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Democracy 4 vs Rust

Reviews on Steam

Rust

180.6× more reviews

Critical reception

Rust

5pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Democracy 4

$10.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Rust

295.6× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Democracy 4

4 years apart

A

Democracy 4

2022 · Indie

Positech Games · Positech Games

Reviews
6,314
Positive
82%
Launch price
$29.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
347K
Net rev
$5.9M
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

10% shared , 2 shared tags, 18 only on Democracy 4, 18 only on Rust.

Only Democracy 4

StrategyPolitical SimPoliticsManagementEconomyPoliticalDiplomacyGrand StrategyChoices MatterCapitalismEducationModernPhilosophical2DIlluminatiMinimalistTurn-Based StrategyRealistic

Shared

SimulationIndie

Only Rust

SurvivalCraftingMultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingPvPSandboxAdventureFirst-PersonActionNudityFPSShooterCo-opOnline Co-OpPost-apocalypticEarly Access

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

208K to 486K

units (median: 347K)

≈ $3.6M to $8.3M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

208Kmedian486K

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

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