Comparison

Bugdom 2 vs Little Nightmares

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

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About

Bugdom 2

Embark on a console-quality 3D action-adventure as Skip McFly, a grasshopper exploring a house and its surroundings. Encounter a variety of insect friends and foes in a visually stunning world with beautiful 3D animation and engaging characters.

Highlights
  • Console-quality 3D action-adventure
  • Explore inside and around a house
  • Encounter friends and enemies
  • Stunning 3D graphics and animation
  • Engaging insect characters
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The best action-adventure game for iOS!!! • iPhone Award Winner by appstoreapps.com • "Editor's Pick Award" by FamousWhy.com! Bugdom 2 is the only console-quality 3D action-adventure game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. You play Skip McFly, a grasshopper who explores the areas inside and around a house, and encounter both friends and enemies. The graphics in Bugdom 2 are absolutely stunning! Beautiful 3D animation and great characters from spear-throwing roaches to blood-sucking ticks. Bugdom 2 is a *big* game that will keep you entertained for a very long time.

About

Little Nightmares

Embark on a dark, whimsical adventure to confront childhood fears. Guide a young girl through a mysterious, corrupted vessel, solving puzzles and evading terrifying inhabitants. Rediscover your imagination to find a way to escape this disturbing dollhouse.

Highlights
  • Dark and thrilling adventure
  • Confront childhood fears
  • Solve tricky platform puzzles
  • Creepy sound design
  • Revamped interface for mobile
  • Game Center achievements
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Escape your childhood fears. First available on PC and consoles, the horror adventure tale Little Nightmares is available on mobile! 
Immerse yourself in Little Nightmares, a dark whimsical tale that will confront you with your childhood fears! Help Six escape The Maw – a vast, mysterious vessel inhabited by corrupted souls looking for their next meal. As you progress on your journey, explore the most disturbing dollhouse offering a prison to escape from and a playground full of secrets to discover. Reconnect with your inner child to unleash your imagination and find the way out! Little Nightmares features a subtle mix of action and puzzle-platformer mechanics rooted in an eerie artistic direction and creepy sound design. Sneak your way out of the Maw’s dreary maze and run from its corrupted inhabitants to escape your childhood fears. FEATURES - Tiptoe your way through a dark and thrilling adventure - Rediscover your childhood fears inside a haunting vessel and escape its eerie inhabitants - Climb, crawl and hide through nightmarish environments to solve tricky platform puzzles - Immerse yourself in the Maw through its creepy sound design CAREFULLY REDESIGNED FOR MOBILE - Revamped interface - Game Center achievements - Compatible with MFi controllers If you run into a problem, please contact us at https://playdigious.helpshift.com/hc/en/12-playdigious/ with as much information as possible on the issue.

Screenshots

Bugdom 24 screens
Little Nightmares4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Little Nightmares at every 5 weeks against Bugdom 2's every 6 months. Little Nightmares also leads on ratings volume (2K vs 63) and rating (4.4 vs 4.1). Bugdom 2's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $7.99) and review sentiment (69% vs 50%). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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

Bugdom 2 costs $2.99 and Little Nightmares $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Little Nightmares holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Little Nightmares has 2K ratings behind it against 63, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of Bugdom 2's written reviews are positive against 50% of Little Nightmares's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bugdom 2 ships an update every 6 months, Little Nightmares every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Bugdom 2 versus Little Nightmares: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBugdom 2Little Nightmares
Price$2.99 — better$7.99
Rating4.1 (63 ratings)4.4 (2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.1% of reviews — better50.5% of reviews
Number of ratings632K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#42 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB2.2 GB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperPangea Software, Inc.Playdigious

Customer experience

Bugdom 2

All ratings63 ratings
Positive76.2%
Neutral12.7%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews362 reviews
Positive69.1%
Neutral13.5%
Negative17.4%

Little Nightmares

All ratings1,987 ratings
Positive83.2%
Neutral5.1%
Negative11.7%
Written reviews773 reviews
Positive50.5%
Neutral16.7%
Negative32.9%

User reviews

Bugdom 2

From 63 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Amazing graphics
  • 🚀 Engaging gameplay
  • 👍 Nostalgic for childhood
  • 👍 Fun adventure
  • 👍 Great value for money

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and crashes
  • 🐛 Difficult controls
  • 🔋 Drains battery quickly
  • 🔒 Lacks save progress option

Little Nightmares

From 2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent game experience
  • 🚀 Smooth performance
  • 💎 Beautiful graphics and atmosphere
  • 🎮 Great mobile controls
  • 🕹️ Enjoyable gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 🕹️ Challenging controls for some users
  • 🔋 Battery drain issues
  • 📺 Lack of full-screen support

Bugs and requests

Bugdom 2

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes frequently
  • Controls are unresponsive
  • Levels reset progress when exiting

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add save progress option
  • Improve camera and controls
  • Bring back original Bugdom game

Little Nightmares

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when entering certain chapters
  • Unresponsive controls in some situations
  • Graphical issues like flickering or clipping

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for Little Nightmares 2
  • Improve jump and grab mechanics
  • Provide more display and graphics options
  • Include DLC content

In-app purchases

None

Bugdom 2

No in-app purchases

None

Little Nightmares

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bugdom 2 free?
Bugdom 2 costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Little Nightmares free?
Little Nightmares costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bugdom 2 or Little Nightmares?
Little Nightmares is rated higher. Bugdom 2 averages 4.1 out of 5 from 63 ratings, while Little Nightmares averages 4.4 from 2K ratings.
Do Bugdom 2 or Little Nightmares have ads?
Neither Bugdom 2 nor Little Nightmares shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bugdom 2 or Little Nightmares?
Bugdom 2 ships an update every 6 months, and Little Nightmares every 5 weeks. Most recently, Bugdom 2 was updated on October 22, 2026 and Little Nightmares on October 23, 2026.

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