Candlehead vs Subway Horror
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Candlehead
Explore a surreal, candle-lit horror world in this first-person game. Investigate a deserted village, solve environmental puzzles, and evade a mysterious pursuer to find your way home.
- First-person gameplay
- Non-linear open world
- Stealth and survival
- Item-based puzzles
- Environmental storytelling
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Enter a surreal world of candle lit horror. Who is Candlehead? Where has everybody in the village gone? How will you return home? Are you in danger? Explore a dark and eerie first person horror game where your doom flickers in the form of a candle barely visible through the dusky gloom. Solve the puzzles of the your surroundings to aid your escape and attempt to investigate what has befallen the village as well as who, or what, is chasing you. Features: • First person gameplay • Huge non-linear open world to explore • Stealth and survival elements • Item-based puzzles • Discoverable lore via environmental storytelling
Subway Horror
Navigate a terrifying train station, solving puzzles and battling enemies. This horror game plunges you into a suspenseful environment where survival is paramount.
- Solve puzzles
- Fight enemies
- Train station setting
- Horror gameplay
- Chapter-based progression
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In this game, you will have to solve puzzles, suffer, and fight with the enemy at the train station.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Subway Horror at none against Candlehead's 1. Subway Horror also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (77% vs 50%). Candlehead's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Candlehead sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Subway Horror asks for nothing beyond the download.
Candlehead holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 111 and 126 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Candlehead's written reviews are positive against 77% of Subway Horror's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Candlehead ships an update every 7 months, Subway Horror every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Candlehead | Subway Horror |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (111 ratings) — better | 4.0 (126 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 77.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 111 | 126 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.1 GB | 254 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ammonite Design Studios Ltd | Viacheslav Dudko |
Customer experience
Candlehead
Subway Horror
Bugs and requests
Candlehead
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Subway Horror
Reported bugs
7 issues- Block over Mario not breaking
- Spray paint not spawning
- Sprint button not working in chapter 2
- Code for second level not working
- Coins not appearing for puzzle
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- Train part in chapter 2 is hard
- Train part in chapter 1 is hard
Requested features
11 requests- Chapter 4 and 5
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 2 continuation
- Video upload on wagon hub
- Kiss Trixie
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- Remove ads
- Make train code 2 digits less
- Make train graveyard easier
- Turkish language support
- Chapter 4 in space
- More games like this
In-app purchases
Candlehead
- No Ads$2.99
Subway Horror
No in-app purchases
Questions
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