Comparison

Mental Haze vs Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker

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

Head to head
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...

About

Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker

A psychological horror game where you monitor surreal camera feeds for anomalies. Your goal is to identify subtle changes and report them before a relentless stalker finds you. Test your memory and attention to detail in unsettling dreamcore environments.

Highlights
  • Monitor surreal camera feeds
  • Identify subtle anomalies
  • Survive a relentless stalker
  • Experience psychological horror
  • Test your memory
  • Explore liminal spaces
Features
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Are you ready to observe the unknown? Welcome to Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker, a psychological horror surveillance game where your attention to detail is your only lifeline. You are trapped in a mysterious monitoring station, tasked with a chilling objective: observe live camera feeds from surreal, nostalgic liminal spaces. But be warned—these dreamcore environments are not as peaceful as they seem. Your job is to carefully monitor the cameras for any anomaly. The scenes may look like perfectly still, pastel-colored dreamscapes, but reality here is fragile. A misplaced object, a sudden distortion, or the terrifying presence of a stalker can appear at any moment. You must memorize the "idle" state of every room, field, and endless hallway. When a shift occurs, report the anomaly immediately before it's too late. If you fail to observe the changes, the psychological horror intensifies. The mysterious stalker thrives on your mistakes, slipping through the camera feeds and getting closer with every anomaly you miss. Key Features: Observe Bizarre Realities: Monitor high-quality, continuous surveillance feeds of eerie liminal spaces, endless backrooms, and nostalgic dreamcore maps. Identify Every Anomaly: Find the differences in real-time. Spot extra objects, unnatural movements, camera glitches, and terrifying intruders. Survive the Stalker(Anomaly): A relentless entity is hiding within the camera feeds. Do not let the stalker manipulate the environment. Report its presence before it finds you. Psychological Horror Experience: No cheap scenes. Immerse yourself in a deep, unsettling atmosphere filled with uncanny valleys, surreal landscapes, and building paranoia. Test Your Memory: The idle state of each camera is your baseline. Sharpen your mind to catch even the most subtle anomaly in the dreamcore world. How to Play? - Observe the surveillance monitors closely. - Memorize the default layout of the map. - Search for any anomaly - stalker, intruders, missing objects, extra items, visual distortions. - Do not miss anything. Report the anomaly accurately to secure the sector and keep the stalker away. Can you maintain your focus, or will the dreamcore consume you? Download Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker now and start your shift. The cameras are rolling. They are waiting for you to look away. icemoongames@gmail.com https://icemoongames.vercel.app/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Mental Haze4 screens
Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mental Haze at 100% against Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker's 16%. Mental Haze also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Mental Haze sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.59 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mental Haze holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker has 76 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Mental Haze's written reviews are positive against 16% of Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mental Haze ships an update fortnightly, Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Mental Haze versus Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMental HazeDreamcore Anomaly Stalker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better2.4 (76 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better16.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1076 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size336 MB409 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperSebastian GomezENES TURKAN

Customer experience

Mental Haze

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

Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker

All ratings52 ratings
Positive36.5%
Neutral11.5%
Negative51.9%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive16.1%
Neutral16.1%
Negative67.9%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mental Haze

One-time1
  • Remove ADS$1.99
3 purchases

Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker

Subscriptions1
  • Weekly Premium!$1.597 Days
One-time2
  • Remove Ads & Premium!$2.99
  • Lifetime Premium!$29.99

Questions

Is Mental Haze free?
Mental Haze is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker free?
Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mental Haze or Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker?
Mental Haze is rated higher. Mental Haze averages 5.0 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker averages 2.4 from 76 ratings.
Do Mental Haze or Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker have ads?
Both Mental Haze and Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker show ads.
Which is updated more often, Mental Haze or Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker?
Mental Haze ships an update fortnightly, and Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker every 5 days. Most recently, Mental Haze was updated on November 5, 2026 and Dreamcore Anomaly Stalker on November 5, 2026.

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