Slender Threads vs The Patrick Star Game
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Slender Threads
Embark on a point-and-click adventure as Harvey Green, who discovers his recurring nightmare might predict his inescapable fate. Explore a peculiar town, interact with strange characters, and solve puzzles to prevent his visions from becoming reality.
- Point-and-click exploration
- Dialogue and puzzle-solving
- Curious tale with twists and humor
- Voice-acted characters
- Hand-drawn 2D/3D art
- Haunting original score
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"Every night it's the same dream: my own head, mounted on a wall." While wandering an unfamiliar town, Harvey Green follows a string of paranormal events to a grim realization: his recurring nightmare may foretell an inescapable fate. In this point-and-click thriller adventure, guide Harvey through the peculiar streets, shops, and surroundings of Villa Ventana as he seeks to prevent his visions from becoming reality. Features: * A timeless point-and-click blend of exploration, dialogue, and puzzle-solving * A curious tale that melds shocking twists with absurd humor * Dozens of strange, memorable characters brought to life by a cast of celebrated voice actors * Hand-drawn art that combines 2D and 3D to create striking, "diorama-like" visuals * An original, haunting score
The Patrick Star Game
Explore Bikini Bottom as Patrick Star in this open-world physics-based sandbox game. Use items to create chaos, complete challenges set by friends, and unlock iconic outfits. Embrace silliness and unpredictable fun in a familiar universe.
- Open-world Bikini Bottom playground
- Physics-based sandbox gameplay
- Complete challenges from friends
- Use various items to interact with the environment
- Unlock iconic Patrick outfits
- Interact with SpongeBob characters
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Patrick fans, your time has come - and Bikini Bottom is your open-world playground! So become the Star of the show, put your silliest ideas into action, and enjoy the physics-based chaos that unfolds all around you. From The Krusty Krab to Glove World, the SpongeBob universe is yours to goof off in. Skydive with just a parasol (or nothing at all), search for buried treasure in the Dump, or release the rage in Mrs. Puff’s Rage Room. Use almost any item you can find, from the reef blower to a can of paint, to change the world into Patrick’s dream playground. TAKE ON CHALLENGES Set up by your best friends like SpongeBob, Sandy Cheeks, Mr. Krabs, and … Plankton FUN WITH PHYSICS Take things and push them somewhere else. Physics! THIS IS PATRICK! Create hilarious mayhem in the open world of Bikini Bottom. ICONIC STYLES Unlock classic Patrick outfits with your crazy stunts and collectibles. EVERYONE'S HERE Get silly with SpongeBob, Squidward, Sandy, and more. So step inside one of Bikini Bottom’s most enigmatic minds, forget all the rules, and have the most hilariously unpredictable experience you can imagine! -- © 2025 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. Nickelodeon, SpongeBob SquarePants and all related titles, logos and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc. Created by Stephen Hillenburg. Published by Outright Games Limited. Software ©2025 Outright Games Limited. ©2025 Developed by PHL Collective. PHL Collective and its related trademarks and logos are property of PHL Collective. All rights reserved. --
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Slender Threads at 83% against The Patrick Star Game's 40%. Slender Threads also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3). The Patrick Star Game's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Slender Threads sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and The Patrick Star Game sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Slender Threads holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 442 and 767 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Slender Threads's written reviews are positive against 40% of The Patrick Star Game's.
Slender Threads ships an update every 3 weeks, The Patrick Star Game fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Slender Threads | The Patrick Star Game |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (442 ratings) — better | 4.3 (767 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.1% of reviews — better | 39.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 442 | 767 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3.0 GB | 493 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blyts LLC | Outright Games Limited |
Customer experience
Slender Threads
The Patrick Star Game
Bugs and requests
Slender Threads
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
The Patrick Star Game
Reported bugs
2 issues- Every time I get out of the playground it puts 10 seconds and I always get irritated
- I can only got one skin in the game
Requested features
3 requests- More frequent updates
- More stuff from the show
- Ability to go into actual buildings
In-app purchases
Slender Threads
- Buy 30 tickets$0.99
- Buy 100 tickets$2.99
- Full Game$9.99
The Patrick Star Game
- Full Game Unlock$9.99
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