Comparison

Not Another Weekend vs Moth Lake

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

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About

Not Another Weekend

Embark on a humorous point-and-click adventure set in the '80s. Play as a peculiar bellboy with a dark plan to clear out a high-class hotel over a single weekend. Experience a unique story filled with twists, strange characters, and challenging puzzles.

Highlights
  • Pixel art graphics
  • Unique story with twists
  • Strange characters and funny dialogues
  • Adult humor
  • Challenging puzzles
  • Original soundtrack
Features
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For all the fans of pixel art out there, get ready for one wacky adventure! You play as a bellboy, Mike Melkout, who works in a high-class hotel. Mike may seem crazy, or even peculiar, or he might as well be. However, he has only one plan. A dark plan! To kick everyone out in a single Weekend. A humorous point-and-click adventure game set in the ’80s as a tribute to the pop culture of that era. Key Features: - Beautiful pixel art graphics. - A unique story with lots of twists. - Strange characters, depicting some famous 80’s icons, and funny dialogues. - Adult humor and challenging puzzles. - Original soundtrack.

About

Moth Lake

Uncover a small town's dark secret through a story-driven adventure. Navigate a 2.5D pixel art world, solve unconventional puzzles, and make choices that impact character relationships and the narrative's outcome. Experience thrills, suspense, and horror with a touch of dark humor.

Highlights
  • 2.5D pixel art with frame-to-frame animations
  • Simple controls for touch, mouse, keyboard, and controllers
  • Unconventional puzzles with optional walkthrough
  • Stealth-action gameplay
  • Choices affecting character bonds and narrative
  • Multiple endings
  • Original soundtrack
Features
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Synopsis: This is the story of Moth Lake, a small town that, behind its peaceful facade, hides a terrible secret. Only a group of teenagers, with a difficult life, will reveal what has been hidden for generations. Mysterious events will intensify starting from the eve of a solar eclipse, and our young friends will start a journey into the shadow and into their own soul. What to expect from this game: In short: •2.5D pixel art (Frame to frame animations, as if we are still in '90s) • Simple controls (Supporting touch screen, mouse, keyboard and controllers) • Unconventional puzzles (Don't worry, there's a free walkthrough if you need help!) • Stealth-action • Choices that will change the bonds between the characters as well as the spirit of the experience (Just like in life, a choice can make the difference between friendship, love, hate, life or death) • Thrills, suspense and horror (Not a survival game, but it can be creepy or scary at times) • Bad humor and strong language (They are teenagers, don't judge them) • At some point this experience might even move you to tear (I'm not crying, I just got a pixel in my eye) • 6 different endings • A soundtrack that is original, suggestive, and exciting In detail: Moth Lake is a story-driven experience, with a lot of textual contents (more than 20k words), and hundreds of different scenes (more than 300 scenarios). The script is a long journey through a mystery, through horrors and through the characters hearts. It contains dark topics and very sad stuff, but also a lot of nonsense jokes and weird conversations, so it's hard to say whether it is a horror game or not. The main characters move around a 2.5D world, interacting with many hotspots and NPCs. They can pull objects and perform a set of specific actions to solve very different puzzles. The artwork is a modern pixel art, with a big colour palette and a lot of frame-to-frame animations. There's a very large set of animations, including talking, walking, running, crouching, crawling, pushing, climbing, sneaking, punching, throwing... and much more. Scenarios have some modern lighting/shading work, with particles effects and a constant use of parallax, to simulate a 3D environment. There are 6 main characters and more than 50 NPCs, with their own look and personality. You can control 7 characters through the main story and more in the additional chapters. They all move their eyes, they change facial expressions, and they have some peculiar behaviours. As the story proceeds, the player has to take some choices, affecting the characters mood and sometimes even the plot. For most of the time the player controls a character surrounded by his/her friends. Each one has some kind of skill to be used at the right moment, and sometimes even their personality will be important to solve a puzzle. Some puzzles can be solved by a single character, while other must be solved using the whole squad cooperation. As I said, the game aims to give psychological horror vibes. So keep in mind that this game is not for everyone! Some scenes are disturbing, some scenes may give you anxiety, and some other scenes are extremely sad. Characters are constantly called to face their difficult past, and to go through their scary present. They need to hide, to take terrible decisions and sometimes even to fight for their lives. ...But after all, your choices can lead you to the best possible ending, and if you fail, you can always try again.

Screenshots

Not Another Weekend4 screens
Moth Lake4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Not Another Weekend at 4.8 against Moth Lake's 4.3. Not Another Weekend also leads on chart position (#174 vs unranked) and price ($1.99 vs $3.99). Moth Lake's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months). On review sentiment, 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

Not Another Weekend costs $1.99 and Moth Lake $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Not Another Weekend holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 53 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Not Another Weekend's written reviews are positive against 72% of Moth Lake's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Not Another Weekend ships an update every 10 months, Moth Lake every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Not Another Weekend versus Moth Lake: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNot Another WeekendMoth Lake
Price$1.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.8 (53 ratings) — better4.3 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews78.8% of reviews — better72.0% of reviews
Number of ratings53 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#174 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.411.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size264 MB121 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperDionous GamesStefano Mazzotta

Customer experience

Not Another Weekend

All ratings53 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral1.9%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive78.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative15.2%

Moth Lake

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive72.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Not Another Weekend

No in-app purchases

None

Moth Lake

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Not Another Weekend free?
Not Another Weekend costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Moth Lake free?
Moth Lake costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Not Another Weekend or Moth Lake?
Not Another Weekend is rated higher. Not Another Weekend averages 4.8 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while Moth Lake averages 4.3 from 12 ratings.
Do Not Another Weekend or Moth Lake have ads?
Neither Not Another Weekend nor Moth Lake shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Not Another Weekend or Moth Lake?
Not Another Weekend ships an update every 10 months, and Moth Lake every 2 months. Most recently, Not Another Weekend was updated on November 3, 2026 and Moth Lake on November 3, 2026.

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