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Garry's Mod vs The Use of Life

Reviews on Steam

Garry's Mod

1395.7× more reviews

Critical reception

Garry's Mod

6.1pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Garry's Mod

$10.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Garry's Mod

1628.3× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

The Use of Life

19 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

The Use of Life

2025 · Adventure

だらねこげーむず/Daraneko Games · PLAYISM

Reviews
767
Positive
91%
Launch price
$19.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
46K
Net rev
$0.5M

Tag overlap

10% shared , 2 shared tags, 18 only on Garry's Mod, 18 only on The Use of Life.

Only Garry's Mod

SandboxModdableMultiplayerPhysicsBuildingCasualFunnyFirst-PersonFPSSimulationComedyOnline Co-OpCo-opShooterActionPvPRealisticExploration

Shared

SingleplayerIndie

Only The Use of Life

Choose Your Own AdventureCRPGTurn-Based StrategyJRPGRPG2DTurn-Based CombatStory RichDark FantasyFantasyAdventureQuick-Time EventsEarly AccessMultiple EndingsReplay ValueChoices MatterClass-BasedController

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

28K to 64K

units (median: 46K)

≈ $315K to $736K net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

28Kmedian64K

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