PC (Microsoft Windows)2009

Princess Isabella

Help the Princess save her friends and family!

Community

Screenshots

Mostly Positive

166 Steam reviews

Review History

Reviews

166 total

≥h

Steam User 1832STEAMRecommended

да

Mar 6, 2026·4h·Verified

Steam User 4647STEAMRecommended

used to play the heck out of this game when i was like 10yo. still holds up today, i think. it may or may not be just nostalgia

Feb 23, 2026·3h·Verified

Steam User 5098STEAMRecommended

Decent game. I like that there are more puzzles beyond just the hidden object stuff and you have the ability to use hints if you really need. the navigation to find new rooms was harder than expected though and hints did not work for that.

I started this on 2 separate ocassions when I had free trials of the game with a new laptop like 10+ years ago but never got to finish till now. I will say I found the ending a bit underwhelming, but overall this was a nice distraction for a couple hours for a low price point

Feb 16, 2026·4h·Verified

Steam User 3361STEAMRecommended

An old school feeling HO game that is missing some of the modern mechanics the make things more convenient but the story and the art was interesting enough for me to get to the end. The mini games were also a big part of that because I feel like that's a dying art in newer games. At $5 I really can't say anything bad about it and would absolutely recommend it.

Feb 7, 2026·3h·Verified

Steam User 9863STEAMRecommended

видимо об этой игре знаю только я и создатель, ставлю класс!!

Nov 18, 2025·2h·Verified

Steam User 4137STEAMRecommended

i played this with my grandma when i was young, absolutely amazing and nostalgic game!!

Sep 15, 2025·3h·2·Verified

Steam User 5597STEAMNot recommended

Like most "Search" Games, most search difficulty is for blurry opjects and wrong item names. Otherwise okay

Jul 26, 2025·3h·Verified

Steam User 4717STEAMRecommended

1231

Jun 26, 2025·84h·Verified

Steam User 7778STEAMRecommended

словила дикую ностальгию. в детстве обожала и с трудом проходила задания. сейчас всё сразу становится ясно, куда использовать тот или иной предмет. легко проходить головоломки и находить предметы. сюжет как обычно в таких играх, примитивный. в противовес минусам, миникарта очень удобная (хотя я не сразу вспомнила её).

по большему счету, рекомендую только для тех, кто помнит эту легендарную игру с дисков и тех, кто хочет провести два часика медитативно.
но для своего жанра она по-настоящему годится только детям

Jun 11, 2025·2h·Verified

Steam User 4335STEAMRecommended

Le jeu est bon mais la définition est limitée, ça tire un peu les yeux.

May 18, 2025·9h·Verified

Steam User 1974STEAMRecommended

Самая любимая игра детства, была пройдена мной раз 100, очень приятно и здорово найти и пройти её здесь) Английский довольно легкий, пройти можно и с малыми знаниями, а по опыту из детства игра прошлась совсем быстро. Рекомендую всем пройти хотя бы раз)

Apr 17, 2025·4h·1·Verified

Steam User 5150STEAMRecommended

Yes.

Mar 27, 2025·Verified

Steam User 3323STEAMRecommended

I highly recommend this fun and interactive game. It's one of my favourite from thehidden objects genre that I've played. It takes me back to when I was little and had no idea what most of the words meant, but still played it because I found it entertaining and because I could learn with help from my mom about new words. Moreover, the old school vibe of this game, with the low resolution and all really makes it a bit more challenging to find the needed objects. If you're planning to play the game, remember to go to the display settings after and revert the resolution back to default!

Mar 22, 2025·3h·Verified

Steam User 5012STEAMNot recommended

While I appreciated that this game stands out, overall it is quite tedious and repetitive. For most the game, I felt like my hand was being held. But then there were parts where I got stuck, and for stupid reasons, like not realising that if I clicked the right side of the screen, another room would unlock. There's a hint button, but it is useless at times (like it tells me there is something special about this book, obviously, but what am I supposed to do next?). The map helps with progression, but the hint button will just show you the same puzzle that you are not able to solve, rather than leading you in the right direction. There were parts that were enjoyable, but overall I found myself getting bored quickly

Feb 1, 2025·3h·Verified

Steam User 6960STEAMRecommended

gizli nesne bulmaca oyunu çizimler güzel oyannabilirliği iyi durumda

Jan 20, 2025·3·Verified

Steam User 6827STEAMRecommended

Bought and played this game for some nostalgia vibes- on an old computer of an older sibling there used to be the demo games from Big Fish Games, which included this and a couple of other point and click murder mystery games which I've got to hunt down.

Sep 17, 2024·3h·Verified

Steam User 9295STEAMRecommended

Игра детства. Настольгировал, но жаль, что она на английском :(

Jul 17, 2024·2h·2·Verified

Steam User 4105STEAMRecommended

Short but great game! Love replaying it once a year for childhood nostalgia, and will play it again next year.

