MicroMacro: Downtown Detective
Find clues, solve crimes
How much does MicroMacro: Downtown Detective cost?
Prices are current as of 6 Oct 2026.
2 one-time purchases from $3.99
In the United States, MicroMacro: Downtown Detective has 2 one-time purchases priced $3.99 – 5.99.
| Product | Price |
|---|---|
| Unlock Expansion Pack 1 | $3.99 |
| Unlock main game | $5.99 |
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| Rating / 5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| Reviews | 2.2K | 6.7K | 5.1K | 4.7K | 3.7K | 2.6K | 2.3K | 1.5K | 1.4K | 1.2K | 908 |
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| One-time price | $3.99 | $6.99 | $6.99 | $4.99 | $5.99 | $5.99 | $2.99 | $7.99 | $2.99 | $5.99 | $5.99 |
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MicroMacro: Downtown Detective reviews
4.8 out of 5, based on 2,248 reviews.
What people like
- Detailed maps with lots of hidden clues
- Unique and satisfying puzzle solving experience
- Relaxing yet challenging gameplay style
What they complain about
- Paywalls block most of the game content
- Expansions cost extra after buying the base game
- Hints are too vague to help solve cases
- Too few levels for the money spent
Wish it was longer
Great game really detailed
Payant
Une version jouable pour montrer le jeu dure quelques minutes, vous mets l’eau à la bouche car le jeu a l’air super, mais le jeux est entièrement payant. Ça fout les boules
Nett gemacht
Kurzweiliges Spiel, nett gezeichnet. Die Fälle sind relativ einfach, macht aber trotzdem Spaß. Schade dass es nicht mehr Fälle gibt.
Repetitive
Interesting game mechanics but the concept gets old really fast since all the cases are in similar format. The forced digital narrative also makes finding clues and less fun and explorative.
Very vague but the art is great
No new puzzles. Disappointing The clues are very vague ands the hints even more so. I can’t finish the last case because there is absolutely no way to know the answer to a question even with the hint. What I think should be right isn’t. So i get stuck. Not worth the cost for what you get. Some “crimes” only take a few minutes to solve if you’re good at remembering where things are.
Original and addictive
I was looking for a unique game with fun puzzles and stumbled across MicroMacro. I am happy to report that this game is absolutely worth a try. Once I got started, I just couldn’t put it down! I was actually really sad when I ran out of cases to solve. The game play is so unique and has a fair bit of challenge that made my brain do some work (in the best way, of course). The cases are also all interesting and keep me, for lack of better terms, at the edge of my iPad. I absolutely can’t wait for the next release! I don’t know if you devs can work your dev magic and send app notifications so that I can know exactly when the next release or update comes out but I am super excited for what’s to come! Thanks for the fun game and keep up the great work :)
Not entirely free
Two scenarios are free, after that, you have to buy the game
Super
J’ai adoré ! Ça regorge de petits détails, c’est fascinant et super ludique de retrouver le chemin parcouru par les personnages.
Should not have you pay after THREE levels
It was fun, until I found out that I had to pay $6 to continue playing after three beginning levels. and really, it should say that you need to pay, it’s just stupid that it didn’t say until it asked me to pay.
Great game!
These cases were so much fun!! WE NEED MORE CHALLENGES!
Better than the original board game
I would first like to state that I have not yet played the board game though I have purchased it, while researching the original before my purchase I only found a hand full of reviews had any none constructive complaints and criticism with the overwhelming majority loving most of it and the remaining reviews were similar, as they thought that same aspects were good as the majority but found the parts of gameplay that were lacking to be too severe to enjoy. The frustration mostly came from the short experience, lack of clues and shortage of content in each game and difficulty replaying. And thought these problems are near impossible to solve in a board game format while still accounting for every type of player and preferred style the mobile game solves all such problems, and there solutions to such complaints were so expertly designed that they accounted for all of there players presences without the need of settings besides of course Music and Sound Effects with one other setting that only makes a minor change. They accomplished this by allowing the player to use optional hints that are still somewhat vague at times and has slightly less cases that each take around 10 to 45 minutes of your time depending on the case and skill level and though there’s only been one expansion so far we are very likely to receive many more expansions in the near future. Though replayability is still an issue after a while in my experience it becomes somewhat enjoyable and it’s still a very fun experience and easy way to pass the time.
Add more locations!
Just add more locations, please. I can see there’s an airport about there’s no updates so please add more locations cases to solve.
