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Iron Lung vs Stardew Valley

Reviews on Steam

Stardew Valley

80.7× more reviews

Critical reception

Stardew Valley

6.5pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Iron Lung

$7.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Stardew Valley

111.7× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Iron Lung

6 years apart

A

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
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

10% shared , 2 shared tags, 18 only on Iron Lung, 18 only on Stardew Valley.

Only Iron Lung

HorrorAtmosphericPsychological HorrorSubmarineUnderwaterShortMinimalistAdventureFirst-PersonSci-fiAbstract3DWalking SimulatorExplorationDarkMysteryDystopian Surreal

Shared

IndiePixel Graphics

Only Stardew Valley

Farming SimMultiplayerLife SimRPGRelaxingAgricultureSimulationCraftingSandboxBuildingSingleplayerCasualOpen World2DDating SimCuteGreat SoundtrackFishing

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

420K to 980K

units (median: 700K)

≈ $1.9M to $4.5M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

420Kmedian980K

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

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