Jul 7, 2024·4h·Verified

Steam User 7020STEAMRecommended

A very nice game with cool mechanics and nice nostalgic graphics. There is a part i always get stuck because its pretty hard to find (hin: the dining room has to hallway exits) The endgame is pretty unique for a HIO and pretty hard. The whole game is fun though and i always like to revisit it again. I can reallly recommend this game

Jun 28, 2024·5h·1·Verified

Steam User 9390STEAMRecommended

Not as good as some of the other hidden object games out there,
but it has some really nice backgrounds,
& I didn't hate it.
Made before ESG ruined everything.

Jun 5, 2024·Verified

Steam User 7230STEAMRecommended

Я грала в цю гру ще в дитинстві. Дуже ностальгічно. Пройшла її знову дуже швидко. Англійською робила це вперше, і деякі предмети, які треба було знайти, було важко ідентифікувати б, якби я напам'ять не знала, що де знаходиться і на що треба натискати. Графіка, звісно, така собі, але на момент, коли я грала вперше, мені було байдуже на все це. Коротше, чудово провела дві години ностальгії. А друга частина цікавіша, довша, складніша, і я не грала її стільки ж разів, тому там я так легко не впораюся, так що незабаром і туди доберуся.

Mar 28, 2024·2h·3

Steam User 4226STEAMRecommended

game from my childhood- i used to be obsessed with the ds game, and i honestly still really enjoy it to this day. the controls are a little wonky, and the volume once you beat the game seems to return to default (ie max) but i really have no issues with it other than that. will be playing the sequel soon.

Feb 27, 2024·3h·Verified

Steam User 1242STEAMRecommended

[u]Recommendation[/u]: A solid (but low-res) hidden object game that is elevated by the presence of puzzles that I haven't seen in any other such game.

[u]Critique[/u]: My biggest problem with this game is that it is old. That's no fault of the game, of course, but it means that it doesn't have any way to scale the graphics. The result, for me, was that I had to play the game in a teeny-tiny window (about 1/4 of the available screen), leaning forward and squinting at the screen. That was after changing my OS screen resolution to its lowest settings; without changing the resolution, the game displays about half that size and is completely unplayable. There are also the usual grammar and spelling errors that show up in hidden object games (though fewer here than in many other games).

But aside from those things, this game is a delight. Yes, the character models are all goofy, but there's no attempt to animate them, so this hidden object game is the rare one that doesn't suffer from uncanny valley horrors of trying to animate 3D humanoid figures. The voice acting is good, albeit occasionally repetitive (most of the recorded lines are for the little pixie/fairy character who functions as your hands in the game, and she says the same things for the same actions). But the place the game really shines is in the puzzles. There are hidden object games with much less ambiguity as to what you're trying to find (no "cloth" or "container" prompts in this game!), and the climax of the game is the most exciting and tense experience I've had in a hidden object game so far. But in addition to that, there are also other puzzles...and some of those puzzles [u]I've never seen in another hidden object game[/u]. One is a variant of a familiar puzzle - you click a spot, and that toggles all the spots adjacent to it - but formatted in a way completely unique to this game. But the other is magnificent for me, a fan of 3D spatial games: it's a puzzle where you're moving 3D oblong blocks around to fit in particular places. It's great, and I'd love to see more of this kind of puzzle in hidden object games everywhere.

Note: this game has a sequence with [b]real-time elements[/b]: you have to find the items within a very short time limit. If that sound too stressful to you - or just isn't what you want in a hidden-object game - then you should stay away from this. Me? I LOVE it.

[u]Review[/u]: [spoiler]You are Princess Isabella, betrothed to a Prince. But when you arrive at the castle, you find that the wedding plans have been interrupted....because dark magic has whisked all of your household into magic mirrors, and those mirrors have been broken. You need to find all the pieces of each mirror, then reassemble them to free the person imprisoned within. All this is explained to you by a talkative fairy who becomes your servant.[/spoiler] As you explore locations of the castle, you find shards, and you find puzzles. As you complete puzzles, you find shards and other objects. You use those other objects to solve puzzles in each room to break the curse on each location. Once the curse is lifted, you play through a "light" version of that location. One of the objects you find is the Queen Mother's diary (bits of story with voiced dialogue). More story is revealed each time you collect enough mirror shards to rebuild a magic mirror and free its prisoner. Through these story bits, you discover that [spoiler]you have a sister, Rose, who was an unruly terror as a child. As a result of her brattiness, your royal parents brought in a strict nanny to take care of Rose in isolation. But that nanny was actually a witch who took control of Rose's mind and stole her away. Having raised Rose to adulthood as a thrall, the witch is now using her (and her mystical, innate connection to the family) to get around the castle's defenses and enact punishment on the royal family. In the end, you manage to free all the imprisoned castle residents (including your parents), and you complete a Zuma-like puzzle to open the door to the witch's secret sanctum. There, you battle the witch in multiple rounds of real-time hidden object puzzles, where you race the computer player (the witch) in finding the ingredients for your "good" spell before the witch can complete her "evil" spell. Each time you complete a list of hidden objects, your spell does damage to the witch, and every time the witch finds an item, her spell does damage to Isabella...so time is of the essence! Winning the battle kills the witch, and Rose is freed from her mind control. The royal family is reunited, and you begin the process of getting to know the adult sister you never knew you had.
[/spoiler]

Feb 23, 2024·3h·Verified

Steam User 3100STEAMNot recommended

This game gave bogus hints. Many times I had to refer to the helpful hints from previous players. I don't recommend it for people who want a relaxing easy HOG.

