Iron Lung vs Rust
Reviews on Steam
Rust
105.9× more reviews
Critical reception
Iron Lung
5.1pp gap
Cheaper at launch
Iron Lung
$32.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
Rust
146.7× more units (white-box estimate)
More recent
Iron Lung
4 years apart
Iron Lung
2022 · Adventure
David Szymanski · David Szymanski
- Reviews
- 10,767
- Positive
- 92%
- Launch price
- $7.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 700K
- Net rev
- $3.2M
Rust
2018 · Action
Facepunch Studios · Facepunch Studios
- Reviews
- 1,140,437
- Positive
- 87%
- Launch price
- $39.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 102.6M
- Net rev
- $2344.5M
Tag overlap
15% shared , 3 shared tags, 17 only on Iron Lung, 17 only on Rust.
Only Iron Lung
HorrorAtmosphericPsychological HorrorSubmarineUnderwaterShortPixel GraphicsMinimalistSci-fiAbstract3DWalking SimulatorExplorationDarkMysteryDystopian Surreal
Shared
IndieAdventureFirst-Person
Only Rust
SurvivalCraftingMultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingPvPSandboxActionNudityFPSShooterCo-opOnline Co-OpPost-apocalypticEarly AccessSimulation
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
vv1.0420K to 980K
units (median: 700K)
≈ $1.9M to $4.5M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
Sales estimate
vv1.061.6M to 143.7M
units (median: 102.6M)
≈ $1406.7M to $3282.3M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
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