Playdead's LIMBO vs CASE
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)
CASE
A first-person stealth horror game where you play as a detective trapped in a hacked police department. Survive the night against terrifying animatronics and uncover the truth behind the chaos.
- First-person stealth horror
- Challenging gameplay
- Investigate a hacked police department
- Survive against animatronics
- Uncover a mystery
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CASE: Animatronics is a truly scary and challenging first-person stealth horror. Control of the police department is in the hands of an anonymous hacker. All the exits are locked. The power has been shut off. There are metallic thumps getting closer. Will you survive, Detective Bishop? Welcome to the police department, where working late can lead to tragic consequences. You're John Bishop, a overworked detective who tirelessly carries out investigations late into the night. You’re torn from yet another night of fitful rest and nightmares by a strange call from an old friend, turning your whole world upside-down. Your police department is cut off from the power grid. The security system has been hacked. All the exits are locked. But that’s not the real problem. Someone, someTHING, is following you. Red eyes shine from dark corners, and the sound of shifting, clanking metal echoes through once-safe halls. You know them simply as animatronics, but something unknown and horrifying is driving them. Figure out what’s going on, survive the night, and find the one responsible for this madness.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CASE at weekly against Playdead's LIMBO's every 3 months. CASE also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 69%) and price ($2.99 vs $3.99). Playdead's LIMBO's advantage is ratings volume (2.7K vs 52) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). 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
Playdead's LIMBO costs $3.99 and CASE $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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 52, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of Playdead's LIMBO's written reviews are positive against 88% of CASE's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Playdead's LIMBO ships an update every 3 months, CASE weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Playdead's LIMBO | CASE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.7K ratings) — better | 4.3 (52 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.3% of reviews | 87.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 52 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #48 — better | #163 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 220 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Playdead | Walnut LLC |
Customer experience
Playdead's LIMBO
CASE
User reviews
Playdead's LIMBO
From 2.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🌟 Excellent game
- 🎨 Beautiful graphics and atmosphere
- 🧠 Challenging puzzles
- 🤖 Unique and immersive gameplay
- 💰 Worth the money
Room to improve
- 🕹️ Frustrating controls
- 🕷️ Disturbing/creepy content
- 🕰️ Puzzles too difficult at times
- 🔁 Repetitive gameplay
- 🧭 Unsatisfying ending
CASE
From 52 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Awesome game
- 👍 Great quality
- 👍 Fun to play
- 👍 Scary and suspenseful
- 👍 Good graphics
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🐛 Game freezes
- 🐛 AI is weird
- 🐛 Wolf AI stuck
- 🐛 Doors locked
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
CASE
Reported bugs
13 issues- Game freezes
- Doors were locked
- Cannot open drawer for batteries
- Wolf AI is weird/stays in one place
- Cannot rotate device/screen is stuck
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- Fox is stuck by archives
- Animatronics get stuck in places
- Bug with menu when killed
- Animatronics can get stuck in corner
- AI system is dumb
- Cannot get to Ben's office
- Battery for radio not found
- Animatronics catch in closet even if not seen
Requested features
5 requests- Add ghost mode
- Add case 2 on mobile
- More stories or levels
- Better graphics
- Fix AI
In-app purchases
Playdead's LIMBO
No in-app purchases
CASE
No in-app purchases
Questions
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