Tricky Story Level 4 Walkthroughs & Guide

Tricky Story Level 4 — Track down the traces of time Guide Overview

I needed a couple of tries before I stopped overthinking this level. The time‑travel reveal caught me off guard – one minute I'm tapping a phone, the next Anna's talking about being reborn in 2015. The trick isn't hiding items; it's reading her emotional progression. You'll collect eleven objects, but each one shifts her state from confusion to acceptance. My first attempt missed the cheese‑mouse‑hole trigger because I ignored the cat. Don't make that mistake.

Pattern Overview

A woman relives her past through everyday objects, each unlocking a clearer picture of where and when she is.

The Emotional Sequence

• Time Discrepancy Check: Phone and calendar establish the year is wrong – Anna's first spark of doubt.
• Self‑Image Shock: Mirror forces her to confront a younger reflection she doesn't recognise.
• Surrounding Evidence: Wall clock and diary confirm the time period feels both familiar and wrong.
• Emotional Anchor: Framed photo ties the room to a specific memory she can almost touch.
• Obsolete Media: Old TV and cassette tape reinforce the 2015 setting through forgotten technology.
• Living Proof: Newspaper date and sleeping kitten ground the timeline in living details.
• Final Trigger: Cheese bait in the mouse hole unlocks the physical action that ends the level.

Why This Level Feels Tricky

• You might tap items in any order and nothing happens – the game doesn't punish you, but it also doesn't advance until you follow Anna's psychological readiness.
• The cat seems decorative. Most players skip it because nothing obvious happens when you tap it. The real interaction comes after the cheese.

My "Aha!" Moment

I assumed any item would advance the story as long as I tapped everything. I tapped the phone, calendar, and clock quickly and got stuck. The trigger was watching Anna's dialogue after the mirror – she says "Is this face really mine?" and I realised each step builds her emotional state. After that, I understood the order isn't arbitrary: she needs to accept her reflection before she can process old photos or media.

Step 1. Establish the Anomaly

Tap the phone, then touch the time displayed on the screen. Tricky Story Level 4 begins here because Anna's first reaction is confusion about the present moment. Her line "This is my old phone" builds immediate emotional context. Without this step, the calendar won't resonate.

Step 2. Anchor the Year

The calendar hanging on the cabinet confirms 2015. Anna asks, "Is it really 2015 now?" This question is your psychological green light – she's now aware of the time travel. Tricky Story Level 4 uses this to shift her from denial to curiosity. Leaves ten items on the board.

Step 3. Face the Mirror's Truth

Open the cabinet, take the mirror, and give it to the girl. Touch her youthful reflection. "Is this face really mine?" Anna's shock is the turning point. Tricky Story Level 4 forces you to witness her self-image crisis before you can interact with other memories. The screen shakes briefly.

Step 4. Notice the Old Clock

The old-fashioned wall clock hangs silently. "Everything looks so familiar," she says. This step bridges the mirror's personal shock with the room's overall timeline. Tricky Story Level 4 wants you to realise the clock is stuck – a visual metaphor for her being trapped in 2015.

Step 5. Recover the Diary

The diary on the floor holds a lost memory. "This diary is the one I lost long ago." Tapping it makes Anna more open to the photo that follows. Tricky Story Level 4 uses this item to introduce regret, which prepares her for the next emotional beat.

Step 6. Connect to a Familiar Photo

The framed photo on the wall feels like déjà vu. "This photo looks so familiar," she says. This step is the emotional anchor – without it, the media items feel like random nostalgia. Tricky Story Level 4 places it after the diary to build a narrative arc from loss to recognition.

Step 7. Engage With the Old TV

The old-fashioned TV is dated but recognisable. Anna remarks on its design. Tricky Story Level 4 uses the TV to widen the temporal gap – she's seeing her world through a 2015 lens. After this, the cassette tape feels inevitable.

Step 8. Pick Up the Cassette Tape

The cassette tape is obsolete in 2025. "In 2025 no one uses cassette tapes anymore," she says. Tricky Story Level 4 forces you to handle this object to complete the media set. The combination of TV and tape clears her nostalgia and prepares her for concrete evidence.

Step 9. Read the Newspaper

The newspaper on the floor gives a printed date. "A newspaper from 2015." This is the final factual clue. Tricky Story Level 4 uses it to move Anna from emotional processing to logical acceptance. Leaves exactly two items: the cat and the cheese.

Step 10. Pet the Sleeping Cat

The sleeping cat is Mimi as a kitten. "Mimi was still little at that time," Anna says. Tricky Story Level 4 includes this to personalise the timeline – the cat's size is irrefutable. This step triggers the final shift: she's ready to act.

Step 11. Use the Cheese to Escape

Drag the cheese into the mouse hole, then tap it. This is the only interaction that changes the room physically. Tricky Story Level 4 ends with a small puzzle action – the mouse hole becomes a symbolic exit. The screen zooms into the hole as the level resolves.

The Logic Behind It

Tricky Story Level 4 is solved by following Anna's psychological progression: first establish the time anomaly, then confront her identity, then collect evidence, and finally perform a physical action. Each step either satisfies a doubt or unlocks the next emotional state.

Final Scene Description

When I finished, I watched the mouse hole swallow the cheese piece, and the screen pulled back to show Anna standing alone in her 2015 room. The calendar still read 2015. Tricky Story Level 4 left me with that frozen date and the sound of a ticking clock starting again. The cat didn't move. I felt like I'd stepped out of a photograph.