Great
Love the game, shame there isn’t any more cases yet but hopefully there will be soon. Some are rather difficult but using the hints you still have to figure it out instead of just being given the answer which I like! Only thing is that it’s too spaced out when tracking someone for me but that’s personal preference
Didn’t work
Liked the game but it would not let me find the thief in example so cannot play it. I could circle the eggs and what was missing then it stopped working.
Super interessant plein de mystère
C’est trop bien et ça permet de travailler le cerveau dommage c’est payant
Love This Game
When are you coming out with more mobile cases?
Lies about paying for full game
I honestly loved this game while playing so when I saw the massive map and a one time purchase for the “full game” for around $5 I thought it was a good deal. I then played through the rest of that area to be met with another purchase request?? This is incredibly misleading and not worth the price for the amount of gameplay you actually get. Not happy at all. Even the app support claims that it is a one time purchase but then later on in a different response claims there are expansions packs.
Much like hidden folks
Really like this game so purchased it. The huge boxes with instruction/narrative are really annoying. I keep swiping them to get a better view. I thinks well worth £5.99. Rather pay than have to put up with adverts.
Fun but super short demo. Not really free
It’s a cool game for sure but def a bait and switch. You finish the tutorial and it’s $6 to unlock the actual game.
Great game but please add more
Pls pls pls add more expansions already done all of them twice and need new cases please hard boiled I will easily pay in a heartbeat that’s how fun this game is. So pls pls pls pls
“Unlock full game” not full game. Very bitter
When first picking this up, I loved it enough to buy the full $5 game—especially after seeing the note that they have “more levels coming soon”—because it’s relatively short. To me, adding levels later on seems like an obvious way to keep folks who’ve already bought & enjoyed the game engaged, and it obviously entices new players to pick it up, so that’s what I was expecting. But I was wrong. Now, they want me to pay an additional $4 for expansions to the “full game” I already paid $5 for…? On the iOS store? Disappointing. I understand trying to get your bag, but this isn’t a AAA game ported to the iPhone. It’s a short, enjoyable, but simple game. Plus, the way they’ve worded everything/dangled the carrot feels like false advertising. Call me cheap, confused, stupid—I don’t care: $5 is a lot for a short iOS game, $4 is a lot for an even shorter expansion, and I’m frustrated that I’m not getting the value I believed to be signing up for. I wish the devs well because their game is fun, but their business practices suck.
Great game - kinda tricky
Wonderful game. If you pay to have vol.2 cases it’s worth it. But gets more difficult. Wish they had more cases
Great! But…
The game itself is super fun! But, most of it is stuck behind a paywall…
Fun and Addictive!
Clever, relaxing, and surprisingly challenging. Finding the hidden clues is incredibly satisfying—highly recommended!
Funktioniert nicht auf 2 iPads mit Familienaccount
Wenn man das Spiel auf einem 2. iPad mit Fmilienaccount spielen möchte, hängt es sich im Kaufdialog auf.
Fun
A fun game, love the graphics and stories. Some games are pretty easy and don’t take long. The harder scenarios can be frustrating when you know what you are looking for and can’t find it, but the game keeps giving you the same clue. Maybe there should be levels to the clues.
No m’hi ha per tant
Em deixa amb ganes de provar la versió joc de taula. Crec que deu funcionar millor. Buscar coses a la pantalla del mòbil, a més de ser perjudicial per la vista, resulta menys emocionant que fer-ho en un mapa real
I love this game!
I’ve enjoyed every moment of this game! I’ve bought every extension and check back for more every few weeks, I can’t wait for what the developers come up with next.
Well done
But $5 per update is a bit steep, especially after buying the game in the first place
It’s ok
I’ve played the actual board games and thoroughly enjoyed them. I think some of the things are a little too vague on the mobile game (or is it glitching) and the hint things aren’t really that helpful.
Good game
When are more levels coming out
Love this game
Great app adaptation! Love the zooms, inverted flashing, and red clues. My only feedback is a harder mode like how the physical version you can do it without reading the questions. It would be nice to have an extra challenge tacked on. Or a free map play to find extra random crimes.
Obsessed
This game is so great. It’s my favorite game and all of my friends downloaded it because of me. My only suggestion is add Arabic as one of the languages and please never ever stop making more cases and cities.
RDR
Unique and enjoyable game. Only issue was the price. I paid the $7.99 for the first volume. 22 scenes that take between 5 and 20 minutes each to solve. Fine Second volume is another $4.99! For only 14 scenes.
