Back to the Dawn vs Garry's Mod
Reviews on Steam
Garry's Mod
106.2× more reviews
Critical reception
Garry's Mod
2.4pp gap
Cheaper at launch
Garry's Mod
$14.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
Garry's Mod
114.3× more units (white-box estimate)
More recent
Back to the Dawn
19 years apart
Back to the Dawn
2025 · Adventure
Metal Head Games · Spiral Up Games
- Reviews
- 10,083
- Positive
- 94%
- Launch price
- $23.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 655K
- Net rev
- $9.0M
Garry's Mod
2006 · Casual
- 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 Back to the Dawn, 16 only on Garry's Mod.
Only Back to the Dawn
RPGStory RichPixel GraphicsDetectiveChoices MatterMultiple EndingsAdventureStrategy RPGCrimeInvestigationMysteryDramaStrategyCRPGEarly Access2.5D
Shared
SingleplayerIndieSimulationFunny
Only Garry's Mod
SandboxModdableMultiplayerPhysicsBuildingCasualFirst-PersonFPSComedyOnline Co-OpCo-opShooterActionPvPRealisticExploration
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
vv1.0393K to 918K
units (median: 655K)
≈ $5.4M to $12.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
Sales estimate
vv1.045.0M to 104.9M
units (median: 74.9M)
≈ $256.6M to $598.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
How comparison pages work
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