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Garry's Mod vs Outer Wilds

Reviews on Steam

Garry's Mod

12.5× more reviews

Critical reception

Garry's Mod

1.3pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Garry's Mod

$15.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Garry's Mod

11.0× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Outer Wilds

14 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

Outer Wilds

2020 · Action

Mobius Digital · Annapurna Interactive

Reviews
85,305
Positive
96%
Launch price
$24.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
6.8M
Net rev
$97.4M

Tag overlap

30% shared , 6 shared tags, 14 only on Garry's Mod, 14 only on Outer Wilds.

Only Garry's Mod

SandboxModdableMultiplayerPhysicsBuildingCasualFunnyFPSComedyOnline Co-OpCo-opShooterPvPRealistic

Shared

First-PersonSingleplayerSimulationActionIndieExploration

Only Outer Wilds

SpaceMysteryStory RichAdventureGreat SoundtrackAtmosphericPuzzleOpen WorldSci-fiHorrorBeautifulPsychological HorrorEpic3D

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

4.1M to 9.6M

units (median: 6.8M)

$58.4M to $136.4M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

4.1Mmedian9.6M

How comparison pages work

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