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Garry's Mod vs Life is Strange - Episode 1

Reviews on Steam

Garry's Mod

8.7× more reviews

Critical reception

Garry's Mod

0.6pp gap

Estimated sales (median)

Garry's Mod

6.8× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Life is Strange - Episode 1

9 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 - Episode 1

2015 · Action

DONTNOD Entertainment · Square Enix

Reviews
122,787
Positive
96%
Launch price
n/a
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
11.1M
Net rev
$94.7M

Tag overlap

20% shared , 4 shared tags, 16 only on Garry's Mod, 16 only on Life is Strange - Episode 1.

Only Garry's Mod

SandboxModdableMultiplayerPhysicsBuildingFunnyFirst-PersonFPSSimulationComedyOnline Co-OpCo-opShooterPvPRealisticExploration

Shared

CasualSingleplayerActionIndie

Only Life is Strange - Episode 1

Story RichChoices MatterGreat SoundtrackFemale ProtagonistTime TravelAtmosphericEpisodicAdventureTime ManipulationMultiple EndingsMysteryThird PersonPoint & ClickWalking SimulatorLGBTQ+Memes

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

6.6M to 15.5M

units (median: 11.1M)

≈ $56.8M to $132.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

6.6Mmedian15.5M

How comparison pages work

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