Sep 10, 2023·8h·Verified

Steam User 7799STEAMRecommended

Very fun.

Aug 6, 2023·4h·Verified

Steam User 8225STEAMRecommended

nice

Feb 16, 2023·4h·Verified

Steam User 5731STEAMRecommended

I really enjoyed the unique mechanics of this game. It stands out from other games in the HOG genre. All 3 were the same type and I found them very enjoyable.

Jan 28, 2023·4h

Steam User 1740STEAMRecommended

i'ts literally magic game

Nov 26, 2022·4h·Verified

Steam User 7605STEAMRecommended

Very nice Point+Click game.
Quality Game as expected from Artifex Mundi.

Sep 30, 2022·4h·Verified

Steam User 2564STEAMRecommended

Норм

Aug 1, 2022·6h·Verified

Steam User 5569STEAMRecommended

heel erg leuk spel, zeker een aanrader

Jul 4, 2022·44h·Verified

Steam User 0547STEAMRecommended

"Princess Isabella" ist ein klassisches Wimmelbildspiel.

Prinzessin Isabella will ihre große Liebe Prinz Adam heiraten. Dummerweise wurde unser Heimatschloß von einer bösen Hexe mit Flüchen belegt. Jeder Raum ist verhext und alle, die sich gerade im Schloß befanden, wurden in Spiegel hinein verzaubert. Also gilt es, alles zu enthexen, schließlich wollen wir ja heiraten...

Spielmechanisch sind wir im klassischen Wimmelbild-Wahnsinn, in dem es in Screens darum geht, bestimmte Objekte zu finden. Wie meist üblich kommen noch einige Schiebe- und Kombinationsrätsel hinzu, alles aufgelockert durch ein paar kurze Cutscenes, die immerhin vertont sind. Ein Inventar haben wir auch, in dem wir wie in einem Adventure Gegenstände sammeln und dann an der richtigen Stelle einsetzen müssen.

Die Geschichte ist ein verdammt flaches Märchen, das kaum Überraschungen bietet, aber für das Genre durchaus passend ist. Und zumindest nimmt sich die Geschichte selbst nicht so ernst, sondern agiert eher in einer comicartigen Logik.

Als Wimmelbild-Spiel ist das Game, wenn man es mit Genrekollegen vergleicht, technisch größtenteils solide. Die Grafik ist manchmal sogar recht phantasievoll. Allerdings ist die Auflösung recht gering, das Spiel ist ja schon ein paar Jahre alt, was hin und wieder einige Dinge nicht so ideal erkennbar sein läßt.

Das Spiel ist eigentlich sehr einfach. Zwei Dinge können allerdings unnötiges Gesuche auslösen.

Zum Einen werden die Zugänge zu neuen Räumen weder auf der Karte angezeigt, noch sind sie oft in den Screens deutlich dargestellt. Oft findet man einen neuen Raum nur dadurch, daß man auf den Cursor achtet, der sich in einen Pfeil verwandelt.

Zum Anderen sind die genretypischen Hints oder Hinweise, die uns unser Begleiter, eine kleine Fee, gibt, nur bedingt hilfreich. Es wird nur auf den gerade aktiven Screen referiert und die Fee sagt einem nur, ob der Raum, in dem wir uns befinden, noch Rätsel hat oder wo wir in diesem Raum noch zu lösende Rätsel haben. Die werden auch angezeigt, wenn wir noch gar nicht alle Teile haben, um das Rätsel zu lösen. Nicht hingewiesen werden wir hingegen darauf- was eigentlich im Genre üblich wäre - in welchem Raum sich das nächste lösbare Rätsel befindet.

Im Laufe der Zeit bekommt unsere kleine Fee noch vier Spezialfähigkeiten. So können wir zum Beispiel mit einem Steinwurf Vasen zerstören, in denen sich oft Spiegelsplitter befinden. Oder wir können mit der Wasser-Fähigkeit verdorrte Blüten öffnen, die dann auch Nützliches enthalten.

"Princess Isabella" ist ein merklich alter, aber solider Vertreter des Genres. Insgesamt spielt sich das recht kurze Game, trotz der erwähnten Schwächen, recht flüssig weg und kann durchaus die Zeit vertreiben.

[h1]Wertung:[/h1]
6/10 Atmosphäre
5/10 Story
6/10 Grafik
6/10 Sound
6/10 Spielmechanik
6/10 Balancing
6/10 Spielspass

[h1]Fazit:[/h1]
Easy Bella.

[h1][b]6/10 Gesamtwertung

Apr 30, 2022·17h·16·Verified

Steam User 5253STEAMRecommended

Πολύ καλό παιχνίδι για να περάσεις την ώρα σου ευχάριστα!!!

Feb 16, 2022·5h·Verified

Steam User 0087STEAMRecommended

Fun little game. Tougher than I thought it would be, but cool mechanics and good story.

