Slender Mania vs Strangers Here
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Slender Mania
Collect scattered pages while avoiding a pursuing entity. Losing lives by touching the entity ends the game. Unlock a time-based challenge mode and compete with friends on leaderboards.
- Page collection gameplay
- Avoid the Slender entity
- Life system
- Time Trial Mode
- Game Center integration
- Leaderboards and achievements
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Collect as many pages as possible before Slender takes them back! Aim of the game is to collect as many pages as possible without tapping on Slender. If you so happen to tap on him then you'll lose a life, once all your lives has gone thats the end of the game. The more pages you collect the MORE Slender will get in your way to stop you collecting pages. With the Game Center integrated you can challenge your friends, rank up the leaderboard and earn achievements. Not only that, Time Trial Mode (unlocked when collected 200 or more pages) is against the clock. Every page collected you gain more time to collect more pages. Stay up to date with Slender Mania on Twitter: @ARSlenderMania
Strangers Here
An atmospheric VHS horror game where you play as an FBI agent hunting creatures that mimic humans. Distinguish between real people and their copies, make critical decisions, and uncover the truth behind the "Strangers."
- VHS horror atmosphere
- Track human-imitating creatures
- Distinguish real people from copies
- Make life-altering decisions
- Six unique endings
- Customizable menu background
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Strangers Here — an atmospheric VHS horror about the "Strangers": unsettling creatures that mimic humans with terrifying precision. In the quiet family park of Willingstone, something has gone horribly wrong. People are vanishing, animals are falling ill, and inhuman screams echo from the forest at night. The special agency D.I.C. has been tracking incidents like these for a long time. Now it's your turn — learn to tell the real from the imitation, and uncover the true nature of these beings.
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Verdict
Slender Mania and Strangers Here both sit at 4.1 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of Strangers Here's written reviews are positive against 20% of Slender Mania's. Strangers Here also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (178 vs 9). Slender Mania's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Slender Mania against 4.1 for Strangers Here. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Strangers Here has 178 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 20% of Slender Mania's written reviews are positive against 71% of Strangers Here's.
Slender Mania ships an update every 4 months, Strangers Here monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Slender Mania | Strangers Here |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (9 ratings) — better | 4.1 (178 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 178 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 252 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Ashley Richards | Elmira Sevostyanova |
Customer experience
Slender Mania
Strangers Here
In-app purchases
Slender Mania
No in-app purchases
Strangers Here
No in-app purchases
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