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Element TD 2 - Tower Defense vs Rust

Reviews on Steam

Rust

356.2× more reviews

Critical reception

Element TD 2 - Tower Defense

3.3pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Element TD 2 - Tower Defense

$25.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Rust

427.4× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Element TD 2 - Tower Defense

3 years apart

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Element TD 2 - Tower Defense

2021 · Indie

Element Studios · Element Studios

Reviews
3,202
Positive
90%
Launch price
$14.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
240K
Net rev
$2.1M
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

30% shared , 6 shared tags, 14 only on Element TD 2 - Tower Defense, 14 only on Rust.

Only Element TD 2 - Tower Defense

Tower DefenseReal Time TacticsFantasyStrategyPvETeam-BasedCompetitiveCharacter CustomizationRTS3DTacticalScore AttackSingleplayerReplay Value

Shared

MultiplayerPvPBuildingCo-opOnline Co-OpIndie

Only Rust

SurvivalCraftingOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftSandboxAdventureFirst-PersonActionNudityFPSShooterPost-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

144K to 336K

units (median: 240K)

$1.2M to $2.9M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

144Kmedian336K

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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