Dec 3, 2021·3h·Verified

Steam User 6510STEAMNot recommended

[b]Princess Isabella[/b]: A Witch's Curse, is a hidden object, point & click adventure by Gogii Games originally released in 2009. With that in mind, it's frankly one of the more mind-numbing hidden object games I've played to date, almost insultingly simplistic even by genre standards, the only praise I can really direct towards it is the vague-metroidvania esque layout/progression, which itself is too overly simplistic to be engaging.

Nov 24, 2021·2h·3

Steam User 4850STEAMNot recommended

He jugado... muchos juegos de puzzle... y este es uno de los mas malos que he jugado, no recuerdo ni porque lo tengo. Es lento, poco intuitivo, el hada y sus habilidades son innecesarias, la historia es nada... cero recomendacion

Aug 30, 2021·1h·1

Steam User 1531STEAMRecommended

Short but pretty good. There were multiple unique door designs and puzzles. The fairy is annoying but

Aug 15, 2021·4h·Verified

Steam User 2999STEAMRecommended

Amazing for the price.

Aug 5, 2021·3h·Verified

Steam User 3296STEAMRecommended

het was mijn jeugd dus ik dacht ik koop het op nieuw en het is nog steeds super leuk

Aug 3, 2021·18h·Verified

Steam User 3193STEAMNot recommended

I enjoyed the puzzles. The fairy was a bit much but not too bad. However, fullscreen has the game magnified and screws with my monitors making me lose access to my task bars and windowed makes it so tiny. Myself and my friends were struggling to make out some of the details when finding things. Also, turning the music off AND dialog off, we'd still sometimes hear the fairy speak and the ending cut scene was full blast everything as if it hadn't been adjusted at all.

If you can work around the window issues and like older hidden object games, this is fine, but based on the headache I have from squinting, I cannot recommend.

Jul 4, 2021·3h·Verified

Steam User 1217STEAMRecommended

A decent HOG; possibly a good recommendation for people who are new to HOG. Worth considering when it goes on sale.

BGM and especially the VA is very good. Plot is generic, but the excellent VA really makes up for this. Puzzles are exceedingly easy, almost deliberately so. Fairly short to complete; about 3 hours.

I think this piece is good for someone who is new to HOG or are young children. The easy puzzles and cutesy artstyle and plot makes for a very casual playthrough.

Jun 26, 2021·3h

Steam User 1452STEAMRecommended

Decent story, decent puzzles, decent hidden object games. Nicely put together.

Apr 28, 2021·5h·Verified

Steam User 5854STEAMRecommended

Поиграл,понастольгировал.
Как же кайф в эту игру играть.
Атмосфера балдежная,задним фон музыки прекрасная
12из 10

Apr 20, 2021·3h·2·Verified

Steam User 2331STEAMRecommended

Un jeu d'objets cachés bon enfant où accompagné d'une petite fée aux multiples pouvoirs, vous devez arpenter des pièces d'un immense château à la recherche d'une sorcière source de tous les malheurs.
Le jeu n'est pas très complexe et ne nécessite pas plus de 3h pour le finir.
Ambiance plaisante

Mar 16, 2021·3h·1·Verified

Steam User 2914STEAMNot recommended

you can't enter the second floor. it says you have two in place to set the correct date but you are missing one.
no clues where to go at all. A lot of functions does not work.

Feb 24, 2021·8h·Verified

Steam User 8390STEAMRecommended

No sé ni por qué me lo compré... Pero lo recomiendo, si querés sentir nostalgia (Si es que jugabas juegos así antes) lo recomiendo

Dec 30, 2020·3h·1·Verified

Steam User 0690STEAMRecommended

Princess Isabella- A witches curse, is first HOG i played back when Big Fish was really only Places you can play them. I you are new to HOG , this game is best place to Start. If you play a lot of HOG the graphic will be out date, but the story line is awesome . It has alot puzzle and HO in it as well.

Dec 24, 2020·20h·Verified

Steam User 6981STEAMNot recommended

Wo soll ich anfangen ... Das Spiel sollte im Fenstermodus gestartet und beendet werden. Okay Beenden wird es sich nicht lassen, ausser man Beendet Steam und zwingt es dazu. Ansonsten hätte ich gerne hin und wieder eine Erklärung gehabt was ich genau tun soll. Ausserdem mag ich Handyports (in diesem Fall schlecht) nicht wirklich.

Dec 24, 2020·5h·Verified

Steam User 5275STEAMRecommended

sufficiently challenging to hold my interest; certainly not as complex as The ROOM 1/2/3/Old Sins....but still fun to do.

Dec 11, 2020·12h·Verified

Steam User 9983STEAMNot recommended

I finished the game in 3 hours.... wish it was longer !

Dec 6, 2020·4h·Verified

Steam User 6088STEAMRecommended

I really enjoyed playing this game

Dec 3, 2020·29h·Verified

Steam User 5858STEAMRecommended

buen juego

Nov 28, 2020·4h·Verified

Steam User 3779STEAMRecommended

I really like the games designed by the Developers... they have a certain charm to them. The music/SFX/atmosphere fit everything in the game really well. You can also imagine yourself within the game, following and helping the main character!

In this story mode you get to play as Isabella and venture around the castle, helping people that are trapped and restoring the beauty to the castle. There are Hidden Objects areas and Mini Games and parts where you gotta use your Fairy's abilities. The Fairy is your little buddy... a very useful one indeed! It would be fun to find out about this Fairy and why she wanted to help ya.

