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Back to the Dawn vs Stardew Valley

Reviews on Steam

Stardew Valley

86.2× more reviews

Critical reception

Stardew Valley

4pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Stardew Valley

$9.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Stardew Valley

119.4× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Back to the Dawn

9 years apart

A

Back to the Dawn

2025 · Adventure

Metal Head Games · Spiral Up Games

Reviews
10,078
Positive
95%
Launch price
$23.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
655K
Net rev
$9.0M
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

25% shared , 5 shared tags, 15 only on Back to the Dawn, 15 only on Stardew Valley.

Only Back to the Dawn

Story RichDetectiveChoices MatterMultiple EndingsAdventureStrategy RPGCrimeInvestigationMysteryDramaStrategyCRPGEarly AccessFunny2.5D

Shared

RPGPixel GraphicsSingleplayerIndieSimulation

Only Stardew Valley

Farming SimMultiplayerLife SimRelaxingAgricultureCraftingSandboxBuildingCasualOpen World2DDating 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

393K to 917K

units (median: 655K)

≈ $5.4M to $12.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

393Kmedian917K

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

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