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Game Dev Tycoon vs Stardew Valley

Reviews on Steam

Stardew Valley

21.7× more reviews

Critical reception

Stardew Valley

3.3pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Game Dev Tycoon

$5.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Stardew Valley

27.9× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Stardew Valley

3 years apart

A

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
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

35% shared , 7 shared tags, 13 only on Game Dev Tycoon, 13 only on Stardew Valley.

Only Game Dev Tycoon

ManagementStrategyEconomyModdableAddictiveReplay ValueGameMakerFunnyDifficultPoint & ClickIsometricComedyTouch-Friendly

Shared

SimulationIndieCasualSingleplayer2DSandboxGreat Soundtrack

Only Stardew Valley

Farming SimPixel GraphicsMultiplayerLife SimRPGRelaxingAgricultureCraftingBuildingOpen 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

1.7M to 3.9M

units (median: 2.8M)

≈ $9.6M to $22.4M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

1.7Mmedian3.9M

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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