Royal Match vs The Witness

How do Royal Match and The Witness compare on difficulty, ad pressure, in-app-purchase pressure and what real reviewers say? A side-by-side look, grounded in App Store data.

	Royal Match	The Witness
Genre	Puzzle	Puzzle
Price	Free	Paid
Difficulty	hard	hard
Ad intensity	high	none
In-app-purchase pressure	high	none
Typical session	medium	long
Rating	4.7 / 5	4.0 / 5
Ratings count	3,787,192	582
Reviews say	What players like Entertaining and addictive gameplay loop Progression system unlocks new castle areas Powerful boosters and collectible rewards Common complaints Levels become impossible without in-app purchases Difficulty spike designed to pressure spending Pay-to-win mechanics targeting spenders with easier levels	What players like Masterfully designed puzzles with novel mechanics Artistic, meditative experience rewarding exploration Respects player intelligence with no handholding Common complaints Tap-to-walk controls are unintuitive and frustrating Frequent crashes and compatibility issues on iOS No tutorial or guidance for puzzle mechanics

Royal Match — Match-3 puzzle game where you restore a royal castle by breaking obstacles and combining power-ups to beat challenging levels. (rated hard difficulty, high ad pressure) The Witness — A cerebral first-person puzzle game on a mysterious island where you explore 500+ ingenious mind-benders to uncover your identity. (rated hard difficulty, none ad pressure)

Data: Apple App Store, as of 2026-08-24. Last updated 2026-08-24.