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ARK: Survival Evolved vs Stardew Valley

Reviews on Steam

Stardew Valley

1.5× more reviews

Critical reception

Stardew Valley

15.1pp gap

Estimated sales (median)

Stardew Valley

1.7× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

ARK: Survival Evolved

1 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

Stardew Valley

2016 · Indie

ConcernedApe · ConcernedApe

Reviews
868,743
Positive
98%
Launch price
$14.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
78.2M
Net rev
$669.5M

Tag overlap

40% shared , 8 shared tags, 12 only on ARK: Survival Evolved, 12 only on Stardew Valley.

Only ARK: Survival Evolved

Open World Survival CraftSurvivalDinosaursAdventureBase-BuildingCo-opActionFirst-PersonMassively MultiplayerEarly AccessDragonsSci-fi

Shared

MultiplayerOpen WorldCraftingBuildingSandboxSingleplayerRPGIndie

Only Stardew Valley

Farming SimPixel GraphicsLife SimRelaxingAgricultureSimulationCasual2DDating SimCuteGreat SoundtrackFishing

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

46.9M to 109.5M

units (median: 78.2M)

≈ $401.7M to $937.2M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

46.9Mmedian109.5M

How comparison pages work

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