Dad's Monster House 2: Medal is a narrative-driven puzzle game for iOS featuring surreal art and historical tributes.
Product velocity
Maintenance
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Games
Sentiment
4.7
12 reviews
Nemesis
Fragmented field
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire this app for a memorable, emotionally impactful puzzle experience that rewards curiosity and artistic appreciation.
For Fans of atmospheric puzzle games and interactive narrative experiences who appreciate artistic, surreal visual styles.
What does it look like?
Key features
Gathering Courage, Love, and Curiosity medals to unlock the final game power.
Hidden portraits of 12 historical figures that unlock a special collection.
Game interface and content localized across 13 languages.
How much does it cost?
The app is currently free to play with no explicit IAP or subscription tiers.
Velocity
Maintenance developmentinternationalizationperformanceShow more...
The app currently ships at a maintenance cadence, with only one release recorded in the recent window. Development is focused on technical refinements and internationalization rather than new feature expansion. There is no evidence of live-ops activity or frequent content updates. The current release pattern suggests a focus on stability and localization maintenance.
Who built it?
COTTONGAME Network Technology Co.
13+ apps tracked · Games
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Recent user voice shows a frustrated sentiment. Users appreciate the artistic animation style and creepy atmosphere create a memorable experience for puzzle game enthusiasts.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- The artistic animation style and creepy atmosphere create a memorable experience for puzzle game enthusiasts
- The application consistently fails to launch after the first session, displaying only a black screen
44 of 44 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Frustrated overall
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Competitive landscape for Dad's Monster House 2: Medal
How's the Games market?
The app maintains a 4.67 rating but faces significant technical headwinds that threaten its position in the puzzle category.
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Key takeaways for Dad's Monster House 2: Medal
Where is it heading?
The market for narrative puzzle games is increasingly competitive, and the current technical instability leaves the app vulnerable to churn. If the developer does not resolve the persistent black screen error, the high initial rating will collapse as new users encounter the same data-loss cycle.
- Persistent launch failures and save-data loss in the latest version erode the daily active habit, which compounds the rating drag already visible.
The SWOT
- Artistic animation style creates a memorable experience
- Implementing cloud-save to mitigate data-loss frustration
Next best moves
Rebuild launch sequence because black screen errors prevent gameplay → stabilize retention
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The game's artistic focus is a liability rather…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The core product remains unchanged, but the analytical framing has shifted to highlight that technical failures are actively preventing users from experiencing the app's artistic value.
Bottom line
Dad's Monster House 2: Medal succeeds as an artistic puzzle experience, but the critical launch-failure and save-data loss issues currently negate its retention potential, so the PM must prioritize stability fixes over new content to prevent total user churn.
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