Almost everything is intuitive. As in... you will know what to do. The most confusing part for me were/was the buttons on the shirt... I used all abilities, until I realized you had to go about it a different way entirely. That aside, I do have questions about the story... However, I think it was done in such a way so that it is kept simple AND you can make up your own answers! Oh the transformation from "Cursed" to "Non-Cursed" is amazing!

All is fine and well when you like your Hidden Object games! Thank you for the fun puzzle game! :) :> =)

Oct 11, 2020·7h·1·Verified

Steam User 4830STEAMRecommended

Why do I have so many hours in this game you may ask? I do not have the answer. This game is so bad and yet I have played it hundreds of times over and over. I can play all of the puzzles without looking at the lists but I could not tell you a single item in them. It's muscle memory at this point. If I had amnesia I would still be able to play this from start to finish in under 30 minutes. If you are considering buying this somehow this is all I have for you. You will meet a statue in golden dolphin shorts and he will ask you what planet is fifth from the sun. There will be a statue that looks like Jeff Bridges in one of the puzzles. Neither of these things will be explained. I've played this so many times that usually somewhere around the kitchens I am overcome by a sense of hopelessness and my eyes glaze over until I've finished the game. Plot is kinda good though.

Oct 3, 2020·42h·6·Verified

Steam User 6718STEAMRecommended

One of my first childhood games, I love it, I always played it as a little kid at my grandmas house.

Aug 31, 2020·2h·5·Verified

Steam User 2864STEAMNot recommended

I paid .45 cents USD for this game on the Summer Sale, and it's honestly worth about that. Is it pretty? Yep. Is the mechanic of a magical fairy more fun than annoying? That too. But it will not shut down unless you run it as the administrator. Every. Single. Time. I really wish there companies would do a fix on games no longer compatible with Windows.

If you're OK with having to find your local file, etc, give it a whirl on sale. It is pretty enough, though a little tedious in some parts. There's a sort of final timed battle, which makes no sense, given the slow pace of the rest of the game. I'm guessing it was a misguided attempt to make hogs more action-oriented. Exactly what the target audience isn't looking for, lol. Can't recommend until gogii fixes some of these older title to at least run properly.

Aug 2, 2020·2h·1·Verified

Steam User 9042STEAMRecommended

The game is quite good but it is just old. It is not 2014 as the release date says but 2009 based on other reviews. You can see it from the quality of graphic, the resolution and chosen colours. It was better to change resolution of my monitor to 4:3. The storyline is quite good and we learn more and more during the playtime. It drew me into the game. The HOS are quite dark, it is typical for older games, but the items were bigger. Minigames were various and interesting. You can feel a little linearity of the game but it is typical for HOGs. It had to be really good game in the time of creation.
Despite the fact it is old game, it has everything that good game should have.
My recomendation is Yes for but HOG fans. There are new better games.

Jul 18, 2020·3h·3·Verified

Steam User 5119STEAMRecommended

Nice relaxing little point and click - hidden object game.
Graphics is extraordinary. Music is ok.
Story ok.
Very short.
The puzzles are easy.

Jun 18, 2020·6h·1·Verified

Steam User 0957STEAMRecommended

its not bad a few twists but i liked it thank you

Jun 3, 2020·16h·3·Verified

Steam User 4057STEAMRecommended

Although I played the game all the way through, I did not find it as enjoyable as many other hidden object games. The help system was useless a lot of the time, and it wasn't always clear what to do next. I'd say this game is moderately entertaining as long as you don't expect too much from it.

Mar 3, 2020·4h·3·Verified

Steam User 5900STEAMNot recommended

this game tends to lock up...not happy

Mar 1, 2020·11h·1·Verified

Steam User 9393STEAMRecommended

Nettes Spiel für kurzweilige pausen, schade das die wimmelbilde begriffe english waren, manche begriffe sind einfach zu speziell. ansonsten sehr viel spaß gemacht

Feb 18, 2020·4h·2·Verified

Steam User 4530STEAMNot recommended

Мы играем за титулованную принцессу, которая прибывает домой в заброшенный замок, где ей предстоит решить ряд головоломок и сложных задач. Незамысловатая игра, где нужно находить спрятанные объекты, составлять пазлы, решать головоломки, как и в других играх по поиску предметов.

Однако, лучше сразу начать играть в обновлённую версию Princess Isabella - Return of the Curse (2014), где есть улучшенная графика и нет чёртовых проблем с широкоформатным изображеним и масштабированием.

Feb 14, 2020·8h·1·Verified

Steam User 1296STEAMRecommended

good puzzles, relaxing poiny & click

Feb 1, 2020·5h·1·Verified

Steam User 6626STEAMRecommended

Before you consider buying that one game, know that there are only 2 resolutions : Full screen pixel of the death and windowed 800x600 aka spending your time nose against the screen to see any detail.
Beside that, the story is pretty common, but the puzzles themselves are refreshing, most of them not beeing seen in other Hidden Objects games.
I still encourage you to pick it in sale because of the resolution problem.

