Plague Inc. vs Very Little Nightmares
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.5K/mo
~$7.73M/yr · 24.4M installs
VS
Very Little Nightmares
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
App Store
$40.1K/mo
~$481.0K/yr · 215K installs
Revenue winner
Plague Inc. wins
+1508% vs other
Installs winner
Plague Inc. wins
+11253% vs other
MAU winner
Plague Inc. wins
+17589% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+4% vs other
Why Plague Inc. is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Plague Inc. earns roughly 16× more per month than Very Little Nightmares - $644.5K vs $40.1K.
- Bigger install base. Plague Inc. has ~24.4M lifetime installs vs Very Little Nightmares's ~215K - 113.5× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Plague Inc. 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.
Plague Inc.
vs
Very Little Nightmares
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$644.5K
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$40.1K
Annual revenue (est.)
$7.73M
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$481.0K
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.4M
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215K
Monthly active users (est.)?
4.9M
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28K
App Store rating
4.81★
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4.65★
Total ratings
163K
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3K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD0.99
- Released
- May 26, 2012
- Last updated
- May 6, 2026
- File size
- 123.6 MB
- Content rating
- 9+
- Version
- 1.24.4
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +8 more
- 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
Plague Inc. trajectory
Very Little Nightmares trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Plague Inc. or Very Little Nightmares? v
Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K per month, while Very Little Nightmares earns about $40.1K. That is a 16.1× revenue gap (~$604.4K more per month for Plague Inc.). Annual revenue: Plague Inc. ≈ $7.73M/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, Plague Inc. or Very Little Nightmares? v
Plague Inc. leads with about 24.4M estimated downloads vs 215K for Very Little Nightmares - a 113.5× gap. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Very Little Nightmares's App Store downloads are estimated from 3K ratings.
Are Plague Inc. 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 Plague Inc. and Very Little Nightmares offer? v
Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Very Little Nightmares: no IAP detected on the public listing. Plague Inc. runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" 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, Plague Inc. or Very Little Nightmares? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Plague Inc. 163K ratings, Very Little Nightmares 3K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Plague Inc. vs Very Little Nightmares revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $644.5K for Plague Inc. 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 Plague Inc. or Very Little Nightmares to a different App Store app? v
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