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Cuphead vs Rust

Reviews on Steam

Rust

6.0× more reviews

Critical reception

Cuphead

9.3pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Cuphead

$20.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Rust

6.0× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Rust

1 years apart

A

Cuphead

2017 · Action

Studio MDHR Entertainment Inc. · Studio MDHR Entertainment Inc.

Reviews
188,579
Positive
96%
Launch price
$19.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
17.0M
Net rev
$193.8M
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

20% shared , 4 shared tags, 16 only on Cuphead, 16 only on Rust.

Only Cuphead

DifficultCartoonPlatformerGreat SoundtrackLocal Co-Op2DHand-drawnCartoonyRetroBullet HellShoot 'Em UpSingleplayerSide ScrollerColorfulSouls-likeFunny

Shared

Co-opMultiplayerIndieAction

Only Rust

SurvivalCraftingOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingPvPSandboxAdventureFirst-PersonNudityFPSShooterOnline Co-OpPost-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

10.2M to 23.8M

units (median: 17.0M)

$116.3M to $271.3M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

10.2Mmedian23.8M

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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