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Firewatch vs Stardew Valley

Reviews on Steam

Stardew Valley

9.5× more reviews

Critical reception

Stardew Valley

7.9pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Stardew Valley

$5.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Stardew Valley

8.5× more units (white-box estimate)

A

Firewatch

2016 · Adventure

Campo Santo · Panic

Reviews
91,738
Positive
91%
Launch price
$19.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
9.2M
Net rev
$104.7M
B

Stardew Valley

2016 · Indie

ConcernedApe · ConcernedApe

Reviews
868,981
Positive
98%
Launch price
$14.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
78.2M
Net rev
$669.6M

Tag overlap

25% shared , 5 shared tags, 15 only on Firewatch, 15 only on Stardew Valley.

Only Firewatch

AdventureAtmosphericStory RichWalking SimulatorMysteryFirst-PersonExplorationShortHorrorComedyDramaFunnyColorfulThrillerMature

Shared

SingleplayerOpen WorldIndieGreat SoundtrackCasual

Only Stardew Valley

Farming SimPixel GraphicsMultiplayerLife SimRPGRelaxingAgricultureSimulationCraftingSandboxBuilding2DDating SimCuteFishing

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

5.5M to 12.8M

units (median: 9.2M)

$62.8M to $146.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

5.5Mmedian12.8M

Sales estimate

vv1.0

46.9M to 109.5M

units (median: 78.2M)

$401.8M to $937.5M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

46.9Mmedian109.5M

How comparison pages work

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