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JudgeSim vs Stardew Valley

Reviews on Steam

Stardew Valley

638.3× more reviews

Critical reception

Stardew Valley

14pp gap

Cheaper at launch

JudgeSim

$8.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Stardew Valley

1914.9× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

JudgeSim

8 years apart

A

JudgeSim

2024 · Casual

DelusionArt Studio · DelusionArt Studio

Reviews
1,361
Positive
84%
Launch price
$6.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
41K
Net rev
$0.2M
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

25% shared , 5 shared tags, 15 only on JudgeSim, 15 only on Stardew Valley.

Only JudgeSim

Text-BasedPoliticalCrimeInvestigationPuzzleHand-drawnPoint & ClickImmersive SimClickerDystopian ColorfulStrategyMultiple EndingsChoices MatterLinear

Shared

SimulationIndie2DSingleplayerCasual

Only Stardew Valley

Farming SimPixel GraphicsMultiplayerLife SimRPGRelaxingAgricultureCraftingSandboxBuildingOpen WorldDating 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

24K to 57K

units (median: 41K)

$98K to $228K net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

24Kmedian57K

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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