Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Very Little Nightmares

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
$22.59M/mo
~$271.07M/yr · 121.2M installs
VS

Very Little Nightmares

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
App Store
$40.1K/mo
~$481.0K/yr · 215K installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +56256% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +56255% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +85962% vs other
Rating winner Very Little Nightmares wins +3% 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 564× more per month than Very Little Nightmares - $22.59M vs $40.1K.
  2. Subscription model. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a $3.99/mo subscription that compounds; Very Little Nightmares relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~121.2M lifetime installs vs Very Little Nightmares's ~215K - 563.6× 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.

Minecraft: Play with Friends!
vs
Very Little Nightmares
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$22.59M
◀
$40.1K
Annual revenue (est.)
$271.07M
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$481.0K
Lifetime installs (est.)
121.2M
◀
215K
Monthly active users (est.)?
23.9M
◀
28K
App Store rating
4.50★
▶
4.65★
Total ratings
808K
◀
3K
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
May 5, 2026
File size
1.18 GB
Content rating
9+
Version
26.20
Languages
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German +16 more
View full Minecraft: Play with Friends! report →

Very Little Nightmares

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
App Store
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
View full Very Little Nightmares report →

Minecraft: Play with Friends! trajectory

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Related app pages

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Very Little Nightmares? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.59M per month, while Very Little Nightmares earns about $40.1K. That is a 563.6× revenue gap (~$22.55M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $271.07M/year, Very Little Nightmares ≈ $481.0K/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 Very Little Nightmares? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 121.2M estimated downloads vs 215K for Very Little Nightmares - a 563.6× gap. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 808K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Very Little Nightmares's App Store downloads are estimated from 3K ratings.
Are Minecraft: Play with Friends! 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 Minecraft: Play with Friends! and Very Little Nightmares offer? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Very Little Nightmares: no IAP detected on the public listing. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" 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, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Very Little Nightmares? v
Very Little Nightmares edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Minecraft: Play with Friends! 808K ratings, Very Little Nightmares 3K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Very Little Nightmares revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $22.59M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! 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 Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Very Little Nightmares to a different App Store app? v
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