ARK: Survival Evolved vs Rust
Reviews on Steam
Rust
2.0× more reviews
Critical reception
Rust
3.6pp gap
Cheaper at launch
ARK: Survival Evolved
$25.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
Rust
2.2× more units (white-box estimate)
More recent
Rust
1 years apart
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
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
65% shared , 13 shared tags, 7 only on ARK: Survival Evolved, 7 only on Rust.
Only ARK: Survival Evolved
DinosaursBase-BuildingMassively MultiplayerSingleplayerRPGDragonsSci-fi
Shared
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalMultiplayerOpen WorldCraftingBuildingAdventureCo-opActionSandboxFirst-PersonEarly AccessIndie
Only Rust
PvPNudityFPSShooterOnline Co-OpPost-apocalypticSimulation
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
vv1.027.8M to 64.9M
units (median: 46.3M)
≈ $238.1M to $555.5M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
Sales estimate
vv1.061.6M to 143.7M
units (median: 102.6M)
≈ $1406.7M to $3282.3M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
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