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Garry's Mod vs Rivals of Aether

Reviews on Steam

Garry's Mod

32.5× more reviews

Critical reception

Garry's Mod

0.9pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Garry's Mod

$20.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Garry's Mod

24.0× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Rivals of Aether

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

Rivals of Aether

2017 · Indie

Aether Studios · Aether Studios

Reviews
32,921
Positive
96%
Launch price
$29.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
3.1M
Net rev
$53.6M

Tag overlap

25% shared , 5 shared tags, 15 only on Garry's Mod, 15 only on Rivals of Aether.

Only Garry's Mod

SandboxPhysicsBuildingCasualFunnyFirst-PersonFPSSimulationComedyOnline Co-OpCo-opShooterPvPRealisticExploration

Shared

ModdableMultiplayerSingleplayerActionIndie

Only Rivals of Aether

Fighting2D FighterPixel GraphicsLocal MultiplayerCompetitivePlatformerGames Workshop2DGreat Soundtrack4 Player LocalControllerArcadeBeat 'em upRetroGameMaker

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

1.9M to 4.4M

units (median: 3.1M)

≈ $32.1M to $75.0M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

1.9Mmedian4.4M

How comparison pages work

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