Gambonanza vs Papers, Please
Gambonanza
Stray Fawn Studio
App Store
$20.3K/mo
~$243.5K/yr · 127K installs
VS
Papers, Please
3909
App Store
$12.6K/mo
~$151.2K/yr · 95K installs
Revenue winner
Gambonanza wins
+61% vs other
Installs winner
Gambonanza wins
+34% vs other
MAU winner
Gambonanza wins
+109% vs other
Rating winner
Gambonanza wins
+4% vs other
Why Gambonanza is winning
Top 1 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Gambonanza earns roughly 2× more per month than Papers, Please - $20.3K vs $12.6K.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Gambonanza
vs
Papers, Please
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$20.3K
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$12.6K
Annual revenue (est.)
$243.5K
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$151.2K
Lifetime installs (est.)
127K
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95K
Monthly active users (est.)?
26K
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12K
App Store rating
4.91★
◀
4.73★
Total ratings
847
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1K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD5.99
- Released
- May 1, 2026
- Last updated
- May 1, 2026
- File size
- 166.7 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.0.13
- Languages
- English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish +5 more
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD4.99
- Released
- Dec 12, 2014
- Last updated
- Jul 17, 2023
- File size
- 61.6 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 1.4.12
- Languages
- EU, Czech, English, French, German, Indonesian +10 more
Gambonanza trajectory
Papers, Please trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Gambonanza or Papers, Please? v
Gambonanza earns about $20.3K per month, while Papers, Please earns about $12.6K. That is a 1.6× revenue gap (~$7.7K more per month for Gambonanza). Annual revenue: Gambonanza ≈ $243.5K/year, Papers, Please ≈ $151.2K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Gambonanza or Papers, Please? v
Gambonanza leads with about 127K estimated downloads vs 95K for Papers, Please - a 1.3× gap. Gambonanza's App Store downloads are estimated from 729 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Papers, Please's App Store downloads are estimated from 1K ratings.
Are Gambonanza and Papers, Please 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.
Do Gambonanza and Papers, Please have in-app purchases? v
Gambonanza does not appear to offer in-app purchases on its public listing. Papers, Please does not appear to offer in-app purchases. Monetization model: Gambonanza runs "Paid app ($5.99)", Papers, Please runs "Paid app ($4.99)".
Which has better ratings, Gambonanza or Papers, Please? v
Gambonanza edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Gambonanza 729 ratings, Papers, Please 1K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Gambonanza vs Papers, Please revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $20.3K for Gambonanza and $12.6K for Papers, Please 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 Gambonanza or Papers, Please to a different App Store app? v
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