Game Dev Tycoon vs Garry's Mod
Reviews on Steam
Garry's Mod
26.7× more reviews
Critical reception
Garry's Mod
1.7pp gap
Estimated sales (median)
Garry's Mod
26.7× more units (white-box estimate)
More recent
Game Dev Tycoon
7 years apart
Game Dev Tycoon
2013 · Casual
Greenheart Games 💚 · Greenheart Games 💚
- Reviews
- 40,065
- Positive
- 95%
- Launch price
- $9.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 2.8M
- Net rev
- $16.0M
Garry's Mod
2006 · Casual
- Reviews
- 1,070,495
- Positive
- 97%
- Launch price
- $9.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 74.9M
- Net rev
- $427.6M
Tag overlap
40% shared , 8 shared tags, 12 only on Game Dev Tycoon, 12 only on Garry's Mod.
Only Game Dev Tycoon
ManagementStrategyEconomy2DAddictiveReplay ValueGameMakerDifficultPoint & ClickGreat SoundtrackIsometricTouch-Friendly
Shared
SimulationIndieCasualSingleplayerModdableSandboxFunnyComedy
Only Garry's Mod
MultiplayerPhysicsBuildingFirst-PersonFPSOnline Co-OpCo-opShooterActionPvPRealisticExploration
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
vv1.01.7M to 3.9M
units (median: 2.8M)
≈ $9.6M to $22.4M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
Sales estimate
vv1.045.0M to 104.9M
units (median: 74.9M)
≈ $256.6M to $598.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
How comparison pages work
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