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Fran Bow vs Stardew Valley

Reviews on Steam

Stardew Valley

43.7× more reviews

Critical reception

Stardew Valley

1.1pp gap

Estimated sales (median)

Stardew Valley

39.3× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Stardew Valley

1 years apart

A

Fran Bow

2015 · Adventure

Killmonday Games AB · Killmonday Games AB

Reviews
19,879
Positive
97%
Launch price
$14.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
2.0M
Net rev
$17.0M
B

Stardew Valley

2016 · Indie

ConcernedApe · ConcernedApe

Reviews
868,743
Positive
98%
Launch price
$14.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
78.2M
Net rev
$669.5M

Tag overlap

20% shared , 4 shared tags, 16 only on Fran Bow, 16 only on Stardew Valley.

Only Fran Bow

Psychological HorrorStory RichPoint & ClickPuzzleHorrorAdventureDarkAtmosphericFemale ProtagonistGorePsychologicalSurrealDark FantasyFantasyHand-drawnHidden Object

Shared

IndieSingleplayer2DGreat Soundtrack

Only Stardew Valley

Farming SimPixel GraphicsMultiplayerLife SimRPGRelaxingAgricultureSimulationCraftingSandboxBuildingCasualOpen WorldDating 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

1.2M to 2.8M

units (median: 2.0M)

$10.2M to $23.8M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

1.2Mmedian2.8M

Sales estimate

vv1.0

46.9M to 109.5M

units (median: 78.2M)

$401.7M to $937.2M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

46.9Mmedian109.5M

How comparison pages work

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