Little Nightmares vs Subnautica
Little Nightmares
Playdigious
Google Play
$93.0K/mo
~$1.12M/yr · 970K installs
VS
Subnautica
Unknown Worlds
Google Play
$11.3K/mo
~$135.7K/yr · 94K installs
Revenue winner
Little Nightmares wins
+722% vs other
Installs winner
Little Nightmares wins
+928% vs other
MAU winner
Little Nightmares wins
+654% vs other
Rating winner
Subnautica wins
+6% vs other
Why Little Nightmares is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Little Nightmares earns roughly 8× more per month than Subnautica - $93.0K vs $11.3K.
- Bigger install base. Little Nightmares has ~970K lifetime installs vs Subnautica's ~94K - 10.3× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Little Nightmares
vs
Subnautica
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$93.0K
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$11.3K
Annual revenue (est.)
$1.12M
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$135.7K
Lifetime installs (est.)
970K
◀
94K
Monthly active users (est.)?
142K
◀
19K
App Store rating
4.36★
▶
4.64★
Total ratings
14K
◀
5K
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
- Adventure
- Price
- USD7.99
- Released
- Dec 12, 2023
- Last updated
- Feb 25, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- 1.4
- Languages
- -
- Category
- Adventure
- Price
- USD9.99
- Released
- Jul 8, 2025
- Last updated
- Feb 23, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Everyone 10+
- Version
- 1.22.83315
- Languages
- -
Little Nightmares trajectory
Subnautica trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Little Nightmares or Subnautica? v
Little Nightmares earns about $93.0K per month, while Subnautica earns about $11.3K. That is a 8.2× revenue gap (~$81.7K more per month for Little Nightmares). Annual revenue: Little Nightmares ≈ $1.12M/year, Subnautica ≈ $135.7K/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Little Nightmares or Subnautica? v
Little Nightmares leads with about 970K estimated downloads vs 94K for Subnautica - a 10.3× gap. Little Nightmares reports 500,000+ installs on Google Play. Subnautica reports 50,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Little Nightmares and Subnautica in the same Google Play category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Adventure 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 Little Nightmares and Subnautica offer? v
Little Nightmares: IAP range $0.49 per item. Subnautica: no IAP detected on the public listing. Little Nightmares runs a "Paid app ($7.99)" monetization model; Subnautica runs "Paid app ($9.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Little Nightmares or Subnautica? v
Subnautica edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 4.4 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Little Nightmares 517 ratings, Subnautica 458 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Little Nightmares vs Subnautica revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $93.0K for Little Nightmares and $11.3K for Subnautica are derived from Google Play grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Adventure) - 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 Little Nightmares or Subnautica to a different Google Play app? v
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