Dead Cells vs Phasmophobia
Reviews on Steam
Phasmophobia
4.4× more reviews
Critical reception
Dead Cells
2.5pp gap
Cheaper at launch
Phasmophobia
$5.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
Phasmophobia
4.1× more units (white-box estimate)
More recent
Phasmophobia
2 years apart
Dead Cells
2018 · Action
- Reviews
- 153,647
- Positive
- 97%
- Launch price
- $24.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 12.3M
- Net rev
- $175.5M
Phasmophobia
2020 · Action
- Reviews
- 676,875
- Positive
- 95%
- Launch price
- $19.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 50.8M
- Net rev
- $579.7M
Tag overlap
15% shared , 3 shared tags, 17 only on Dead Cells, 17 only on Phasmophobia.
Only Dead Cells
AdventureAction RoguelikeMetroidvaniaPixel GraphicsRogue-like2DSouls-likeRogue-liteDifficultHack and SlashReplay ValuePlatformerRoguevaniaDark FantasyAtmosphericProcedural GenerationFunny
Shared
SingleplayerActionIndie
Only Phasmophobia
HorrorOnline Co-OpMultiplayerPsychological HorrorCo-opSupernaturalVRFirst-PersonInvestigationDarkDemonsDetectiveMysteryThriller3DEarly AccessTactical
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
vv1.07.4M to 17.2M
units (median: 12.3M)
≈ $105.3M to $245.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
Sales estimate
vv1.030.5M to 71.1M
units (median: 50.8M)
≈ $347.8M to $811.5M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
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