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ARK: Survival Evolved vs Garry's Mod

Reviews on Steam

Garry's Mod

1.8× more reviews

Critical reception

Garry's Mod

13.5pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Garry's Mod

$5.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Garry's Mod

1.6× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

ARK: Survival Evolved

11 years apart

A

ARK: Survival Evolved

2017 · Action

Studio Wildcard · Studio Wildcard

Reviews
579,234
Positive
83%
Launch price
$14.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
46.3M
Net rev
$396.8M
B

Garry's Mod

2006 · Casual

Facepunch Studios · Valve

Reviews
1,070,495
Positive
97%
Launch price
$9.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
74.9M
Net rev
$427.6M

Tag overlap

40% shared , 8 shared tags, 12 only on ARK: Survival Evolved, 12 only on Garry's Mod.

Only ARK: Survival Evolved

Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen WorldDinosaursCraftingAdventureBase-BuildingMassively MultiplayerEarly AccessRPGDragonsSci-fi

Shared

MultiplayerBuildingCo-opActionSandboxFirst-PersonSingleplayerIndie

Only Garry's Mod

ModdablePhysicsCasualFunnyFPSSimulationComedyOnline Co-OpShooterPvPRealisticExploration

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

27.8M to 64.9M

units (median: 46.3M)

≈ $238.1M to $555.5M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

27.8Mmedian64.9M

Sales estimate

vv1.0

45.0M to 104.9M

units (median: 74.9M)

≈ $256.6M to $598.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

45.0Mmedian104.9M

How comparison pages work

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