The best games like Merge Mansion are the ones that copy one of its three hooks: the merge board, the house you restore or the family mystery. Merge Manor: Sunny House is the closest match on all three, Love & Pies and Mystery Town keep the merging and the mystery, and Homescapes, Manor Matters and Hidden City keep the mansion and the secrets without the merge board.
Merge Mansion, from Metacore Games, asks you to “restore a forgotten mansion to its former glory” and uncover “the secrets Grandma is hiding” about the Boulton family, according to its App Store listing. It is free with in-app purchases and rated 4.6 on the App Store from about 203,800 ratings and 4.5 on Google Play, which shows 10M+ downloads. We took the developer, age rating, rating, labels and purchase range for every pick below from its App Store and Google Play listing and checked them on November 10, 2026 between 23:25 and 23:30 UTC.
Merge Manor: Sunny House shows a neglected cottage before and after renovation. Image: NSTAGE (App Store)
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Quick answer: the best games like Merge Mansion
- Closest overall: Merge Manor: Sunny House. Grandma is missing, the family home is a mystery and you merge items to renovate the garden and mansion.
- Merge boards with a mystery: Love & Pies, Mystery Town and Gossip Harbor.
- Mansion makeovers with a story (match-3): Homescapes, Matchington Mansion and Manor Matters.
- Detective hidden-object games: Mystery Manor, Hidden City, June’s Journey and Ravenhill.
- Youngest age label on the App Store: Merge Manor: Sunny House (4+), then Hidden City (9+).
- No “Contains ads” label on Google Play: Love & Pies, Mystery Town, Homescapes, Manor Matters and Ravenhill.
All 11 games like Merge Mansion at a glance
| Game | Developer | Hook | Age rating (App Store / Google Play) | App Store rating | Google Play rating, downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merge Mansion (for comparison) | Metacore Games | Grandma’s mansion, Boulton family secrets | 13+ / Everyone | 4.6 (203.8K) | 4.5 (665K), 10M+ |
| Merge Manor: Sunny House | NSTAGE (App Store), CookApps (Google Play) | Missing Grandma, mystery manor | 4+ / Everyone | 4.6 (9.9K) | 4.1 (57.1K), 1M+ |
| Love & Pies | Trailmix | Burned-down family cafe | 13+ / Teen | 4.7 (54.2K) | 4.5 (145K), 5M+ |
| Mystery Town | Cedar Games | Weekly themed mystery adventures | 13+ / Everyone | 4.9 (19.1K) | 4.8 (72.7K), 5M+ |
| Gossip Harbor | Microfun | Island drama and a restaurant to restore | 13+ / Everyone | 4.6 (214.1K) | 4.4 (738K), 100M+ |
| Homescapes | Playrix | Match-3 mansion renovation | 13+ / Everyone | 4.6 (2.18M) | 4.7 (13.4M), 500M+ |
| Matchington Mansion | Magic Tavern | Match-3 makeover with hidden objects | 13+ / Everyone | 4.3 (300.8K) | 4.4 (2.36M), 100M+ |
| Manor Matters | Playrix | Haunted Castlewood Manor, match-3 plus hidden objects | 13+ / Teen | 4.7 (217.7K) | 4.7 (832K), 10M+ |
| Mystery Manor | Game Insight | Detective in a mysterious mansion | 13+ / Everyone 10+ | 4.5 (30.2K) | 4.4 (630K), 10M+ |
| Hidden City | G5 Entertainment | Victorian City of Shadows | 9+ / Everyone | 4.3 (95.3K) | 4.6 (1.14M), 10M+ |
| June’s Journey | Wooga | 1920s murder mystery | 18+ / Teen | 4.6 (328.2K) | 4.4 (1.24M), 50M+ |
| Ravenhill | Mytona | Vanished townsfolk, detective scenes | 13+ / Teen | 4.6 (41.1K) | 4.4 (59.3K), 1M+ |
Ratings with the number of ratings in brackets. Apple’s newer age tiers are shown, so some games read higher than the older “4+” or “12+” figures you may see elsewhere. Store names differ: Hidden City is “Hidden City: Hidden Object” on Google Play, and Manor Matters is “Manor Matters Adventure Games” on the App Store.
