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title: "A Short Tale - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: ""For anyone who just wants to play a game chock-full of fun and unusual puzzles while exploring a charming and nostalgia-inducing environment, A Short Tale provides plenty of entertainment for a few h"
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# A Short Tale — United States
> The Toy Sized Room Escape Game

![A Short Tale App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/b7/07/7e/b7077e06-06d5-f5e9-9640-ff200cf5f6c9/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-8-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Glitch Games](https://apptail.io/developer/glitch-games-agl)
**Category:** Games
**Rating:** 4.6/5 (245 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.glitchgames.ashorttale
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 1.1.9 (released 2026-08-19)
**Original Release:** 2016-02-10
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id1062642163)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/a-short-tale-YvOc/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/a-short-tale-YvOc/united-states)

## A Short Tale Description
"For anyone who just wants to play a game chock-full of fun and unusual puzzles while exploring a charming and nostalgia-inducing environment, A Short Tale provides plenty of entertainment for a few hours" -AdventureGamers

It’s been years since I lost Ben, so long yet it doesn’t seem long enough. I never thought I’d return here, to where everything started. Where everything ended.

Something’s calling me back to his room though; a presence I have not felt since…

--

Play as Jason as he explores his brother’s room from a new perspective. After wishing to be small again, to feel closer to his younger brother, Jason finds himself in a strange new world filled with larger than life furniture, troublesome obstacles, and less-than-helpful occupants.

Features:

* A first person point and click adventure game.
• Surprisingly large* world to explore, filled with puzzles to solve.
* Trademark Glitch humour and puzzles that will leave you screaming at us.
• Beautiful soundtrack perfectly suited to this bizarre world.
* The Glitch Camera to help you solve puzzles and keep track of clues.
* Lots of clues to find and puzzles to solve.
* Plenty of items to collect and fiendishly clever puzzles to solve!
* Loads of items to find and use!
* Clues to find and puzzles to solve!
* Auto-save feature, never lose your progress again!


*pun fully intended, naturally.


–

Glitch Games is a tiny independent ‘studio’ from the UK.
Find out more at glitch.games
Chat with us on Discord - discord.gg/glitchgames
Follow us @GlitchGames
Find us on Facebook

## A Short Tale Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple112/v4/ad/98/f4/ad98f4fb-eeae-de62-2e27-78d2dd8903d9/mzl.rdsjmzyp.jpg/960x640.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple112/v4/6c/f4/66/6cf466c4-7ad0-7517-ca3f-7389ec2c879e/mzl.mzyvvceb.jpg/960x640.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple122/v4/fd/7b/2a/fd7b2abd-c3ff-8dec-3cc4-6bd27bea1755/mzl.pkqwrfkk.jpg/960x640.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple122/v4/32/05/81/32058199-a6ae-44f9-30e4-498c435d25ff/mzl.goahmwzw.jpg/960x640.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple122/v4/c8/d4/64/c8d4648a-786a-8e84-a6c7-9b9d10834fff/mzl.umhtwcdg.jpg/960x640.png)

## A Short Tale Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 194 (79%)
- 4 stars: 26 (11%)
- 3 stars: 10 (4%)
- 2 stars: 8 (3%)
- 1 stars: 7 (3%)

## A Short Tale Reviews in United States

### ****- "One of Glitch’s best!"
I loved this one, I have played every Glitch game up til this one, and this is the first one where I didnt have to use any clues whatsoever! That said, it’s still good and challenging and the puzzles were great! I’m only giving it four stars because my biggest criticism would be that there were several times in the game that I had the answer to a puzzle figured out (eg. the soda stain) but you have to do things in the correct order in order for it to work, so before I realized that I was bouncing all over the place wondering what I hadn’t tried, only to have to go back and talk to a toy again.
-- StavviRR, 2025-04-07

### ****- "It’s almost perfect"
Great game but had to knock it down a notch because there was no access to hints so I had to go to YouTube to see how to pass the “gears” puzzle which made absolutely no sense. Even after watching the walkthrough. All the other puzzles were fair.
-- Working class, 2024-11-18

### ***** "Camera/Photo Album issue but still playable"
Camera icon covers the photo album icon. 

You can work around the issue by going into the item menu and accessing the photo album that way.
-- ~n.n~, 2024-03-21

### **--- "Doesn’t display properly"
Have tried this on my iPhone as well as my iPad. The camera placement covers the photo album, so you can’t access the photo album. It just takes another picture (which you can’t see). I would need to use two devices to play. Reached out to the company and have heard nothing back. It looks like it could be fun, but very frustrating.
-- Mamasan42, 2024-02-12

### ***** "Fun cooperative game"
My son and I enjoyed solving this game together. We would work on it some and then take a break to mull over some of the puzzles. A good variety of puzzle types to keep us both entertained.
-- tJbinaz, 2023-02-26

### ***** "Delightful"
This game was so much fun. I’ve never played a game in this genre before where the entire setting is available to you right away (minus some small areas you need to gain access to). In the beginning it’s a challenge, but by the end I knew where everything was like the back of my hand. There are some really out of the box challenges and puzzles here - ones that really make you think, which is no surprise from Glitch. There were a few places I got stuck and had to look up a walkthrough, but each time it was because I had overlooked a clue which isn’t surprising in this non-linear, single-room setting. I kept photos of everything I hadn’t solved yet, so when I got stumped I could swipe through instead of having to check the entire room out again. 

Overall this is a fabulous little game - I would absolutely love to do another one like this!
-- Lilfishy5689, 2022-04-25

### ***** "Excellent Puzzles and Charm"
Love this game with its rich environment, plethora of puzzles and clever clues, and charming story line. Fun!
-- Debbie from Tijeras, 2022-03-01

### ***** "Amazing"
This game was amazing. I loved every bit of it, from the storyline to the puzzles to the graphics to the funny little characters. Never disappointed with Glitch games. Thank you!
-- Corona913, 2022-02-16

### ****- "Great but Glitchy"
This is a fantastic game. I have played all of them at the time of this review (this was the last one I played) and I am greatly enjoying it (not finished yet). I like that many of the puzzles were multi-faceted. A lot of this type of game is basically fine one thing and then use it. Glitch games have a great knack of making you chain clues together to work out a solution. 

My only “complaint” is that the game, quite often, would lock up. The navigation button(s) would not display and nothing reacted to tapping. This may be due to the fact that I tend to click quickly when I know where I am trying to go. This is why I am reviewing before completing the game.

But, despite the annoyance of having to exit force the game to quit and restarting it still is a great game, and the camera feature is invaluable and much better than what other games do by automatically filling in a notebook. I prefer to figure out what is important rather than being told, or even worse not having a way to record the important bits. In many other games I am forced take pictures of the screen (iPad) with my phone.
-- Kolisar, 2021-11-14

### ****- "Fun game but…."
Fun game but some of the puzzles make zero sense. The hint button is not working either. This is a very old game as I understand. Other Glitch games are much better written games than this one. Note: this game does not use microphone despite you see voice command input in the game.
-- Rav, 2021-09-23

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