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Job Simulator vs Rust

Reviews on Steam

Rust

212.4× more reviews

Critical reception

Job Simulator

4.4pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Job Simulator

$20.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Rust

212.4× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Rust

2 years apart

A

Job Simulator

2016 · Action

Owlchemy Labs · Owlchemy Labs

Reviews
5,370
Positive
91%
Launch price
$19.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
483K
Net rev
$5.5M
B

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

25% shared , 5 shared tags, 15 only on Job Simulator, 15 only on Rust.

Only Job Simulator

VRFunnySingleplayerRobotsComedyPhysicsPsychological HorrorHorrorMemesFamily FriendlyCasualJob SimulatorSci-fiAtmosphericRealistic

Shared

SimulationFirst-PersonSandboxIndieAction

Only Rust

SurvivalCraftingMultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingPvPAdventureNudityFPSShooterCo-opOnline Co-OpPost-apocalypticEarly Access

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

290K to 677K

units (median: 483K)

$3.3M to $7.7M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

290Kmedian677K

Sales estimate

vv1.0

61.6M to 143.7M

units (median: 102.6M)

$1406.7M to $3282.3M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

61.6Mmedian143.7M

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