Who is? Brain Teaser & Riddles

Review by eFreeware

Most puzzle games on phones ask you to react quickly. Match the colors, dodge the obstacle, keep the combo alive. That works well in short bursts, but it leaves out anyone who wants to sit with a problem and think it through at their own pace. Who is? Brain Teaser & Riddles, from Unico Studio, takes the opposite approach: it hands you a scene and a question, then waits while you work out the answer.

The premise is simple to describe. Each level poses something like who is lying, who is the killer or who is the imposter, and your job is to find the evidence that settles it. That framing gives the game a hook that plain logic puzzles often lack, because there is a small story attached to every question. This title carries a comic tone into a mystery setting.

How a level actually plays out

The developer describes a structure built on clue hunting. You look over a scene, spot objects that matter, and piece together what happened from flashbacks and hidden details. The scenarios are choice-based, so at some point you commit to an answer rather than simply tapping until something works. That combination of searching and deciding is what separates this from a straightforward hidden-object game.

Some levels lean on perception, asking you to find hidden objects in a cluttered image. Others lean on reasoning, where the answer follows from what the characters say and do. The developer says the levels avoid repetition, which matters in a genre where repetition becomes obvious after an hour or two. I would expect the better levels to be the ones where the clue and the conclusion connect in a way you can retrace afterward.

The controls are deliberately undemanding. The developer notes that everything can be played with one hand and that there is no reflex testing or phone shaking involved. For anyone who has abandoned a puzzle game because a timer kept interrupting their thinking, that design choice is the main appeal here.

Progression, hints and the difficulty curve

The game ships with many levels, and the developer is upfront that the difficulty climbs as you go. Early questions tend to be readable at a glance; later ones ask you to hold several details in mind at once. Because the scenarios are choice-based, a wrong answer usually means you missed a clue rather than that you were too slow, which keeps the frustration manageable.

When you do get stuck, there are help and hint systems available. I consider that essential in a game of this type. A riddle that seems impossible at midnight often looks obvious the next morning, and a hint system lets you keep moving without abandoning the level entirely. The hints are meant to be intuitive, and the sensible use is to take one when you have exhausted your own reading of the scene rather than as a first resort.

The presentation supports the tone rather than fighting it. The graphics, animations and sound effects lean toward humor, and the whole thing is pitched as relaxing rather than stressful. That matches the underlying design: no timers, no dexterity checks, just a scene and a question.

What the free version involves

The game is free to download and free to play, with no hidden fees. It does contain ads and it does offer in-app purchases. Those two facts sit alongside each other, and they are worth knowing before you start rather than after.

I would treat the ad-supported model as the price of entry for a game with this much content at no cost. The developer's own framing is that the game is free to play. If you prefer to pay once and avoid interruptions entirely, that is a different kind of product from this one.

Playing without a connection

One of the more useful details here is that the game works offline. No internet connection is required, which makes it a reasonable choice for a flight, a long wait or anywhere the signal is unreliable. Plenty of puzzle games quietly assume you are always online, so this is a genuine point in its favor.

The recent update adds a new feature. That is a separate part of the experience from the core levels.

The player this was built for

This is a game for people who like deduction more than action. If you enjoy the moment when a detail you overlooked suddenly explains everything, the level structure is designed around producing that moment repeatedly. The humor in the scenarios and the exaggerated characters keep it from feeling like a test paper.

It also suits players who want something they can pick up for ten minutes and put down without losing their place. The one-hand control scheme and the absence of timed challenges make it easy to play in small slices. The content rating is Everyone 10+, which fits the tone: the mysteries involve lying, cheating and worse, but they are presented as puzzles rather than anything graphic.

The scale of the audience is worth noting. With a very large number of installs and a high average across many ratings, this is not a niche experiment. That does not tell you whether you personally will enjoy it, but it does suggest the format holds up for a broad range of players.

A puzzle game that rewards patience

Who is? Brain Teaser & Riddles is a well-defined product: a free, ad-supported puzzle game built on clue hunting and choice-based mystery scenarios, with hundreds of levels, a hint system and offline play. It has been around for a while and updated recently, so it is an established title rather than a new arrival.

The trade-offs are straightforward. You get a large amount of content at no cost, and in return you accept ads and the presence of in-app purchases. The game asks for patience rather than reflexes, and the difficulty does rise, so the later levels will not suit someone looking for a casual five-minute distraction.

I would suggest it to anyone who likes riddles, logic puzzles and the small satisfaction of catching a liar through careful reading. If you want fast action or a game that never makes you stop and think, this is built on the opposite instinct.

What's new in version 1.14.12

Social Login support has been added. You can now securely save your progress and seamlessly access your profile across devices.