Jan 22, 2020·3h·4·Verified

Steam User 0034STEAMNot recommended

Not recommended, unless you are a big fan of Hidden Object games.

The game itself was enjoyable for me, but it did not age well. The story is the standard affair with some neat interactions throughout the scenes. You have a companion that learns abilities to help retrieve puzzle pieces, which I liked. The downside for most will be the graphics. They are pixelated on a wide screen and make it more difficult in the wrong way for some of the hidden object scenes. If you can accept this, then you can find a fun little game in here.

Note: I do mildly recommend the second game in the series, [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/292670/Princess_Isabella__Return_of_the_Curse/]Princess Isabella - Return of the Curse[/url].

Jan 11, 2020·2h·1·Verified

Steam User 5469STEAMNot recommended

este jogo foi o pior jogo que joguei até agora , muito chato mesmo não recomendo pra ninguém , fujam desta porcaria afiiiiiiiiiiiiiii jogo me irritou

Jan 3, 2020·4h·Verified

Steam User 1238STEAMRecommended

puzzles

Dec 7, 2019·4h·Verified

Steam User 0843STEAMRecommended

Puzzles, hidden objects and a princesses story to clear up the dark and lift the curse.

Nov 7, 2019·1·Verified

Steam User 4127STEAMRecommended

Not a bad point and click adventure this one. The locations require you to generally do a puzzle which might be HoD or another in order to lift the curse and there's a lot of variety. You also have a fairy companion who can use her special abilities to help. And you're collecting mirror shards to help free castle inhabitants. The locations are nice - I presume they're all based on photographs from a real castle somewhere - and I also presume the character is Isabella of Castille even though it's set in a magical fantasy land. It's not bad at all for HoD games and doesn't have the silly re-doing of puzzles or time-consuming backtracking that generally plagues the genre. It's not ground breaking, but if you're a fan of this sort of game you could get a lot worse!

Nov 3, 2019·3h·Verified

Steam User 1370STEAMRecommended

Princess Isabella is set to marry her beloved Prince Adam, but an evil witch has put a curse on the entire castle. All who live there have been locked away in a series of mirrors which have been shattered and scattered throughout the castle. You must find the mirror shards to free your loved ones. Each room is locked within the castle which you must open to free the curse. A combo of puzzles, hidden object scenes and scattered mirror shards are available in each space. A fairy follows you throughout the game, providing you guidance and hints, as well as the ability to cast spells. Once all the mirror shards are found, you are to fit them together in each mirror frame to make an image of a loved one to free them from their curse.

When I found Princess Isabella: A Witch’s Curse on sale on Steam, the comments about it were generally positive. A game from 2009, Princess Isabella seemed to conjure up very happy memories for some from when they would play casual games as children. This game was also a nice bonding experience between parents (and in some cases, grandparents) and their kids who would play together. People were going on about how good a game this was, so when it was on sale, I snapped it up. On preview, its graphics appeared a bit dated, but I wanted to see what the fuss was about.

Considered one of the first of its kind according to some sources, Princess Isabella has the notoriety of being one of the first hidden object games to follow a non-linear environment. Most HOGs from this era forced you to follow a certain series of steps to proceed in the game, but Princess Isabella allows you to move freely from room to room as you wish, which is helpful as there are about 20 rooms to navigate. Thankfully, there is also a trusty map to allow you to port to a particular room quickly, and even provides guidance if there is a task that still needs completing (…and I appreciate a good map!).

As an expert HOG player and seasoned reviewer, I am careful not to criticize the decade-old Princess Isabella too much. The game is generally meant for newcomers to the genre, not for the expert, although I think it has something to offer both camps. Some of the charms of this game could also be construed as irritating. The constant hinting by the fairy who is always there in wait, as well as the continuous unskippable dialogue would be extremely helpful for some, but would surely grate on others. I chose to mute my game and listen to some music instead of relying on the soundtrack, and my enjoyment of the game improved tenfold. I mean, everything is better with the very à propos RUSH A Farewell to Kings playing in the background!

Overall, Princess Isabella: a Witch’s Curse wasn’t a bad game at all. I would definitely recommend it for newcomers to the genre, and even to the seasoned gamer… It is usually cheap on Steam…so why not?

Oct 24, 2019·6h·Verified

Steam User 3483STEAMRecommended

Princess Isabella is an older game, but has a certain unique charm to it. It may not be for everyone, but if you enjoy hidden object games, it's worth checking out.

The hidden object scenes themselves are well done. The final battle of the game is essentially a timed hidden object puzzle. While it's interesting to see something a little out of the ordinary for this sort of scene, it is curiously stressful in an otherwise relaxed, play at your own pace genre.

The voice acting is very well done, and your exceptionally perky fairy companion is perhaps the most memorable part of the game.

Most of the game was exceptionally easy for an experienced player, though there is some inconsistency in the difficulty level, as a few of the puzzles or minigames were exceptionally difficult. There is some amount of pixel hunting required at various points, and often it wasn't clear what was supposed to be done next.

