Comparison

The Mutiny vs HollowLight

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

Head to head
About

The Mutiny

Explore a post-apocalyptic open world, battling evolving zombies and crafting weapons. Uncover hidden upgrades and rare materials in abandoned towns as you progress through this evolving survival adventure.

Highlights
  • Open-world exploration
  • Evolving zombie combat
  • Blueprint crafting system
  • Vendor system for rare materials
  • Inventory and leveling system
  • Night exploration with flashlight
  • Melee and ranged combat
Features
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The world ended. You didn't. The Mutiny is an open-world zombie survival game. Scavenge, craft, farm, raise animals and fight your way through a fog-covered world full of the dead - alone or online with friends. SURVIVE • Explore the Meadows, a ruined city and the tunnels underneath it. • Keep yourself fed, watered and healthy, and watch your stamina and carry weight. • Thick fog hides what's coming. Your lantern pushes the dark back. FIGHT • Guns, bows with special arrows, bats, axes and more. • Grenades for every job: freeze, surge, fire, sticky and lock grenades that home in on the dead. • Walkers, runners, flyers, zombie dogs and worse. BUILD AND CRAFT • Craft weapons, armor, gear, food and medicine at your benches. • Build fences, turrets and traps to hold your ground. • Dress your survivor from a big wardrobe of armor sets. FARM AND RAISE ANIMALS • Grow crops in your own planters. • Raise chickens, ducks, goats, sheep, pigs, cows, horses and more. • Ride horses across the map. • Adopt a dog that fights by your side. HORDE MODE • Defend Eastgate Pumping Station wave after wave. • Protect the gates, escort survivors through the tunnels and spend your guts on new weapons between waves. • Hire builder robots to put up fences, turrets and traps. • Play solo or online with up to 4 survivors. PLAY TOGETHER • Host your world online and survive with friends. Touch controls on mobile, plus controller support.

About

HollowLight

Guide a small spirit to push back encroaching darkness in procedurally generated dungeons. Collect gear and upgrades to customize your playstyle and defend your forest home. The challenge grows even when you're offline.

Highlights
  • Procedurally generated dungeons
  • Dynamic traps and enemies
  • Gear and upgrade collection
  • Playstyle customization
  • Offline play
  • Character progression
Features
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The Darkness is Coming. Your Light, the Only Thing it Fears. As The Tide of Darkness and Destruction Spreads, the Nurnen Forest Fades, its Ancient Light Waning. You—One Tiny, Radiant Orblit— are CHOSEN to Carry the Torch and Push Back the Gloom! > Become Brody, a Spirit of The Forest! An Unlikely Hero, and Master of Last-Second Dodges, With a Destiny Far Larger than His Size. > Conquer Ever‑Shifting Dungeons! Explore Procedural Labyrinths Filled with Dynamic Traps, Secrets, and Abominations Born of Shadow. No Two Runs Feel the Same. > Claim New Gear and Rise With Every Run! Discover Weapons, Armour, Sidekicks, Upgrades, and Precious Supplies to Shape YOUR own Playstyle. > Defend the Nurnen Forest! Fight to Protect what Remains of your Home and its Villagers, Man & Beast, Hopelessly Clinging to the Light. > The Darkness Never Sleeps! Even Offline, the World Shifts and the Threat Grows. Return to find New Dangers—and New Opportunities. *Developers Note* - Created Solo with a Lot of Love (and coffee). Thank you for Keeping Indie Dev Burning Bright!

Screenshots

The Mutiny4 screens
HollowLight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HollowLight at Free against The Mutiny's $4.99. HollowLight also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%). The Mutiny's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On ads, 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

HollowLight is free to download; The Mutiny costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Mutiny ships an update weekly, HollowLight every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
The Mutiny versus HollowLight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe MutinyHollowLight
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2.8 GB284 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperLuis DalmasyAdam Hutchinson

Customer experience

The Mutiny

All ratings20 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative6.3%

HollowLight

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

The Mutiny

No in-app purchases

None

HollowLight

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Mutiny free?
The Mutiny costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is HollowLight free?
HollowLight is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do The Mutiny or HollowLight have ads?
Neither The Mutiny nor HollowLight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Mutiny or HollowLight?
The Mutiny ships an update weekly, and HollowLight every 3 months. Most recently, The Mutiny was updated on October 25, 2026 and HollowLight on October 15, 2026.

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