Following its release, Moida Mansion received praise for its resemblance to LCD handheld game displays and the variety of its puzzles within the limitations of its visual design.

Moida Mansion is visually presented as an imitation of a handheld game device with an LCD screen featuring gameplay elements and an overlay with pressable buttons.

[3][4] Occasionally, searching will make a monster named The Monsta appear behind windows or doors and chase the player, requiring them to leave the room to avoid being caught and ending the game.

Describing the game as "oddly compelling", Matt Wales of Eurogamer stated that it "builds an impressive amount of variety from a relatively limited number of visual elements".

[1] Wes Fenlon of PC Gamer stated that the game did not have "much challenge" as the player could easily escape The Monsta, but "was impressed by the variety of puzzle interactions given the simplistic controls".