Dark Riddle - Mystery & puzzles

Welcome to the thrilling world of Dark Riddle! 

Prepare to unravel mysteries, outsmart neighbors and dive into an interactive adventure like no other.

Suppose you find yourself in a peculiar city filled with unique items, intriguing characters, and unexpected twists. Can you solve puzzles, unlock doors, and uncover the secrets hidden within your neighbor's house?

Meet quirky beings, explore alien devices, and navigate through challenging obstacles. Are you ready to embark on a journey filled with suspense, surprises, and mind-bending enigmas?

Immerse yourself in a first-person adventure where every item and character crafts a captivating narrative. Will you be able to unveil the truth behind the mysterious basement and reveal what lurks in the shadows?

Dark Riddle offers a blend of free gameplay with optional in-app purchases for added convenience and excitement. Enhance your gaming experience, conquer challenges, and discover new layers of intrigue with just a tap.

Dark Riddle Guide: Tips, Tricks & Strategies to Uncover Your Neighbor’s Secrets

Covering Controls And content

Now, upon starting Dark Riddle, you will notice that the game has its own in-game currency labeled “Yellow Apples,” which is earned mainly through in-app purchases. There are a lot of alternatives available to earn Yellow Apples without spending real money:

– The first method is by watching an ad for 25 apples, a small amount but it helps;

– The second method is by playing the daily luck spin and potentially earning 20, 40, or 100 apples, along with other goodies;

– The third method is by watching ads at Riddle TV, which gives out increasingly lucrative rewards for every ad watched and is reset daily;

– The fourth and final method is by completing achievements related to Dark Riddle itself. These include things like story progression or challenges, which can reward varying amounts of apples.

Yellow Apples are used primarily to buy supplies for your next run of the game, so chances are you will end up hoarding quite a fair bit once you have gotten the hang of it. During gameplay, you have ten item slots: four for your belt and six for your backpack. Items in your belt can immediately be reached for by tapping the belt icon at the center of the screen, while items in your backpack have to be swapped with items on your belt in order to use them. To access these, tap the backpack icon next to the belt slots.

You start off with only six backpack slots but you can expand your backpack by six additional slots via in-app purchases, and this transaction can be done up to three times for a total of 24 backpack slots. This should not be necessary as we will tell you which things you can drop before progressing to the next area. Among the items you can find or purchase are:

Apples – Plain old apples you can find scattered around. You can collect them and throw them to either break windows or stun pursuers for five seconds. Apples are reusable as long as they do not get tossed out of bounds. Apples can also stack so there is no need to worry about them cluttering your inventory.

Traps – Scattered around the neighbor’s property are traps that will stun you for several seconds, but can only affect you once. If you can get to them without setting them off, you can pick them up for your own use. Similarly, they can only be set off once before they are rendered useless for the rest of the run. One particular trap makes a sound that draws the neighbor to its location.

Batteries – Batteries are used as ammunition for the two guns you can find, though only one of them is really necessary for progress. These guns can stun enemies from a distance, but Batteries are limited so you have to make your shots count. Like Apples, Batteries can stack.

On the lower right corner of the screen, there’s a button that, depending on how you press it, controls whether you jump or duck and stand up. Tapping the button will make your character jump, while holding and flicking the button will make your character duck or stand up depending on what direction you flick. Keep this in mind so you do not start jumping in place while trying to get out of cover.

The upper right corner has a map that follows your movement and shows where your neighbor is at all times; it will flash red if he has spotted you. However, later on you will encounter security robots that do not shot up and exist either to immobilize you or alert the neighbor to your location. In the event you do get caught by your neighbor, you can either spend 25 Yellow Apples or watch an ad to escape his clutches and stun him for five seconds, giving you some time to escape.

Dark Riddle has four difficulty options available:

Ghost – From the neighbor’s point of view, you do not exist, and he will continue on his path without getting bothered. His security robots will react to your presence, but they are otherwise harmless.

Easy – The first difficulty level where the neighbor is an actual threat and you get two hints.

Hard – The neighbor is more aggressive, and you get one hint. Traps are more dangerous and it is harder to get key items.

Insane – As expected, the neighbor is at his most dangerous, as are the traps. You also get no hints whatsoever.