Comparison

Slender Threads vs Leaving home

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Leaving home

A handcrafted point-and-click adventure game featuring quirky challenges and surreal surprises. Solve original puzzles across eight interconnected rooms, each with its own soundtrack, to escape.

Highlights
  • Point-and-click adventure gameplay
  • Handcrafted puzzles
  • Eight interconnected rooms
  • Unique soundtrack per room
  • Surreal surprises
  • Quirky challenges
Features
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It’s 7:00 AM, the alarm rings. Some mornings feel heavier than others... From puzzle maestro Bart Bonte comes a point-and-click adventure filled with quirky challenges, surreal surprises and moody tunes. Undo the knots in your mind, one click at a time... Leaving Home is a completely handcrafted point-and-click adventure that takes you through eight interconnected rooms, each with its own soundtrack, full of original puzzles that you must solve to make your way out.

Screenshots

Slender Threads4 screens
Leaving home3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Slender Threads at none against Leaving home's shown. Slender Threads also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). Leaving home's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (93% vs 83%). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Slender Threads sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Leaving home sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Leaving home holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 442 and 394 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Slender Threads's written reviews are positive against 93% of Leaving home's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slender Threads ships an update every 3 weeks, Leaving home every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Slender Threads versus Leaving home: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlender ThreadsLeaving home
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (442 ratings)4.8 (394 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.1% of reviews93.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings442 — better394
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3.0 GB31 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperBlyts LLCBart BONTE

Customer experience

Slender Threads

All ratings442 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral4.1%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews148 reviews
Positive83.1%
Neutral2.7%
Negative14.2%

Leaving home

All ratings394 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral1.3%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews227 reviews
Positive93.4%
Neutral0.9%
Negative5.7%

Bugs and requests

Slender Threads

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Leaving home

Requested features

2 requests
  • More games like this
  • Longer game duration

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Slender Threads

One-time3
  • Buy 30 tickets$0.99
  • Buy 100 tickets$2.99
  • Full Game$9.99
1 purchases

Leaving home

One-time1
  • no ads$2.99

Questions

Is Slender Threads free?
Slender Threads is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Leaving home free?
Leaving home is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Slender Threads or Leaving home?
Leaving home is rated higher. Slender Threads averages 4.6 out of 5 from 442 ratings, while Leaving home averages 4.8 from 394 ratings.
Do Slender Threads or Leaving home have ads?
Leaving home shows ads; Slender Threads does not.
Which is updated more often, Slender Threads or Leaving home?
Slender Threads ships an update every 3 weeks, and Leaving home every 6 weeks. Most recently, Slender Threads was updated on September 26, 2026 and Leaving home on September 25, 2026.

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