and following the hint, yet still can’t get the game to progress. Thinking I needed to upgrade to the full version, I plopped didn’t my hard earned $2.99, but I still don’t progress in the game to finish level 9. The developer website link is a 404. Looks like I wasted my money.

I’m posting this on all three “Faraway” game reviews. These were THE most challenging and unbelievable games, I have ever played in iOS history. I am absolutely devastated that I just now finished the third one. I’m not sure what to do. PLEASE...whomever is the brains behind this just HAS to come out with a fourth! ...developers...can you shed any light on if there is a future for another one? I’m sorry to report that in my opinion, none of the other games even compare to these. While the graphics may be more advanced on the more recent games, the simplicity yet complexity of the first three cannot be surpassed. I bet you for more!

I adore this game! I find it very compelling, however not to difficult. I find it is very good distraction. I quite enjoyed the simple level design and graphics and have yet to get annoyed by the music. As with most puzzle games there is little replay ability but I still enjoyed going back and trying to figure out how to collect all of the notes. My only complaint is that I wish there was a feature where all the notes could be seen in one place instead of having to go into the level to read it, leave the level, and then go to next one. Slight Spoiler here so be wary- The final level, the true final level, still leaves a sense of mystery with me even after I put my phone down. I have still to figure it out and I still sometimes think about it whenever I see the app on my home screen. Hopefully one day I can figure it out. Very few games have ever resonated with me this much. Very well done! I hope to see more games like this in the future!!!

Hi, First I want to say that I do mostly love your Faraway line of puzzles. But this is more of a question than a review. There were a few times when I had to use the hints, and I still didn’t understand where the solution came from. Like in Ch. 14, when you had to spin the rollers on top of pedestals I, II, & III, & the answer was half of a decahedron facing right, then half of a decahedron facing left, then a sort of U shaped object. Where did this info come from? Even with the answer, I couldn’t figure out from what it was derived. And in level 15, when you’re going down the staircase one level at a time, and you have to stop at each level and insert numbered triangles to open the sliding cover for the next set of steps down, what was the clue for which numbers to use? Thanks very much for your help.

SPOILER ALERT: All around a very great 'escape' game. I love the puzzles, the riddles, and the frustration of figuring out how to find all the notes! The fact that you have to purchase levels is a bummer, but we understand that money must be made. I only had to watch hints twice throughout the entire game, good feature. I do believe that the game ended abruptly however. If you are to build a story (via notes), have your protagonist escape/win/anything.. I finished the game 100%, and was very disappointed how it ended. I hope an update will come soon to add more levels without purchasing anything else. TLDR: 4/5 stars, game ends badly, purchase 2nd half of game. It's only $2.99 for 2nd half, you penny pinchers spend twice as much on a Big Mac and this won't even kill you.

Fun, clean non-buggy interface. Nice art, I could tell some nice effort went into that. A few of the puzzles were a bit too, "Tap everywhere and see if anything reacts," but not too bad. There were several quite creative mechanical puzzles in there too. This would be a good game to play with a parent and child, working through the puzzles and discussing different approaches. Each level could be done in 15 minutes to an hour. The bonus "notes" were fun to find, though once collected, they don't seem to lead anywhere. The first ending is appalling. Really? Just "The End"? Couldn't even come up with a splash screen and a final note to give some closure? Unfortunately, this is a pattern in some games of this ilk. Have a few good free levels, get the customer to pay to play more, but then don't worry about providing complete content after that, since you already have their money so it doesn't matter. So, overall I would say the game is worth playing for most of the puzzles, just be prepared for a letdown at the end.

Over all this is a very beautiful and great game. The puzzels weren't too challenging. Usually I give up on puzzle games because they are just way too difficult, but this game is at just the right challenge level. I did get stuck a few times but luckily, I could just watch a hint, which is a pretty nice feature. I think it is worth the full purchase because it is just a nice way to relax but also work your brain. It does however (spoiler) have a very disappointing ending. It doesn't really give out much of an ending besides "the end." Other than that, I think it is a great and beautiful game and I do not regret purchasing it.

Very enjoyable! The graphics are decent. The puzzles are varied, but pose no real challenge; they’re nowhere near as complex as some in Tomb Raider Go. There’s just enough of a story line to keep it from being a straight puzzle game, but only barely. I like the game, but honestly, I don’t understand the comparison to a masterpiece like Myst. Sure, the general form is similar, but Myst was genre-defining, with its ground-breaking visuals, environment design, relatively deep story and inventive and subtle puzzles. Like others, I hit a bug at the end of level 8, where the laser beam refused to reflect off the crystal. I had to restart the level to get it to work.

Alright. This, was actually really fun and can sometime challenge you. If you are the type of person who REALLY enjoys puzzle games, I would recommend this. The only reason why I'm not giving it 5 stars (which it does deserve) is because after level 9 the rear of the levels cost money. I'm not the type who is willing to pay money for more levels when this game has already been marked free. So enjoy the levels while they last if you don't like spending a lot of money. On the up hand the art style and sound affects are really nice.

I was playing this while sick, and it was just the right level to be interesting but without making my head hurt. Easier puzzles than House of Da Vinci and The Room. I did use the hints occasionally; maybe I would have figured it out eventually, but the solution often turned out to be either something super obvious that I missed (like turning the view to see another area to enter) or something pretty obscure (the puzzle was confusing). Overall, a nice game but not an all-time favorite.

I love this game! It is my speed. i’ve played a lot of puzzle games, but at some point late in the game, reaction time becomes a factor. My reaction time is slow and nothing will speed it up no matter how hard I try. It is so satisfying to be able to finish a game! I liked having hints available at no cost. I do not want to spend my life trying to figureout a puzzle. After a couple days, I’m ready to move on. Only needed to use hints a couple times, but without them I would have had to give up. Thanks for a satisfying game!

Remember how the top of the description said "includes in app purchases"? Yeah, that's half the levels. You only get to play nine free levels and they're pretty entertaining, even if I can never find the third letter in the level. I also wish the game came with more context. You're sort of thrown into this world filled with ancient temples and stuff without any of your character's backstory. Over all, I'd recommend this game, but I would say it's all that flawless.

This game caused something I’ve never experienced from a game before: motion sickness. The especially weird thing is I’m not particularly prone to motion sickness in any way, yet I had to delete the game after the first four levels (about ten minutes of playtime) because I felt like I was going to throw up. The animations for going up and down stairs and ladders and going backwards through doorways trigger this, I think the speed of the animation is what causes it. So beware: even if you have never experienced motion sickness from a game or movie before, this game may be the one that does it to you. Aside from that, it’s a bit of a shrug of a game, but that’s also probably just because I barely got to play it before I had to tap out.