[3][4] According to the official website as of March 20, 2015, twenty-three players have completed the game and over 275,000 people are participating in Do Not Believe His Lies.

Gameplay is centered on the player solving a series of puzzles and riddles.

[8][9] TUAW complimented the storytelling aspect of the game, writing that "A fascinating part of the game and what makes it rather enjoyable is that each code seems to form a kind of story.

"[10] Kotaku gave a more mixed review due to the app charging for puzzle hints, writing "I do understand that the developer needs to make money off this game somehow, but it's hard not to walk away with the sense that it was deliberately made difficult to try to squeeze as much money away from people as possible.

And maybe it doesn't matter in the end—the game is pretty damn good.