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Astral Ascent vs Garry's Mod

Reviews on Steam

Garry's Mod

128.2× more reviews

Critical reception

Garry's Mod

2.2pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Garry's Mod

$15.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Garry's Mod

138.1× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Astral Ascent

17 years apart

A

Astral Ascent

2023 · Action

Hibernian Workshop · Hibernian Workshop

Reviews
8,347
Positive
95%
Launch price
$24.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
543K
Net rev
$7.7M
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

20% shared , 4 shared tags, 16 only on Astral Ascent, 16 only on Garry's Mod.

Only Astral Ascent

Action RoguelikeRogue-liteHack and SlashAtmosphericReplay ValueDifficultStory RichAnimeHand-drawnRogue-likeMagicPerma DeathPixel GraphicsFantasyPlatformerLocal Co-Op

Shared

IndieActionCo-opSingleplayer

Only Garry's Mod

SandboxModdableMultiplayerPhysicsBuildingCasualFunnyFirst-PersonFPSSimulationComedyOnline 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

326K to 760K

units (median: 543K)

≈ $4.6M to $10.8M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

326Kmedian760K

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

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