hocus.

This is a nice little game to get enough of a challenge in while perhaps waiting in line, relaxing after a tough day or challenge the kids to stretch their imaginations a bit. Some levels are trickier than others but they’re all quite doable without any kind of hint system or walkthrough. Reminds me of a much more simplistic and less-involved version of The Bridge (which is another great game I’m still waiting for on mobile). A bit of a mind-bending puzzle game. You can tap or swipe to lead the block around. Not sure why another reviewer broke their phone as you certainly don’t need to tap or swipe that hard. Calibration shouldn’t be that intense.

This game is irritating and amazing at the same time, I love the idea that you can create your own puzzles, the game runs smoothly . This game is mind improving, it totally deserves 5 stars 🌟 . Keep up the good work.

Love the layout and the puzzles. I also enjoy the calming windchines that play to calm you as your frustration grows whilst trying to solve each puzzle. A great and fun way to spend time on the subway, as you wait in lines, and even to take a break from work. Really enjoying hocus a lot.

Freaking brilliant, no ads challenging gameplay, what else could you want. It does what it says on the cover.

This is one of the GREATEST 'puzzle' game on PLAYSTORE !!! Now ,it is my favourite game ! A tryworthy game ; it really helps building Focus , if you pay your attention !!! 🙏🙏🙏👍GreatWork👍🙏🙏🙏

This game is honestly amazing and challenging also kinda makes it easy to break your phone so make sure you have apple care + before you download

I have played though the whole game a couple times. And keep coming back because it’s so relaxing.

Love this game so challenging and makes you think because when you first play it turned out to be not exactly what you thought which is awesome think optical illusions

This game is great and I love it but one thing I’d like to suggest to add to the game is hints. Most puzzle games like this one have hints or skip levels. So maybe add on of those. Like I said, just a suggestion.

The best puzzle/maze I have found anywhere! The hard part is waiting for more puzzles and challenges. Wonderful brain food!!!

I can’t pick up from the last level completed I’m Iphone from iPad. Failed. Don’t feel like replaying from the beginning.

It's fun once you get it. However when you reach 40 puzzles, you will have to buy more to keep playing. No thanks

It's a great game, but since I finished up everything until level 40, I still need to buy level 41- 120.. It was really fun though. Great job for those who made this game

It will be excellent if there is a dark mode with dark background for iPhone X users.

Any new levels coming?

Okay everyone it's my turn to rate this game. As you can see I didn't give it five stars. It's not that I didn't like the challenge of each one. It makes you think of how to accomplish each puzzle. What I didn't like is, I spent money to play this App. Yes it didn't break me, but there should be more puzzles to play. Just when you are getting into playing them and your wanting to play the next one, there's no more. I understand that there can't be a 1,001 puzzles to play, but I personally feel there should be more than there is. This is my feelings and not yours. To find out play this app and find out for yourself.

As others have said there are obvious similarities to monument valley, but this is a more simplified version, great for shorter moments, like waiting to board a flight, or waiting in a long line. The puzzles are tricky but still doable, and definitely works your spatial thinking -- which I like. My only complaint is that the puzzles reach a sort of plateau of difficulty, and there is little variation after Level 70 or so. My hope is the app updates more complex puzzle packs to maintain my interest, though I think I would go back and play certain puzzles at least one more time regardless.

…that just needs more levels. Fortunately, it's fairly replayable, because there are enough levels (50 at present) that no one solution sticks in my mind. One minor complaint preventing five stars: while the music is perfect and soothing, the sound effect of the cube when it is rolling is rather sharp and piercing. All other sounds are "just right", but the rolling cube sound clashes with the harmonious tone of the music -- and this is definitely one of a very few games whose music alone makes me want to play with sounds turned on!

I always try to find games on the App Store that can keep me busy when I'm bored, and this game surely does the trick! It's originality and uniqueness really does make it stand out in my opinion. I love the challenge it provides from how the levels progressively get more complex. Although, I have found it quite close to impossible to beat level 76. I'm not sure if it was just a design flaw or if the game has finally stumped me! But overall it's an awesome game and I'd recommend it to anyone!

