Ex-Zodiac vs Rust
Reviews on Steam
Rust
1096.6× more reviews
Critical reception
Ex-Zodiac
7.3pp gap
Cheaper at launch
Ex-Zodiac
$28.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
Rust
1644.9× more units (white-box estimate)
More recent
Ex-Zodiac
4 years apart
Ex-Zodiac
2022 · Action
- Reviews
- 1,040
- Positive
- 94%
- Launch price
- $11.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 62K
- Net rev
- $0.4M
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, 14 only on Ex-Zodiac, 16 only on Rust.
Only Ex-Zodiac
On-Rails ShooterShoot 'Em UpArcadeFemale ProtagonistFlight3DPixel GraphicsColorfulRetroSpaceSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackSci-fi1990's
Shared
ShooterActionIndieEarly Access
Only Rust
SurvivalCraftingMultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingPvPSandboxAdventureFirst-PersonNudityFPSCo-opOnline Co-OpPost-apocalypticSimulation
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
vv1.037K to 87K
units (median: 62K)
≈ $256K to $598K net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
Sales estimate
vv1.061.6M to 143.7M
units (median: 102.6M)
≈ $1406.7M to $3282.3M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
How comparison pages work
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