Oct 1, 2019·29h·Verified

Steam User 2350STEAMRecommended

Вспомнил как несколько лет назад играл пиратку, игра как на свой возраст топовая, вызвала приятную ностальгию по тем вечерам когда впервые ее включал...
10 Изабелл или 10

Sep 9, 2019·3h·4·Verified

Steam User 8441STEAMRecommended

Cute little hidden object game. Nothing special, nothing terrible. 4 hours of gameplay so a good game to get on sale.

Sep 4, 2019·4h·Verified

Steam User 3660STEAMRecommended

󠀡

Aug 31, 2019·1h·2·Verified

Steam User 4850STEAMRecommended

hard, I had to use you tube to get through it, but, it entertained me for days!

Aug 31, 2019·82h·Verified

Steam User 6013STEAMRecommended

Nicht umbedingt die beste Storyline, und auch das die Bilder durch das Hochskalieren des Games sehr verpixeln ist nicht gerade von Vorteil, aber trotzdem spielbar.

Aug 11, 2019·5h·Verified

Steam User 2622STEAMRecommended

I've liked it very much

Jul 11, 2019·6h·Verified

Steam User 7313STEAMNot recommended

Tags: Adventure - WC - Hidden Object
Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library

TLDR: Pixelated. Dated looking engine. HOG are minimal effort. Not an Artifex Mundi product. Not worth the time investment.

Jul 8, 2019·Verified

Steam User 6731STEAMRecommended

A very very nice old HOG that i really enjoyed.

despised being originally released in 2009 it had a really cool concept that i did not see in any other HOG so far. newer HOGs should really look closer. i feel like the newer the game is the more trash it is.

pros.
ok simple story
great voice acting. i love it.
ok puzzles not too easy not too hard

cons.
low resolution as it is an old game
some items were labeled wrong in the HO scene
kinda short. around 2 hours 20 mins

despite being short i really enjoyed this one as it has a cool concept. you might want to try it out.

8/10 for the game

p.s look at the map closely. you might also waste some time looking for the [spoiler]blue key[/spoiler] :)

May 25, 2019·3h·1

Steam User 8622STEAMRecommended

Right before your royal wedding, a mysterious witch appears, trapping the staff in mirrors and placing curses throughout the palace. Now, with the help of a faerie named... Fairy (I can't make this up), you must undo the curses, rescue the staff, and defeat the witch.

With a story and characters aimed more at children and puzzles difficult enough to keep adults interested, this is an excellent family game. Some of the sound effects can get a bit annoying, but the voice acting is better than many HOG titles, and the musical puzzles are great for teaching kids a few basics about music.

If you see this title on sale or in a bundle, don't pass it up. At regular price, it's a fair deal, but best purchased for some good old-fashioned family gaming fun.

Apr 25, 2019·3h·1

Steam User 3710STEAMNot recommended

after 5 min of play, I want to kill that annoying fairy... not a very good game, and like i said that fairy is very annoying. So quit and uninstall the game...

Dec 31, 2018·2

Steam User 7182STEAMRecommended

Mir macht das Spiel Spaß, auch wenn es doch ein wenig verbuggt ist.

Dec 18, 2018·5h·Verified

Steam User 6063STEAMRecommended

this is an old but decent hog game. puzzles are mostly enjoyable and game is not too short just like another similar hog games.

Oct 26, 2018·4h·1·Verified

Steam User 7531STEAMNot recommended

Verbuggter Müll-leider nur zu spät gemerkt..

Oct 15, 2018·2h·Verified

Steam User 5991STEAMRecommended

The game itself was mostly decent. The puzzles were varied and not too diffiuclt. The final puzzle had objects that were a bit unclear, but still could be found with excessive clicking. Suitable for children as well - my six-year-old daughter thoroughly enjoyed it.

Aug 22, 2018·3h·2·Verified

Steam User 9057STEAMNot recommended

Der er flere dårlige ting ved dette spil. Især systemet med hints, der ikke er til særlig stor hjælp. Det mest irriterende er dog den fe der skal forestille at hjælpe. Hun har en meget lys stemme, man hurtigt bliver træt af og hun gentager sig selv.
Bortset fra det indeholder spillet de sædvanlige HO elementer. Et spil langt under middel.

Aug 12, 2018·2h·1·Verified

Steam User 1527STEAMRecommended

이자벨라 스토리의 첫번째 스토리 같습니다.

난이도는 무난하고 딱히 영어를 몰라도 게임을 하는데는 지장이 없습니다.

Jun 17, 2018·3h·Verified

Steam User 2831STEAMNot recommended

i have duel monitors and want to listen to my own music or look at videos on one half of the screen and play this game on the other.
i either make it windowed in which case i could fit 5 screens of this game on my big monitor at ones and it will get harder to see things clearly.
or i play in fullscreen which i can only do on monitor one which moves all icons over to my second monitor and causes my first monitor to grow in size or so... i know this because i still haven't aktivated windows and i have a feeling i do have a legal copy but i can't activate it or are having some other problems... hard to explain but it's super annoying to have text covering a larger than usually bit of the screen making it hard to see objects on the screen.
i mentioned earlier that i specifically fullscreen on my first monitor which is something i do not know how to fix and it will continue to stay on my first monitor even if i move the windows tab to my second monitor.
this is all just annoying and for that reason alone, i can't for the life of me give the game a good review no matter how good the game is.
they could have sent out an update or something and all the resolution limitation problems that comes with this game. it's honestly a waste of money

May 10, 2018·9h·Verified

Steam User 0952STEAMRecommended

[h1] Genre [/h1] Ein sehr Gutes Hidden Object Adventure.

