Comparison

Mountain vs Before Your Eyes

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

Head to head
About

Mountain

Experience a unique and relaxing nature simulation where you embody a mountain. Generate your own mountain, observe its life cycle, and find a space for reflection and introspection. This game offers an existential journey through the natural world.

Highlights
  • Existential nature simulation
  • Generate a unique mountain
  • Observe growth and decay
  • Time moves forward
  • Nature expresses itself
  • No DLC
Features
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Experience life as a Mountain in this relaxing nature simulation game. Generate a unique Mountain and visit it any time to reflect, collect your thoughts or let your mind wander. Features - no DLC - time moves forward - things grow and things die - nature expresses itself #1 bestselling RPG in 33 countries. Mountain automatically syncs with Apple TV. "Mountain breaks the mold of video games." - Ian Bogost, The Atlantic "Nothing You Do Matters in This Game, But You’ll Still Obsess Over It." - Bo Moore, WIRED "At the beginning of the game, I find the idea cute. By the end, I am hypnotized." - Carolina A. Miranda, LA Times "Welcome to an existential nightmare." - Patrick Klepek, Giant Bomb "The time I spend with Mountain feels slightly more real to me than anything else inside my computer." - Leigh Alexander, Gamasutra "Mountain upends expectations, refusing to fit into preexisting categories." - Justin Cone, Motionographer "I don’t like to talk emotions but this game genuinely is so uplifting." - Alice O'Connor, Rock Paper Shotgun "The only experience that has ever made me feel sad about a geological phenomenon." - Andrew Webster, The Verge

About

Before Your Eyes

Experience an emotional first-person adventure where your blinks control the narrative and its outcome. Relive significant life moments as a soul journeys through the afterlife, uncovering repressed memories and confronting a heartbreaking truth.

Highlights
  • Blink-controlled narrative
  • First-person adventure
  • Life journey simulation
  • Memory exploration
  • Voice-acted story
  • Emotional storytelling
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Available exclusively for Netflix members. Embark on an emotional first-person adventure where you control the story — and affect the outcome — with your real-life blinks. Dive into a world of memories and experience a soul’s journey into the afterlife as your whole life flashes before your eyes. It all begins after you die. You're aboard the ship of a mysterious man tasked with shepherding souls to the afterlife. To help you pass on, he must learn the story of your life. Then he sends you back to relive your most important moments. The game uses your device's camera to fully immerse you in the story. Control the flow of the narrative with your real-life eyes – blinking through precious memories of family, first love and the birth of an artistic career. Dare to look deeper and delve into your most repressed memories, where a heartbreaking truth awaits. Combining an innovative blink-interaction mechanic with a charming world and fully voice-acted story, Before Your Eyes is a deeply emotional and relatable journey — one that explores the impossible expectations we place on ourselves and the regrets we carry with us.

Screenshots

Mountain4 screens
Before Your Eyes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Before Your Eyes at Free against Mountain's $0.99. Before Your Eyes also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.4) and review sentiment (87% vs 47%). Mountain's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 13 months). On ads 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

Before Your Eyes is free to download; Mountain costs $0.99 up front. Before Your Eyes sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per month. Mountain asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Before Your Eyes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Before Your Eyes has 1.1K ratings behind it against 113, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Mountain's written reviews are positive against 87% of Before Your Eyes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mountain ships an update every 3 months, Before Your Eyes every 13 months. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Mountain versus Before Your Eyes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMountainBefore Your Eyes
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.4 (113 ratings)4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.6% of reviews86.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1131.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size186 MB1.3 GB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDavid O'ReillyNetflix, Inc.

Customer experience

Mountain

All ratings113 ratings
Positive58.4%
Neutral1.8%
Negative39.8%
Written reviews309 reviews
Positive46.6%
Neutral6.5%
Negative46.9%

Before Your Eyes

All ratings1,090 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral1.9%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews388 reviews
Positive86.6%
Neutral3.4%
Negative10.1%

User reviews

Mountain

From 113 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌄 Relaxing and calming experience
  • 🎨 Beautiful and atmospheric visuals
  • 🎹 Enjoyable piano interaction
  • 🤔 Thought-provoking and philosophical

Room to improve

  • 🕹️ Lack of interactivity and gameplay
  • 🔋 Battery draining issues
  • 🚫 Not compatible with notched devices
  • 🤷‍♀️ Unclear purpose and direction

Before Your Eyes

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Engaging gameplay
  • 👍 Unique and immersive experience
  • 🎨 Beautiful art style
  • 💔 Emotionally impactful story
  • 🎬 Cinematic presentation

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional technical issues with eye tracking
  • ⏱️ Short playtime
  • 🤔 Lack of replay value

Bugs and requests

Mountain

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Mountain randomly resets, losing collected items
  • Graphical glitches and performance issues on some devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more dynamic events and changes to the mountain
  • Introduce animals, seasons, and other living elements
  • Improve keyboard functionality and integration
  • Provide more guidance and explanation for users

Before Your Eyes

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Eye tracking not always accurate
  • Game freezes or crashes on some devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Option to disable eye tracking
  • More branching storylines or multiple endings
  • Ability to save progress

In-app purchases

None

Mountain

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Before Your Eyes

Subscriptions1
  • Netflix Standard Plan$19.991 Month

Questions

Is Mountain free?
Mountain costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Before Your Eyes free?
Before Your Eyes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mountain or Before Your Eyes?
Before Your Eyes is rated higher. Mountain averages 3.4 out of 5 from 113 ratings, while Before Your Eyes averages 4.7 from 1.1K ratings.
Do Mountain or Before Your Eyes have ads?
Neither Mountain nor Before Your Eyes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mountain or Before Your Eyes?
Mountain ships an update every 3 months, and Before Your Eyes every 13 months. Most recently, Mountain was updated on October 21, 2026 and Before Your Eyes on October 21, 2026.

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