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Across the Obelisk vs Rust

Reviews on Steam

Rust

88.4× more reviews

Critical reception

Rust

6pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Across the Obelisk

$20.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Rust

132.6× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Across the Obelisk

4 years apart

A

Across the Obelisk

2022 · Adventure

Dreamsite Games · Paradox Interactive

Reviews
12,901
Positive
81%
Launch price
$19.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
774K
Net rev
$8.8M
B

Rust

2018 · Action

Facepunch Studios · Facepunch Studios

Reviews
1,140,437
Positive
87%
Launch price
$39.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
102.6M
Net rev
$2344.5M

Tag overlap

10% shared , 2 shared tags, 18 only on Across the Obelisk, 18 only on Rust.

Only Across the Obelisk

Rogue-likeStrategy2DFantasyRoguelike DeckbuilderCard GameSingleplayerRPGCard BattlerDeckbuildingTurn-BasedRogue-liteDungeon CrawlerReplay ValueDifficultClass-BasedTurn-Based CombatMouse only

Shared

MultiplayerCo-op

Only Rust

SurvivalCraftingOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingPvPSandboxAdventureFirst-PersonActionNudityFPSShooterOnline Co-OpIndiePost-apocalypticEarly AccessSimulation

Sales estimates

Both estimates use the same vv1.0 multi-factor Boxleiter method. Click "How is this calculated?" on either to see the per-factor breakdown.

Sales estimate

vv1.0

464K to 1.1M

units (median: 774K)

$5.3M to $12.4M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

464Kmedian1.1M

Sales estimate

vv1.0

61.6M to 143.7M

units (median: 102.6M)

$1406.7M to $3282.3M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

61.6Mmedian143.7M

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