Garry's Mod vs Heaven's Vault
Reviews on Steam
Garry's Mod
438.7× more reviews
Critical reception
Garry's Mod
12.8pp gap
Cheaper at launch
Garry's Mod
$15.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
Garry's Mod
383.9× more units (white-box estimate)
More recent
Heaven's Vault
13 years apart
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
Heaven's Vault
2019 · Adventure
- Reviews
- 2,440
- Positive
- 84%
- Launch price
- $24.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 195K
- Net rev
- $2.8M
Tag overlap
15% shared , 3 shared tags, 17 only on Garry's Mod, 17 only on Heaven's Vault.
Only Garry's Mod
SandboxModdableMultiplayerPhysicsBuildingCasualFunnyFirst-PersonFPSSimulationComedyOnline Co-OpCo-opShooterActionPvPRealistic
Shared
SingleplayerIndieExploration
Only Heaven's Vault
AdventureNarrativeMysteryFemale ProtagonistSci-fiChoices MatterPoint & ClickInteractive FictionPuzzleAtmosphericChoose Your Own AdventureStory Rich2DSpaceHistoricalColorfulGreat Soundtrack
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
vv1.045.0M to 104.9M
units (median: 74.9M)
≈ $256.6M to $598.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
Sales estimate
vv1.0117K to 273K
units (median: 195K)
≈ $1.7M to $3.9M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
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