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Garry's Mod vs Paint the Town Red

Reviews on Steam

Garry's Mod

37.3× more reviews

Critical reception

Garry's Mod

0.9pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Garry's Mod

$10.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Garry's Mod

34.9× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Paint the Town Red

15 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

Paint the Town Red

2021 · Action

South East Games · South East Games

Reviews
28,669
Positive
96%
Launch price
$19.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
2.2M
Net rev
$24.6M

Tag overlap

40% shared , 8 shared tags, 12 only on Garry's Mod, 12 only on Paint the Town Red.

Only Garry's Mod

SandboxModdableBuildingCasualSimulationComedyOnline Co-OpCo-opShooterPvPRealisticExploration

Shared

MultiplayerPhysicsFunnyFirst-PersonSingleplayerFPSActionIndie

Only Paint the Town Red

GoreBloodViolentFightingRogue-likeBeat 'em upVoxelRogue-liteMatureAdventureDifficultArcade

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

1.3M to 3.0M

units (median: 2.2M)

$14.7M to $34.4M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

1.3Mmedian3.0M

How comparison pages work

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