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Heaven's Vault vs Stardew Valley

Reviews on Steam

Stardew Valley

356.0× more reviews

Critical reception

Stardew Valley

14.4pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Stardew Valley

$10.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Stardew Valley

400.5× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Heaven's Vault

3 years apart

A

Heaven's Vault

2019 · Adventure

inkle Ltd · inkle Ltd

Reviews
2,440
Positive
84%
Launch price
$24.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
195K
Net rev
$2.8M
B

Stardew Valley

2016 · Indie

ConcernedApe · ConcernedApe

Reviews
868,743
Positive
98%
Launch price
$14.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
78.2M
Net rev
$669.5M

Tag overlap

20% shared , 4 shared tags, 16 only on Heaven's Vault, 16 only on Stardew Valley.

Only Heaven's Vault

AdventureNarrativeMysteryFemale ProtagonistSci-fiChoices MatterPoint & ClickInteractive FictionPuzzleAtmosphericExplorationChoose Your Own AdventureStory RichSpaceHistoricalColorful

Shared

SingleplayerIndie2DGreat Soundtrack

Only Stardew Valley

Farming SimPixel GraphicsMultiplayerLife SimRPGRelaxingAgricultureSimulationCraftingSandboxBuildingCasualOpen WorldDating SimCuteFishing

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

117K to 273K

units (median: 195K)

≈ $1.7M to $3.9M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

117Kmedian273K

Sales estimate

vv1.0

46.9M to 109.5M

units (median: 78.2M)

≈ $401.7M to $937.2M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

46.9Mmedian109.5M

How comparison pages work

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