[h1] Story [/h1] Wir spielen eine Junge Prinzessin namens "Isabella" und müssen unser Schloss von einem Fluch einer Hexe befreien.

[h1] Gameplay [/h1] Wie üblich lösen wir Minispiele & Wimmelbildszenen, sammeln Gegenstände und benutzen diese an verschiedenen Orten, um voran zu kommen.

[h1] Pro/Contra [/h1]
+ Gute Musik
+ Story ganz OK
+ Nette Minispiele

- Leider keine Achievements

[h1] Fazit [/h1] Für Fans von Wimmelbildspielen lohnt es sich auf jeden Fall

👑 Powered by HoI 4 Deu Kuratorengruppe auf deutsch/englisch 👑⠀⠀⠀🎉 [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/30388691/] Folgen [/url]

Feb 27, 2018·3h·8

Steam User 0840STEAMRecommended

nice game. good characters, easy puzzles.

Feb 6, 2018·5h·Verified

Steam User 3989STEAMRecommended

Trovato in sconto a 1.24euro, decido di giocarlo.
Carino per una esperienza di poco più di 3 ore, anche se ritengo che giochi così stiminziti di base non possano costare in genere più di un 5 euro.
In realtà vi è una certa rigiocabilità, ma solo nella fase dell'associazione degli oggetti ai propri nomi (che è random, ovvero cambiano rifacendo una partita), e da questo punto di vista per giocare un poco con l'inglese sono ottimi titoli.
In questo caso la storia è davvero stupida (una strega che maledice il proprio castello, stanotte non ci dormo e ci penso su) ma per i più piccoli ci può stare.
Gli enigmi sono davvero facili, ma almeno c'è un minimo di varietà.
Carino, per passare il tempo, ma rientra a pieno titolo nella categoria dei giochini senza pretese.

6/10

Jan 31, 2018·3h·6·Verified

Steam User 5657STEAMNot recommended

This isn't a bad game, but for me it was too easy and annoying as fairy always told something immediately when you entered into a new room. Only think what I like was music and fast travel map. The story is average and there is nothing special about it. I think this game is for children.

Jan 16, 2018·5h·1·Verified

Steam User 8590STEAMRecommended

Princess Isabella, ist aus meiner Sicht ein gelungenes Wimmelbildspiel. Das Spiel in seinem Grundprinzip macht echt viel Spaß, also die Wimmelbildszenen und die zu untersuchenden Orte, die Rätsel sind mal knackig, mal ganz leicht, eine gute Abwechslung. Die Story ist schön erzählt und gut vertont auch wenn es nur in englischer Sprachausgabe ist. Ich kann dieses Spiel klar empfehlen, aber auch nur für diejenigen, die über gnügend Englischkenntnisse verfügen.

Jan 7, 2018·2h

Steam User 0105STEAMRecommended

Bought this game when helping a friend Babysit a little girl, in order to keep the kid occupied. After she went to bed me and the friend accidently stayed up playing it until we'd completed it (Which really was only a couple of hours, it is a short game)
I don't know if we're just very easily amused, but the game brought us a short while of fun, addictive entertainment. It is a bit repetitive, but the sound track and voice acting were nice touches. The puzzles are fairly simple but it definitely kills some boredom without having to be too invested in a long-winded entirely story based game, or pointless puzzle game with no story.

Dec 18, 2017·4h·Verified

Steam User 5908STEAMNot recommended

Tödlich langweilig!

Nov 9, 2017·4h·Verified

Steam User 5250STEAMNot recommended

I just can't recommend this. The core of a hidden object game is of course the hidden object scenes, and the resolution on these is simply horrendous, not to mention inconsistent. Many of the other tasks are repetitive, and simple object associations are misleadingly cued as "puzzles". Story and progression elements, while not meant to be sophisticated, are awfully trite and frequently make no sense. Finally, the finale poses a timed challenge that many the game's rather young target audience are likely to find very difficult to complete.

Nov 9, 2017·2h·1·Verified

Steam User 5026STEAMRecommended

It was okay. Not horrible, but pretty basic and simplistic, even among the adventure lite / hidden object category. Don't spend more than $5 on it.

No in-game or steam achievements, and nothing more than the fairly-linear gameplay going on.

Very basic story and animation, the puzzles and hidden object scenes are okay.

Oct 23, 2017·2h·Verified

Steam User 9127STEAMNot recommended

It was not a bad game, but for me it was too easy, as the fairy always told u what to do when u entered a new room. The only difficulty was the ''not too good graphics''. For kids and newbies of the hidden object category I'll say It's Ok, but if u play hidden object games for the challenge and excitemet, this is not the game for u.

Sep 4, 2017·2h·3·Verified

Steam User 7374STEAMNot recommended

I gave up and asked for a refund after a few minutes. It was repetative and childish. I do love a good HOG - but this one wasn't.

Sep 1, 2017·1·Verified