Merge games with a mystery, like Merge Mansion
1. Merge Manor: Sunny House
The listing opens “Grandma? Where are you?!” and sends you to unravel a family secret while you merge items to renovate the mansion’s garden, fountains, old lake and beehives. It is the nearest thing to Merge Mansion’s pitch we could find in the stores. It is rated 4+ on the App Store, with advertising and messaging-and-chat labels, and Google Play shows a “Contains ads” label and purchases from $0.99 to $99.99 per item. The developer is NSTAGE on the App Store and CookApps on Google Play, and the two listings share the same app identity (the iOS bundle and the Android package both contain “cookapps”).
Worth it if: you want the Merge Mansion formula with a lower age rating. Its Google Play rating, 4.1, is the lowest here.
2. Love & Pies
Trailmix’s Love & Pies starts with a crime: someone burns down a family cafe in the small town of Appleton, and everyone is a suspect. You merge cakes and cookies, serve customers and renovate the cafe and garden while you look for answers. It is 13+ on the App Store (loot boxes, advertising, user-generated content and social media labels) and Teen on Google Play with a suggestive-themes note. Google Play shows no “Contains ads” label. We also compare it with Gossip Harbor in our games like Gossip Harbor list.
Worth it if: you like a small-town whodunit more than a haunted house.
3. Mystery Town
Cedar Games’ Mystery Town is the best rated game here: 4.9 on the App Store from about 19,100 ratings and 4.8 on Google Play from about 72,700. The listing promises “new themed adventures every week”, from cooking to catching culprits in new cases. You play Aurora, who is looking into her uncle’s sudden disappearance while the town is rebuilt. The App Store label is 13+ with advertising, user-generated content and social media, while Google Play shows Everyone and no “Contains ads” label.
Worth it if: you want events that change every week.
Hidden City asks you to find listed objects in detailed scenes. Image: G5 Entertainment (App Store)
4. Gossip Harbor
Microfun’s Gossip Harbor follows Quinn Castillo, whose “picture perfect life on Brimwave Island crumbles” as you merge dishes and restore her beach restaurant. It has 100M+ downloads on Google Play and carries loot-box and advertising labels on the App Store. Its pace is set by energy, which we explain in the Gossip Harbor energy guide. For more picks of this kind, see our best merge games list and the games like Travel Town list.
Worth it if: you want a drama-first story with a restaurant to run.
Mansion makeover games with a story (match-3)
These do not have a merge board. You clear match-3 levels to earn the stars and coins that restore a house, and the story unlocks chapter by chapter. If the part of Merge Mansion you liked was seeing the house come back to life, start here.
5. Homescapes
Playrix’s Homescapes has you help a character named Austin renovate a family mansion by beating match-3 levels, “unlocking ever more chapters in the exciting family story along the way”, per its listing. It is by far the biggest game in this list, with about 2.18 million App Store ratings and 500M+ Google Play downloads. The App Store label is 13+ with loot boxes and messaging and chat, and Google Play shows Everyone, “Includes Random Items” and purchases from $0.29 to $199.99 per item, but no “Contains ads” label. We have an older Homescapes guide to boosters and power-ups, written in 2023.
Worth it if: you want a mansion renovation with polished match-3 levels.
6. Matchington Mansion
Magic Tavern’s Matchington Mansion mixes match-3 levels with hidden-object bits and a story about protecting your new house from a “mischievous cousin”. You decorate a grand mansion and unlock new rooms as you go. It is 13+ on the App Store with advertising, messaging and chat and user-generated content labels, and Google Play lists purchases from $0.29 to $139.99 per item with a “Contains ads” label. Its App Store rating, 4.3, is among the lower ones here, though more than 300,000 players have rated it.
Worth it if: you want decorating choices as well as a story.
7. Manor Matters
Playrix’s Manor Matters sets you loose in the “mysterious Castlewood Manor, a place where the past comes to life, ghosts lurk in the shadows”, combining match-3 levels with hidden-object scenes. It is the darkest of the Playrix picks: 13+ on the App Store and Teen on Google Play, with violence, blood and suggestive-themes notes there. It has a 4.7 rating on both stores, and Google Play shows no “Contains ads” label.
