Candy Crush Saga vs Very Little Nightmares
Candy Crush Saga
King
App Store
$18.75M/mo
~$225.03M/yr · 664.6M installs
VS
Very Little Nightmares
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
App Store
$40.1K/mo
~$481.4K/yr · 215K installs
Revenue winner
Candy Crush Saga wins
+46650% vs other
Installs winner
Candy Crush Saga wins
+308720% vs other
MAU winner
Candy Crush Saga wins
+38203% vs other
Rating winner
Candy Crush Saga wins
+1% vs other
Why Candy Crush Saga is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Candy Crush Saga earns roughly 467× more per month than Very Little Nightmares - $18.75M vs $40.1K.
- Subscription model. Candy Crush Saga runs a $26.03/mo subscription that compounds; Very Little Nightmares relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Candy Crush Saga has ~664.6M lifetime installs vs Very Little Nightmares's ~215K - 3088.2× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Candy Crush Saga runs 8 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
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Side-by-side metrics
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Candy Crush Saga
vs
Very Little Nightmares
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$18.75M
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$40.1K
Annual revenue (est.)
$225.03M
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$481.4K
Lifetime installs (est.)
664.6M
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215K
Monthly active users (est.)?
10.6M
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28K
App Store rating
4.71★
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4.65★
Total ratings
3.9M
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3K
US grossing rank
#11
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$26.03
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
8 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Nov 14, 2012
- Last updated
- May 6, 2026
- File size
- 313.6 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 1.327.0.1
- Languages
- Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch +23 more
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD6.99
- Released
- May 29, 2019
- Last updated
- Feb 5, 2021
- File size
- 1.64 GB
- Content rating
- 9+
- Version
- 1.2.0
- Languages
- Catalan, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +6 more
Candy Crush Saga trajectory
Very Little Nightmares trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Candy Crush Saga or Very Little Nightmares? v
Candy Crush Saga earns about $18.75M per month, while Very Little Nightmares earns about $40.1K. That is a 467.5× revenue gap (~$18.71M more per month for Candy Crush Saga). Annual revenue: Candy Crush Saga ≈ $225.03M/year, Very Little Nightmares ≈ $481.4K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Candy Crush Saga or Very Little Nightmares? v
Candy Crush Saga leads with about 664.6M estimated downloads vs 215K for Very Little Nightmares - a 3088.2× gap. Candy Crush Saga's App Store downloads are estimated from 3.9M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Very Little Nightmares's App Store downloads are estimated from 3K ratings.
Are Candy Crush Saga and Very Little Nightmares in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Games category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Candy Crush Saga and Very Little Nightmares offer? v
Candy Crush Saga: IAP range 8 tiers detected. Very Little Nightmares: no IAP detected on the public listing. Candy Crush Saga runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #11" monetization model; Very Little Nightmares runs "Paid app ($6.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Candy Crush Saga or Very Little Nightmares? v
Candy Crush Saga edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Candy Crush Saga 3.9M ratings, Very Little Nightmares 3K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Candy Crush Saga vs Very Little Nightmares revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $18.75M for Candy Crush Saga and $40.1K for Very Little Nightmares are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Games) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Candy Crush Saga or Very Little Nightmares to a different App Store app? v
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