Knives Out vs Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Knives Out

NetEase Games
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 23K installs
VS

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
$22.59M/mo
~$271.07M/yr · 121.2M installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +2258922000% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +536125% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +541625% vs other
Rating winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +4% vs other

Why Minecraft: Play with Friends! is winning

Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns roughly 22589220× more per month than Knives Out - $22.59M vs $0.
  2. Subscription model. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a $3.99/mo subscription that compounds; Knives Out relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~121.2M lifetime installs vs Knives Out's ~23K - 5362.2× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs 10 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

Knives Out
vs
Minecraft: Play with Friends!
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
$22.59M
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
$271.07M
Lifetime installs (est.)
23K
121.2M
Monthly active users (est.)?
4K
23.9M
App Store rating
4.34★
4.50★
Total ratings
452
808K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$3.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
10 tiers

Knives Out

NetEase Games
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Nov 14, 2017
Last updated
May 8, 2026
File size
2.76 GB
Content rating
12+
Version
17.5
Languages
English, Japanese, Chinese, Chinese
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Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD6.99
Released
Nov 17, 2011
Last updated
May 5, 2026
File size
1.18 GB
Content rating
9+
Version
26.20
Languages
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German +16 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Knives Out or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.59M per month, while Knives Out earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$22.59M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Knives Out ≈ $0/year, Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $271.07M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Knives Out or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 121.2M estimated downloads vs 23K for Knives Out - a 5362.2× gap. Knives Out's App Store downloads are estimated from 451 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 808K ratings.
Are Knives Out and Minecraft: Play with Friends! 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 Knives Out and Minecraft: Play with Friends! offer? v
Knives Out: no IAP detected on the public listing. Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Knives Out runs a "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)" monetization model; Minecraft: Play with Friends! 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, Knives Out or Minecraft: Play with Friends!? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! edges ahead with ★ 4.5 vs ★ 4.3 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Knives Out 451 ratings, Minecraft: Play with Friends! 808K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Knives Out vs Minecraft: Play with Friends! revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for Knives Out and $22.59M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! 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 Knives Out or Minecraft: Play with Friends! to a different App Store app? v
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