Worth it if: you want Merge Mansion’s haunted-house mood and are fine with a Teen rating.
Mystery Town's store art poses a whodunit about a house fire. Image: Cedar Games (App Store)
Detective and hidden-object games with a mansion or city to crack
These drop merging and match-3 for search-and-find scenes and clue chains. They suit you if the mystery is what keeps you opening Merge Mansion.
8. Mystery Manor
Game Insight’s Mystery Manor starts when “the master of a mysterious mansion left a message for a certain brave and clever detective”, and you start an investigation in the manor. The App Store label is 13+ with loot boxes, advertising and messaging and chat. Google Play rates it Everyone 10+ with “Includes Random Items” and a “Contains ads” label, and lists purchases from $0.25 to $119.99 per item.
Worth it if: you want a literal mansion mystery.
9. Hidden City
G5’s Hidden City is a hidden-object detective adventure in a “mystical Victorian city”, the City of Shadows. It has the youngest rating of the hidden-object picks: 9+ on the App Store, with advertising and messaging and chat labels but no loot-box label, and Everyone on Google Play. It is rated 4.6 on Google Play from about 1.14 million ratings.
Worth it if: you want a hidden-object game that is less grim than the others.
10. June’s Journey
Wooga’s June’s Journey is a “glamorous murder mystery adventure” set in the 1920s, where you search scenes for hidden objects and clues. It is the only 18+ game on the App Store in this list, with realistic violence, mature themes and loot boxes among its labels, and Teen on Google Play. It has 50M+ Google Play downloads and about 328,200 App Store ratings. Google Play shows purchases from $0.09 to $199.99 per item, the widest range here.
Worth it if: you are an adult player who wants a longer murder-mystery story.
11. Ravenhill
Mytona’s Ravenhill is a free detective hidden-object game about a city where “people have vanished without a trace”. The App Store label is 13+ with loot boxes and messaging and chat but no advertising label, and Google Play rates it Teen for language with no “Contains ads” label. Purchases run from $0.99 to $99.99 on Google Play.
Worth it if: you want a spooky city mystery with fewer ad labels.
How to choose, and what to check before spending
| If you liked this about Merge Mansion | Try |
|---|---|
| The merge board and the family secret | Merge Manor: Sunny House, Love & Pies, Mystery Town |
| Watching the house come back to life | Homescapes, Matchington Mansion, Manor Matters |
| The clues and the slow reveal | Mystery Manor, Hidden City, Ravenhill |
| A lower age rating | Merge Manor: Sunny House (4+), Hidden City (9+) |
- Every game here is free to download with in-app purchases. Google Play’s “per item” range covers the cheapest and priciest item, not what a typical player spends. Several listings carry the “Includes Random Items” tag, so read the store page before buying anything.
- Ads and chat labels differ by store. The App Store and Google Play label some games differently, for example Mystery Town and Love & Pies show advertising on the App Store but no “Contains ads” label on Google Play, so we report both.
- Merge Mansion itself runs on energy. Our Merge Mansion free energy guide explains its refill timer, which is worth knowing before you compare it with these.
We left out games the App Store marks with a “Simulated Gambling” label and any app that pays cash prizes.
FAQ
What is the closest game to Merge Mansion?
Merge Manor: Sunny House. Its listing has a missing grandma, a mystery manor and a merge board for renovating the house and garden, and it is rated 4+ on the App Store.
Are there games like Merge Mansion without merging?
Yes. Homescapes, Matchington Mansion and Manor Matters use match-3 levels to restore a mansion, and Mystery Manor, Hidden City, June’s Journey and Ravenhill use hidden-object scenes.
Which game like Merge Mansion has no ads label?
On Google Play, Love & Pies, Mystery Town, Homescapes, Manor Matters and Ravenhill show no “Contains ads” label. On the App Store, Ravenhill and Homescapes show no advertising label either. Both still sell items in the game.
Sources: Merge Mansion (App Store), Merge Manor: Sunny House, Love & Pies, Mystery Town, Gossip Harbor, Homescapes, Matchington Mansion, Manor Matters, Mystery Manor, Hidden City, June’s Journey, Ravenhill (App Store listings); Merge Mansion (Google Play) and each game’s Google Play listing, all checked November 10, 2026.
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