Micro Macro Review
Loved playing this game. Didn’t mind paying for it and the additional games, just wish there were MORE!
Great but flawed first question
Fantastic game, really really nice, but the first question, find the crime scene, is always right on the middle of the screen, every time. It’s only a slight thing but annoying nonetheless.
MicroMacro: Downtown Detective price by country
A one-time purchase costs $0.90 in Nigeria and $5.85 in Denmark — 6× more for the same thing. Below is the going rate for each plan in every country that sells it — the middle price of what the app charges there, in the country's own currency with the dollar equivalent beneath it.
| Country | One-time |
|---|---|
| Albania | $4.99 |
| Algeria | $3.99 |
| Angola | $3.99 |
| Anguilla | $3.99 |
| Antigua And Barbuda | $3.99 |
| Argentina | $0.99 |
| Armenia | $4.99 |
| Australia | A$6.49$4.51 |
| Austria | €3.99$4.47 |
| Azerbaijan | $4.99 |
| Bahamas | $3.99 |
| Bahrain | $3.99 |
| Barbados | $4.99 |
| Belarus | $4.99 |
| Belgium | €3.99$4.47 |
| Belize | $3.99 |
| Benin | $4.99 |
| Bermuda | $3.99 |
| Bhutan | $3.99 |
| Bolivia | $1.99 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | €3.99$4.47 |
| Botswana | $3.99 |
| Brazil | R$14.90$2.97 |
| British Virgin Islands | $3.99 |
| Brunei Darussalam | $3.99 |
| Bulgaria | €3.99$4.47 |
| Burkina Faso | $3.99 |
| Cambodia | $3.99 |
| Cameroon | $4.99 |
| Canada | CA$4.99$3.49 |
| Cape Verde | $3.99 |
| Cayman Islands | $3.99 |
| Chad | $3.99 |
| Chile | CLP 3,490$3.53 |
| Colombia | COP 11,900$3.62 |
| Congo | $4.99 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | $3.99 |
| Costa Rica | $2.99 |
| Cote Divoire | $4.99 |
| Croatia | €3.99$4.47 |
| Cyprus | €3.99$4.64 |
| Czech Republic | CZK 99.00$4.54 |
| Denmark | DKK 39.00$5.85 |
| Dominica | $3.99 |
| Dominican Republic | $1.99 |
| Ecuador | $1.99 |
| Egypt | EGP 199.99$3.81 |
| El Salvador | $1.29 |
| Estonia | €3.99$4.47 |
| Fiji | $3.99 |
| Finland | €3.99$4.47 |
| France | €3.99$4.47 |
| Gabon | $3.99 |
| Gambia | $3.99 |
| Georgia | $4.99 |
| Germany | €3.99$4.47 |
| Ghana | $4.99 |
| Greece | €3.99$4.47 |
| Grenada | $3.99 |
| Guatemala | $1.99 |
| Guinea-bissau | $3.99 |
| Guyana | $3.99 |
| Honduras | $1.99 |
| Hong Kong | HK$32.00$4.08 |
| Hungary | HUF 1,790$5.46 |
| Iceland | $4.99 |
| India | ₹149.00$1.55 |
| Indonesia | IDR 19,000$1.06 |
| Iraq | $3.99 |
| Ireland | €3.99$4.47 |
| Israel | ₪12.90$4.23 |
| Italy | €3.99$4.47 |
| Jamaica | $3.99 |
| Japan | ¥600$3.80 |
| Jordan | $3.99 |
| Kazakhstan | KZT 2,490.00$5.46 |
| Kenya | $4.99 |
| Kosovo | €3.99$4.47 |
| Kuwait | $3.99 |
| Kyrgyzstan | $3.99 |
| Lao Peoples Democratic Republic | $3.99 |
| Latvia | €3.99$4.47 |
| Lebanon | $3.99 |
| Liberia | $3.99 |
| Libya | $3.99 |
| Lithuania | €3.99$4.47 |
| Luxembourg | €3.99$4.64 |
| Macao | $3.99 |
| Macedonia | $3.99 |
| Madagascar | $3.99 |
| Malawi | $3.99 |
| Malaysia | MYR 14.90$3.64 |
| Maldives | $3.99 |
| Mali | $3.99 |
| Malta | €3.99$4.47 |
| Mauritania | $3.99 |
| Mauritius | $4.99 |
| Mexico | MX$49.00$2.71 |
| Micronesia | $3.99 |
| Moldova | $4.99 |
| Mongolia | $3.99 |
| Montenegro | €2.99$3.35 |
| Montserrat | $3.99 |
| Morocco | $4.99 |
