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Astral Ascent vs Phasmophobia

Reviews on Steam

Phasmophobia

81.1× more reviews

Critical reception

Astral Ascent

0.1pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Phasmophobia

$5.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Phasmophobia

93.6× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Astral Ascent

3 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

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

20% shared , 4 shared tags, 16 only on Astral Ascent, 16 only on Phasmophobia.

Only Astral Ascent

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

Shared

IndieActionCo-opSingleplayer

Only Phasmophobia

HorrorOnline Co-OpMultiplayerPsychological HorrorSupernaturalVRFirst-PersonInvestigationDarkDemonsDetectiveMysteryThriller3DEarly AccessTactical

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

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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