Beneath The Lighthouse vs Slime Labs 3
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beneath The Lighthouse
Embark on a serene puzzle adventure as a boy searching for his lost Grandpa. Explore mysterious mechanical contraptions beneath a darkened lighthouse and uncover the truth behind its silence. This game offers a free-to-play experience with ads and a lives system, or a premium unlock to remove ads and the lives system.
- Serene puzzle action gameplay
- Explore mysterious mechanical wheels
- Search for a lost Grandpa
- Free-to-play with ads
- Premium unlock option
- Lives system (free version)
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"I stare at the horizon every night before I sleep hoping to catch a glimpse of the lighthouse.The light reminds me of Grandpa and my summer visits playing on the cliffs. That warm life saving beacon not only saves ships, it keeps me safe too. Grandpa’s there just across the water watching over me. But the lighthouse hasn't shone now for days and the fog is thick! What's happened? It's time to visit Grandpa!" Beneath the lighthouse is a serene puzzle action game about a boy in search of his lost Grandpa. Your journey will take you through mysterious mechanical wheels that lay beneath the lighthouse! **Beneath The Lighthouse is optimized for iPhone5, iPad3, iPad mini2 and iPod Touch 5G or Newer. You can try it on older devices, but we can’t guarantee a smooth rolling experience! -This game is free to play or can be unlocked to a premium experience- Free to Play: We use advertising to monetise the experience. There are no coins/gems/booster to pay for or timers. The free version of the game contains a lives system which is carefully balanced to be fair but that makes the game slightly harder than premium. Premium unlock: We offer a single iAP to unlock the game to a premium experience. The premium version contains no 3rd party ads and we remove the lives system. This game contains cross promotion for other Nitrome games and this is not removed with the IAP for removal of ads.
Slime Labs 3
Navigate a frozen lab filled with slippery ice and dangerous traps as a shape-shifting blob of ooze. Master physics-based platforming challenges, collect data disks, and uncover secrets in this retro-inspired adventure.
- Super fun slime physics
- Addicting gameplay
- New game mechanics
- Catchy retro tunes
- Secrets and multiple endings
- Frozen lab exploration
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Slime is marooned on planet Freezia and needs your help! Explore a frozen lab with slippery ice and new dangerous traps. Slime Labs 3 is a physics based platformer where you control a blob of green ooze that can squish, stretch, shrink, and get frozen. Perfect all the levels while collecting all the lost data disks. Features: • Super fun slime physics • Addicting gameplay • New game mechanics • Catchy retro tunes • Secrets and multiple endings
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Slime Labs 3 at none against Beneath The Lighthouse's 1. Beneath The Lighthouse's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 14 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Beneath The Lighthouse sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Slime Labs 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Beneath The Lighthouse against 4.3 for Slime Labs 3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 70 and 37 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Beneath The Lighthouse's written reviews are positive against 59% of Slime Labs 3's.
Beneath The Lighthouse ships an update every 4 months, Slime Labs 3 every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beneath The Lighthouse | Slime Labs 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (70 ratings) | 4.3 (37 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.8% of reviews | 59.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 70 — better | 37 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 205 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | Gionathan Pesaresi |
Customer experience
Beneath The Lighthouse
Slime Labs 3
Bugs and requests
Beneath The Lighthouse
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to skip intro
- Screen rotation issues
- Crashes after completing levels
- Glitches with character model
Requested features
5 requests- More levels
- Ability to listen to own music
- Difficulty settings
- Checkpoint system
- Improved performance on older devices
Slime Labs 3
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Beneath The Lighthouse
- Premium Unlock$3.99
Slime Labs 3
No in-app purchases
Questions
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