As other reviews mention, there are certain "techniques" to finding out how the puzzle works. I personally haven't the hang of these techniques yet, but I do recognize the patterns. I think the strongest aspect of this game is the concept- using impossible shapes to create a puzzle is a genius idea. I personally have nothing against the execution of the game, though others do. Anyway, I'd like to suggest a hint system, if that isn't already in the works. Still, I've made it so far without getting stuck, so maybe this is unnecessary? I wish I had other suggestions for the execution. All I know is that the minimalist theme may be working against the game, not for it. Still, I love this game to bits and can spend hours playing it. Not that I haven't already. Concept: 10/10 Execution: 8/10 Aesthetics: 8/10

Pretty good game, I do like navigating impossible surfaces, but I have THREE caveats: the direction hints tend to disappear just as I look at them (but they do come back); and swiping doesn't work properly. Swiping anywhere on the screen is a great ergonomic advance, I think; I welcome games which support it, but this game spoils it by ignoring swipes in large areas of the screen. Worse, the music plays when this app is hidden! Very confusing & makes other apps sound bad.

Games like this are beautifully crafted and pretty to look at but the novelty quickly wears off when you realize how easy they are. There isn’t much strategy to these levels, you just can swipe around in a relatively limited number of paths until you win.

An actually fun/challenging puzzle game. It's unique and creative and really challenges ones special skills. While still being a very fun puzzle game we haven't had new maps in forever and it doesn't look like that will change. You're paying for 100 maps folks.

It's a good game [as I remember it, anyway]. However, I can never get to the actual game. I load up the app and it shows the loading screen for a few seconds before shutting down. Please help!

The infinity button is always loading and loading . It's a good game otherwise.

Puzzle 36 is unsolvable. I’ve tried every way - keep going in circles. Flaw in design.

I like the unique quality of the gameplay. It's simple and slow-paced which is nice, but it begins to get boring after a while. It didn't take long to finish the 50 levels that are on here. I wish there were more. It needs more gameplay mechanics but also needs to retain its simplicity. The game continues to play the same from level 1 to level 50. The difficulty doesn't really increase much. I want faster rolling and I don't like that the screen dims while the cube roles then flashes back when it finished. When you become more comfortable with the game and begin to play faster, the screen starts to look like a strobe which gets annoying to the eyes. Overall, I really enjoyed the game. It's a nice breather from the majority of other games on the App Store that are over-encumbered with coins, tokens, gems, complicated mechanics etc. it just needs some small improvements. I look forward to seeing what it becomes.

I love this game, it's one of my all-time favorite puzzle games. I got it back when it was Starbucks App of the Week (but it would have been well worth paying for) and I had played all the regular levels and many of the user-created levels . BUT right now I can no longer give this game the 5 stars that it normally deserves. Some months ago (?), after I hadn't played it for a while, I found out I could no longer access "top rated levels", "popular levels" "newest levels" etc. It just says "Check your internet connection" (which btw is working fine). It also lost my progress so I can't even go back and play again some of the more challenging of the regular game levels unless I first spend time to play all the beginning levels again. There's also no instructions for the "Play with card" feature. I thought they'd probably fix these bugs soon but apparently they still haven't done so. If they do I will change the rating & review to reflect that. PLEASE fix it. I miss hocus.

Hocus is a developer's minimalist tribute to the mathematically inspired work of M.C. Escher. Each level of the game has progressively more complex twists and turns for the player to follow through an infinite loop, while calming "spa music" creates a meditative Eastern ambience. This may indeed be a peaceful way to begin or end a day, but it offers nothing novel with respect to either the puzzles or the soundtrack. As so many have said, Monument Valley is the quintessential Escheresque puzzle, and its engaging storyline and sophisticated graphics make it a much more intriguing and robust game. If I had no experience with Monument Valley and similar worthy predecessors, I might have been more taken by hocus.

As a published author who hasn't even graduated high school, I really love challenges from my brain. However, this game has only one challenge, and that is to not fall asleep while playing it. Don't get me wrong, it is fun and I understand why people like it, but consider he following. This game is difficult if you think in three dimensions. Forget the Z axis, this game only uses X and Y with Z being nothing more than an illusion. Once you know this, each level is easier than the last. For a game aimed towards higher level thinkers, please looks elsewhere.