Comparison

Strangers Here vs Mental Haze

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

Head to head
About

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."

Highlights
  • VHS horror atmosphere
  • Track human-imitating creatures
  • Distinguish real people from copies
  • Make life-altering decisions
  • Six unique endings
  • Customizable menu background
Features
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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.

About

Mental Haze

Explore a disturbing world and solve riddles to advance an intriguing story. This psychological horror game features lateral scrolling, inventory management, and crucial decision-making. Immerse yourself in a dark and lonely atmosphere with unique pixel art visuals and fluid animations.

Highlights
  • Lateral scrolling exploration
  • Inventory management
  • Dialogue and decision making
  • Pixel art visuals
  • Immersive sound atmosphere
  • Psychological horror experience
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In Mental Haze you will enter Walter Miller's psyche, experiencing a reality where confusion and psychological pressure will accompany you at every step, maintaining a constant state of tension and suspense. Throughout diverse and enigmatic scenarios, you will have to use your wits to solve riddles that will allow you to advance in an intriguing and oppressive story. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Game mechanics: • Lateral scrolling to explore every corner of a disturbing world. • Strategic management of the objects you find in your inventory. • Interaction through dialogue and crucial decision making. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why should you play Mental Haze? Mental Haze presents you with detailed and deep scenarios, neat animations and characters that will make you question their intentions. Its constantly evolving sound atmosphere will keep you immersed in the plot, without sacrificing the feeling of darkness and loneliness. The game's visuals fuse a distinctive pixel art style with highly fluid animations and stunning realistic lights and shadows, creating a unique and immersive aesthetic. Mental Haze offers a delicately balanced psychological horror experience, suitable for both those who enjoy extreme terror and those looking for a chilling introduction to the genre. Prepare yourself for a deep story, wrapped in an oppressive atmosphere and charged with tension and suspense at every turn. Enter the mind of Walter Miller, explore the labyrinths of his perception and confront the shadows that lurk in his reality...

Screenshots

Strangers Here4 screens
Mental Haze4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mental Haze at 5.0 against Strangers Here's 4.1. Mental Haze also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Strangers Here's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Mental Haze sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Strangers Here asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mental Haze holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Strangers Here has 178 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Strangers Here's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mental Haze's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strangers Here ships an update monthly, Mental Haze fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Strangers Here versus Mental Haze: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrangers HereMental Haze
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (178 ratings)5.0 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings178 — better10
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size252 MB336 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperElmira SevostyanovaSebastian Gomez

Customer experience

Strangers Here

All ratings124 ratings
Positive78.2%
Neutral8.9%
Negative12.9%
Written reviews98 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral15.3%
Negative13.3%

Mental Haze

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Strangers Here

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Mental Haze

One-time1
  • Remove ADS$1.99

Questions

Is Strangers Here free?
Strangers Here is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mental Haze free?
Mental Haze is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Strangers Here or Mental Haze?
Mental Haze is rated higher. Strangers Here averages 4.1 out of 5 from 178 ratings, while Mental Haze averages 5.0 from 10 ratings.
Do Strangers Here or Mental Haze have ads?
Mental Haze shows ads; Strangers Here does not.
Which is updated more often, Strangers Here or Mental Haze?
Strangers Here ships an update monthly, and Mental Haze fortnightly. Most recently, Strangers Here was updated on October 25, 2026 and Mental Haze on October 24, 2026.

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