| Mozambique | $3.99 |
| Myanmar | $3.99 |
| Namibia | $3.99 |
| Nauru | $3.99 |
| Nepal | $4.99 |
| Netherlands | €3.99$4.47 |
| New Zealand | NZ$6.99$3.91 |
| Nicaragua | $1.99 |
| Niger | $3.99 |
| Nigeria | NGN 1,200.00$0.90 |
| Norway | NOK 49.00$5.11 |
| Oman | $3.99 |
| Pakistan | PKR 1,100$3.97 |
| Palau | $3.99 |
| Panama | $1.99 |
| Papua New Guinea | $3.99 |
| Paraguay | $1.99 |
| Peru | PEN 8.90$2.59 |
| Philippines | ₱149.00$2.38 |
| Poland | PLN 19.99$5.11 |
| Portugal | €3.99$4.47 |
| Qatar | QAR 14.99$4.12 |
| Romania | RON 19.99$4.20 |
| Russia | RUB 349.00$4.10 |
| Rwanda | $3.99 |
| Sao Tome & Principe | $3.99 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAR 11.99$3.20 |
| Senegal | $4.99 |
| Serbia | €3.99$4.47 |
| Seychelles | $3.99 |
| Sierra Leone | $3.99 |
| Singapore | SGD 5.98$4.67 |
| Slovakia | €3.99$4.47 |
| Slovenia | €3.99$4.47 |
| Solomon Islands | $3.99 |
| South Africa | ZAR 59.99$3.60 |
| South Korea | ₩6,600$4.92 |
| Spain | €3.99$4.47 |
| Sri Lanka | $3.99 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | $3.99 |
| St. Lucia | $3.99 |
| St. Vincent & The Grenadines | $3.99 |
| Suriname | $3.99 |
| Swaziland | $3.99 |
| Sweden | SEK 49.00$4.88 |
| Switzerland | CHF 3.00$3.61 |
| Taiwan | NT$120.00$3.77 |
| Tajikistan | $3.99 |
| Tanzania | TZS 11,900.00$4.50 |
| Thailand | THB 89.00$2.64 |
| Tonga | $3.99 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $3.99 |
| Tunisia | $3.99 |
| Turkey | TRY 199.99$4.07 |
| Turkmenistan | $3.99 |
| Turks and Caicos | $3.99 |
| Uganda | $4.99 |
| Ukraine | $4.99 |
| United Arab Emirates | AED 14.99$4.08 |
| United Kingdom | £3.99$5.28 |
| United States | $3.99 |
| Uruguay | $2.99 |
| Uzbekistan | $3.99 |
| Vanuatu | $3.99 |
| Venezuela | $1.49 |
| Vietnam | ₫69,000$2.66 |
| Yemen | $3.99 |
| Zambia | $4.99 |
| Zimbabwe | $4.99 |
MicroMacro: Downtown Detective FAQ
- Is MicroMacro: Downtown Detective free?
- Yes. The app and its basic features are free, in all 173 countries it sells in. Premium features are paid: they start from $3.99 (US), across 2 one-time purchases.
- Does MicroMacro: Downtown Detective have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- Where is MicroMacro: Downtown Detective cheapest?
- A one-time purchase costs NGN 1,200.00 (≈$0.90) in Nigeria and DKK 39.00 (≈$5.85) in Denmark, its cheapest and dearest countries.
- What are the best alternatives to MicroMacro: Downtown Detective?
- Chants of Sennaar (4.8 from 6,695 reviews, premium from $6.99), TOEM: A Photo Adventure (4.8 from 5,053 reviews, premium from $6.99) and Bullpen: Logic Puzzle Game (4.9 from 4,744 reviews, premium from $4.99).
MicroMacro: Downtown Detective download
Last updated 1 month ago.
MicroMacro: Downtown Detective sells in 173 countries. It was released 1 year and 1 month ago, on 11 Aug 2025. It holds a 4.8 rating from 2,248 reviews.
Supports 6 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.
How much does MicroMacro: Downtown Detective make?
Third-party estimates for the last 30 days, worldwide — not the store's own figures, which Apple publishes for nobody.
Revenue by plan
- One-time 100%
Revenue by country
- United States 38%
- Germany 29%
- United Kingdom 4%
- France 4%