Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Papers, Please

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
$22.88M/mo
~$274.62M/yr · 122.8M installs
VS

Papers, Please

3909
App Store
$12.7K/mo
~$151.9K/yr · 95K installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +180708% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +128971% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +54507% vs other
Rating winner Papers, Please wins +5% 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 1808× more per month than Papers, Please - $22.88M vs $12.7K.
  2. Subscription model. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a $3.99/mo subscription that compounds; Papers, Please relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~122.8M lifetime installs vs Papers, Please's ~95K - 1290.7× 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

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Minecraft: Play with Friends!
vs
Papers, Please
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$22.88M
◀
$12.7K
Annual revenue (est.)
$274.62M
◀
$151.9K
Lifetime installs (est.)
122.8M
◀
95K
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.8M
◀
12K
App Store rating
4.51★
▶
4.73★
Total ratings
818K
◀
1K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$3.99
◀
No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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0 tiers

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD6.99
Released
Nov 17, 2011
Last updated
Jun 25, 2026
File size
1.32 GB
Content rating
9+
Version
26.32
Languages
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German +16 more
View full Minecraft: Play with Friends! report →

Papers, Please

3909
App Store
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
View full Papers, Please report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Papers, Please? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.88M per month, while Papers, Please earns about $12.7K. That is a 1808.1× revenue gap (~$22.87M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $274.62M/year, Papers, Please ≈ $151.9K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Papers, Please? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 122.8M estimated downloads vs 95K for Papers, Please - a 1290.7× gap. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 818K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Papers, Please's App Store downloads are estimated from 1K ratings.
Are Minecraft: Play with Friends! 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.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Minecraft: Play with Friends! and Papers, Please offer? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Papers, Please: no IAP detected on the public listing. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" monetization model; Papers, Please runs "Paid app ($4.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Papers, Please? v
Papers, Please edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Minecraft: Play with Friends! 818K ratings, Papers, Please 1K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Papers, Please revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $22.88M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! and $12.7K 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 Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Papers, Please to a different App Store app? v
Use the search box at the bottom of this page or paste any two App Store links into the homepage tool. We auto-generate a permanent comparison URL with revenue, downloads, IAP tiers, subscription pricing and grossing rank for both apps.