I am not sure why, but I always thought that there's a spooky component when it comes to wax figures, maybe because of their stillness and lifelessness. And truth be told, Wax Museum - Seek and Find - Mystery Hidden Object Adventure reinforced my opinions though the fact that those mannequins were… not still at all.

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Wax Museum isn't a terrifying, heart-stopping game, but it does have a horror / dark theme and manages to convey a creepy atmosphere, through both the detailed graphics and the story. Forced by rainy weather and no phone service to find shelter in a wax museum during the night, you end up unraveling the haunting mysteries that this place hides. A series of unfortunate events lead in the past to several murders that were completely buried by the police. However the devilish mannequins have a story of their own and will make sure that you get your daily dosage of fear by creepily following you around and popping up in unexpected places.

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In terms of game play, Wax Museum has the same structure as any other
Crisp App Studio title. The game play consists solely of hidden object scenes solved one after another, linked together by a story told through various notes and letters that the main character inadvertently finds during their search for hidden objects. Contrary to other games published by the same team, there are no spot-the-difference scenes, nor other mini games. Yet the staple mechanic of the studio is still widely used here: the nicely crafted HOG scenes are created as scrollable panoramas of 360° degrees or 180° degrees.

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The game features 20 levels, and for each of them you can complete one of several challenges, like finding all the objects in less than 45 seconds or finding them fast enough to build up a combo and reach a 3-star score. Completing them this way is not required for the game progress, but you will need to obtain some of these challenges if you want to get all the achievements. The levels are also very individualized and beautifully designed: since it’s a wax museum, there are rooms with wax figures depicting scenes from various time periods (prehistoric, war, renaissance etc) but also more “mundane” locations (office, storage room etc.). There are unlimited hints, but they need a recharge for 30 seconds after usage. Additionally, you can inspect how a certain object looks, to make it easier for you to spot it in the scene.

Overall, Wax Museum is a short (2h) and enjoyable hidden object game, with a spooky ambiance and a tragic story of murders, worth picking up if you enjoy solving lots of hidden object scenes and a spine-chilling theme.

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While this game is a "hidden object" game, it is NOT a puzzle game. You don't even get a chance to figure out what needs to be done next with a hint if you need it, the game just straight TELLS YOU "hey, do this next". There also aren't any "puzzles" other than the hidden object scenes, which wind up feeling very overused because you're going back to the exact same scenes multiple times without even having anything new to do there like you would with a proper PUZZLE hidden object game. Definitely the worst hidden object game I've ever played, and I wouldn't recommend you waste your money on this if you're expecting/wanting any actual puzzle elements.

Fun little seek & find game.

One of the shortest games I have played. There are no puzzles. You are pushed along a linear path which is only finding things. Only buy it for $1 - I didn't... bummer...

this game is a total waste of time if playing on Windows 10.
not only would it not load properly, but when I did manage to get it loaded, it wouldn't stay focused on the hidden items!
don't waste your money

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Wax Museum - Seek and Find - Mystery Hidden Object Adventure:
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You left work late and today is your son’s birthday; yes, you are running late. So, you decide to take a shortcut on an old road that doesn’t have traffic when the light of day succumbs to the dark. As you don’t want to miss the the birthday celebration, you start speeding, and before you know it, you miss a turn and end up on the side of the road with a very sad looking car. Yes, you crashed! To make matters worse, it starts raining, and you don’t have any signal on your mobile phone. Better find shelter before the evening worsens. You do find shelter in an old Wax Museum, which is the good news. The bad news is that this is the same Wax Museum inside which several murders took places years ago. All the doors are suddenly locked, and a chilling feeling floats in the air. The only way out is to discover the secret of this place. Here is your personal guide tour of the Wax Museum – Seek and Find - Mystery Hidden Object Adventure.

Wax Museum – Seek and Find - Mystery Hidden Object Adventure is a casual Hidden objects adventure developed and self-published by Crisp App Studio on the 12th of June 2021 on the Steam platform. The game is also available on the app store.

You’ll be visiting 19 rooms throughout this game. Some will be exhibition rooms, such as World War II, Medieval, Renaissance and Paleolithic eras, while the others will be staff rooms or areas within the museum. Although the game doesn’t have many rooms, you’ll visit some of them several times during your playthrough.

Crisp App Studio has combined 360° degree panoramic and normal images in this game. I like that they’ve also included icons within each of the images; click on the icons and receive information about what has happened in the museum. As you might be aware if you’ve already played games from this developer, each level has 4 collectables to acquire. You’ll receive collectables when you complete each level for the first time and the second time, also if you achieve a high score (for which you receive three golden stars) and then again when you finish a level within 45 seconds. You might be able to acquire all four collectables in two goes, but there are enough items to find in each stage to replay them 4 to 6 times, which is good.

The theme of the game is interesting, with its atmosphere of suspense rather than horror, enhanced by the music. The game is rather short; you’ll probably complete it in 3 hours at the most. If you are competitive and want to have your name and score listed at the top of the leader board, it might take you a bit longer.

The graphics are decent, and the soundtrack suits the game well and adds a touch of suspense. Despite being quite a short game, it presents a good combination of 360° panoramic and normal image stages, with plenty of items to find. It has been translated into 11 languages and works fine with a 4k monitor.

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+ Decent graphics
+ Interesting story
+ Suspense ambience provided by a good soundtrack
+ Achievements

Negatives:
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- No trading card as yet
- Quite a short game

Find your way out of a creepy, abandoned Wax Museum through fun Hidden objects stages.

6/10

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An interactive hidden object and puzzle game. Unravel the mystical detective story and secrets of the Wax Museum. Collect evidence, explore the far corners of an abandoned museum, collect evidence collections and get points. If you find yourself in a dead end, we use useful tips and instructions .Very good game, played with pleasure.The sound is great, the visual effects are very pleasing to the eye! I like the way it looks.

A very interesting "hidden object" game in the wax museum! Items are often hidden so well that it takes tens of minutes to find them! :) Beautiful animations and modern, detailed graphics with interesting animations make the time spent in this game exciting! Game locations are interesting, not similar to each other, which makes you come back to this game again and again! I really liked this game, I recommend it to everyone who loves this genre!

Great game, but it keeps locking up when going into new rooms. I hope they come up with a bug fix.

Basic and strictly a hidden object game, with no puzzles.
Sort of a grizzly story about murders that happened in the past inside this old wax museum.
No FMV or much of complimentary stuff to compose the story... it's more like just picture with a few effects. Not even a lot of animation too.

Very short (finished in 1.4hrs, and I'm not a fast player), but nice for hidden object game fans. :D
Might be worth if it's on promo. As long as you aren't expecting too much of it.