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Backpack Battles vs Garry's Mod

Reviews on Steam

Garry's Mod

57.7× more reviews

Critical reception

Garry's Mod

5.5pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Garry's Mod

$5.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Garry's Mod

80.8× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Backpack Battles

19 years apart

A

Backpack Battles

2025 · Strategy

PlayWithFurcifer · IndieArk

Reviews
18,545
Positive
91%
Launch price
$14.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
927K
Net rev
$7.9M
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

15% shared , 3 shared tags, 17 only on Backpack Battles, 17 only on Garry's Mod.

Only Backpack Battles

Early AccessAuto BattlerInventory ManagementStrategyRoguelike DeckbuilderAsynchronous MultiplayerTacticalCard BattlerRogue-likeTurn-BasedLootCombatReplay Value2DCuteFemale ProtagonistHand-drawn

Shared

PvPMultiplayerIndie

Only Garry's Mod

SandboxModdablePhysicsBuildingCasualFunnyFirst-PersonSingleplayerFPSSimulationComedyOnline Co-OpCo-opShooterActionRealisticExploration

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

556K to 1.3M

units (median: 927K)

≈ $4.8M to $11.1M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

556Kmedian1.3M

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

How comparison pages work

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