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ARK: Survival Evolved vs Phasmophobia

Reviews on Steam

Phasmophobia

1.2× more reviews

Critical reception

Phasmophobia

11.2pp gap

Cheaper at launch

ARK: Survival Evolved

$5.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Phasmophobia

1.1× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Phasmophobia

3 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

Phasmophobia

2020 · Action

Kinetic Games · Kinetic Games

Reviews
676,875
Positive
95%
Launch price
$19.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
50.8M
Net rev
$579.7M

Tag overlap

35% shared , 7 shared tags, 13 only on ARK: Survival Evolved, 13 only on Phasmophobia.

Only ARK: Survival Evolved

Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen WorldDinosaursCraftingBuildingAdventureBase-BuildingSandboxMassively MultiplayerRPGDragonsSci-fi

Shared

MultiplayerCo-opActionFirst-PersonSingleplayerEarly AccessIndie

Only Phasmophobia

HorrorOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorSupernaturalVRInvestigationDarkDemonsDetectiveMysteryThriller3DTactical

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

30.5M to 71.1M

units (median: 50.8M)

≈ $347.8M to $811.5M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

30.5Mmedian71.1M

How comparison pages work

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