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BattleBlock Theater® vs Rust

Reviews on Steam

Rust

20.5× more reviews

Critical reception

BattleBlock Theater®

10.3pp gap

Cheaper at launch

BattleBlock Theater®

$25.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Rust

20.5× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Rust

4 years apart

A

BattleBlock Theater®

2014 · Action

The Behemoth · The Behemoth

Reviews
55,545
Positive
97%
Launch price
$14.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
5.0M
Net rev
$42.8M
B

Rust

2018 · Action

Facepunch Studios · Facepunch Studios

Reviews
1,140,437
Positive
87%
Launch price
$39.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
102.6M
Net rev
$2344.5M

Tag overlap

25% shared , 5 shared tags, 15 only on BattleBlock Theater®, 15 only on Rust.

Only BattleBlock Theater®

PlatformerFunnyComedyLevel EditorLocal Co-Op2DCats2D PlatformerSide ScrollerLocal MultiplayerCasualSingleplayerPuzzle-PlatformerPuzzleNarration

Shared

Co-opMultiplayerOnline Co-OpActionIndie

Only Rust

SurvivalCraftingOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingPvPSandboxAdventureFirst-PersonNudityFPSShooterPost-apocalypticEarly AccessSimulation

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

3.0M to 7.0M

units (median: 5.0M)

≈ $25.7M to $59.9M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

3.0Mmedian7.0M

Sales estimate

vv1.0

61.6M to 143.7M

units (median: 102.6M)

≈ $1406.7M to $3282.3M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

61.6Mmedian143.7M

How comparison pages work

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