Bend the Light vs Superliminal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bend the Light
A puzzle game where you manipulate lasers and mirrors to hit targets. It features over 50 pre-made levels and a robust editor for creating and sharing your own challenges with a community of players.
- Over 50 hand-crafted puzzles
- Puzzle editor for custom levels
- Share and play user-made puzzles
- Hint system for assistance
- Laser and mirror deflection gameplay
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Bend the Light is a puzzle game of lasers and mirrors. Your goal is to build constructions that deflect beams so they hit desingated targets. It offers levels ranging from easy distractions to hard challenges. # Features - More than 50 hand-crafted puzzles - A puzzle editor. Build your own levels! - Share your puzzles with other players - Access to other user-made puzzles - Hint function to help you to find the solutions
Superliminal
Experience a first-person puzzle game where perception is reality. Solve impossible challenges by thinking creatively and embracing the unexpected in a dreamlike world with a unique narrative.
- First-person perspective puzzles
- Optical illusion mechanics
- Perspective-based challenges
- Intriguing voiced narrative
- Subdued and surreal world design
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*NOTICE - TRY BEFORE YOU BUY* - Play the beginning for free. A one-time in-app purchase unlocks the full game. No ads. Falling asleep at 3AM, you close your eyes to the cheesy commercial of Dr. Pierce's dream therapy program. You wake up in an unfamiliar enviornment, only to realize that you're stuck in a dream - a dream where perception is reality. Welcome to Superliminal. Superliminal is a first-person puzzle game inspired perspective and optical illusions. Players tackle impossible puzzles by thinking outside the box and learning to expect the unexpected. This game features a wonderfully subdued world, an intriguingly voiced narrative, and things that are really weird.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Superliminal at none against Bend the Light's shown. Superliminal also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 5). Bend the Light's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 72%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Bend the Light sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Superliminal sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bend the Light holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Superliminal has 1.3K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Bend the Light's written reviews are positive against 72% of Superliminal's.
Bend the Light ships an update every 6 months, Superliminal every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bend the Light | Superliminal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.7 (1.3K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 71.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 1.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 1.9 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Stanley Lam | Noodlecake |
Customer experience
Bend the Light
Superliminal
Bugs and requests
Bend the Light
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Superliminal
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes on loading screens
- Glitches with objects and navigation
- Unremovable red line on screen
- Inconsistent and buggy door behavior
- Saving and progress issues across devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add controller support
- Improve camera controls and sensitivity
- Provide more levels and content
- Add a hint system or tutorial
- Optimize performance and stability
In-app purchases
Bend the Light
- 3 hints$0.99
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Premium Pack$0.99
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- 10 hints$1.99
- 30 hints$4.99
- 75 hints$9.99
Superliminal
- Full Game$2.99
- Full Game Unlock$7.99
