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Garry's Mod vs Life is Strange: Before the Storm

Reviews on Steam

Garry's Mod

32.1× more reviews

Critical reception

Garry's Mod

3.6pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Garry's Mod

$7.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Garry's Mod

24.9× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Life is Strange: Before the Storm

11 years apart

A

Garry's Mod

2006 · Casual

Facepunch Studios · Valve

Reviews
1,070,495
Positive
97%
Launch price
$9.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
74.9M
Net rev
$427.6M
B

Life is Strange: Before the Storm

2017 · Action

Deck Nine · Square Enix

Reviews
33,386
Positive
93%
Launch price
$16.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
3.0M
Net rev
$29.2M

Tag overlap

15% shared , 3 shared tags, 17 only on Garry's Mod, 17 only on Life is Strange: Before the Storm.

Only Garry's Mod

SandboxModdableMultiplayerPhysicsBuildingCasualFunnyFirst-PersonFPSSimulationComedyOnline Co-OpCo-opShooterPvPRealisticExploration

Shared

SingleplayerActionIndie

Only Life is Strange: Before the Storm

Story RichChoices MatterGreat SoundtrackFemale ProtagonistAtmosphericEpisodicAdventureChoose Your Own AdventureMultiple EndingsThird PersonDramaMysteryLGBTQ+Walking SimulatorPoint & ClickPsychological HorrorMemes

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

45.0M to 104.9M

units (median: 74.9M)

≈ $256.6M to $598.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

45.0Mmedian104.9M

Sales estimate

vv1.0

1.8M to 4.2M

units (median: 3.0M)

≈ $17.5M to $40.8M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

1.8Mmedian4.2M

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