Playdead's LIMBO vs Anamorphic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Playdead's LIMBO
Embark on a captivating puzzle adventure in a dark, misty world. This award-winning indie game is renowned for its immersive atmosphere, haunting narrative, and ingenious puzzle design that will challenge and enthrall you.
- Captivating puzzle design
- Immersive sound and visuals
- Dark, misty environments
- Haunting narrative
- Critically acclaimed
- Award-winning indie adventure
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Limbo is an award-winning indie adventure, critically acclaimed for its captivating puzzle design and immersive sound and visuals. Its dark, misty spaces and haunting narrative will stay with you forever. Apple Design Award Winner. What the press said: "Limbo is as close to perfect at what it does as a game can get." Destructoid – 10/10 "The game is a masterpiece." Giant Bomb – 5/5 "Limbo is genius. Freaky, weird genius. Disturbing, uncomfortable genius." The Escapist – 5/5 "Dark, disturbing, yet eerily beautiful, Limbo is a world that deserves to be explored." Joystiq – 5/5 Winner of more than 100 awards, including: - Best Downloadable (Gameinformer) - Best Puzzle Game (Gamespot) - The Best Indie Game (Kotaku) - Digital Game of the Year (GameReactor) - Best Horror Game (IGN) - Best Visual Arts (Game Developers Choice Awards) - Technical Excellence (Independent Games Festival) - Adventure Game of the Year (D.I.C.E. Awards) - Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design (D.I.C.E. Awards)
Anamorphic
A perception game where you rotate 3D art to discover hidden images. It features 50 handcrafted levels with varying difficulty and color palettes, offering both relaxing and challenging gameplay modes.
- 3D art discovery
- Image rotation puzzles
- 50 handcrafted levels
- Adjustable difficulty modes
- Multiple color palettes
- Relaxing and challenging gameplay
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Anamorphic - Anamorph vision, A game of perception, A game of 3D art and with full of fun. Simply swipe or rotate or use finger to turn and discover images. You will really enjoy once you did it. Individually Hand-Crafted Levels. It will contain hand crafted 50 puzzle Level. Each level will be totally different with previous level with different dimension and from 1 color to 5 color and from easy to extreme hard to recognize. Difficulty Mode. You can choose Easy or hard mode to enjoy the level. - easy mode to just enjoy and relax anamorphic art with perspective view. - Hard mode to get tough competition with your vision and brain. Yes, of course with beautiful audio.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Anamorphic at Free against Playdead's LIMBO's $3.99. Anamorphic also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). Playdead's LIMBO's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (2.7K vs 3). On ads 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
Anamorphic is free to download; Playdead's LIMBO costs $3.99 up front. Anamorphic sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Playdead's LIMBO asks for nothing beyond the download.
Playdead's LIMBO holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Playdead's LIMBO has 2.7K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Playdead's LIMBO ships an update every 3 months, Anamorphic fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Playdead's LIMBO | Anamorphic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.7K ratings) — better | 4.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #48 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Playdead | Avani Kamdar |
Customer experience
Playdead's LIMBO
Anamorphic
Bugs and requests
Playdead's LIMBO
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on certain devices
- Sound issues or missing audio
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- More levels or a sequel
- Improved controls and responsiveness
- Difficulty options or hints
- Cloud save support across devices
Anamorphic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Playdead's LIMBO
No in-app purchases
Anamorphic
- 25 Tip Points$0.99
- 75 Tip Points$1.99
- 200 Tip Points$2.99
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