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Embr vs Rust

Reviews on Steam

Rust

521.7× more reviews

Critical reception

Rust

0.5pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Embr

$20.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Rust

626.0× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Embr

3 years apart

A

Embr

2021 · Action

Muse Games · Curve Games

Reviews
2,186
Positive
86%
Launch price
$19.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
164K
Net rev
$1.9M
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

40% shared , 8 shared tags, 12 only on Embr, 12 only on Rust.

Only Embr

StrategyCasualCo-op CampaignFunnySingleplayerControllerReplay ValueColorfulCharacter CustomizationCartoony3DStylized

Shared

ActionSimulationCo-opMultiplayerIndieOnline Co-OpFirst-PersonEarly Access

Only Rust

SurvivalCraftingOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingPvPSandboxAdventureNudityFPSShooterPost-apocalyptic

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

98K to 230K

units (median: 164K)

$1.1M to $2.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

98Kmedian230K

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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