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Just Shapes & Beats vs Rust

Reviews on Steam

Rust

44.9× more reviews

Critical reception

Just Shapes & Beats

10.7pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Just Shapes & Beats

$20.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Rust

53.8× more units (white-box estimate)

A

Just Shapes & Beats

2018 · Action

Berzerk Studio · Berzerk Studio

Reviews
25,426
Positive
98%
Launch price
$19.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
1.9M
Net rev
$21.8M
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 Just Shapes & Beats, 15 only on Rust.

Only Just Shapes & Beats

RhythmGreat SoundtrackMusicBullet HellDifficult2DSingleplayerLocal MultiplayerLocal Co-OpFast-Paced4 Player LocalStory RichColorfulFunnyStrategy

Shared

MultiplayerIndieActionCo-opOnline Co-Op

Only Rust

SurvivalCraftingOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingPvPSandboxAdventureFirst-PersonNudityFPSShooterPost-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

vv1.0

1.1M to 2.7M

units (median: 1.9M)

≈ $13.1M to $30.5M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

1.1Mmedian2.7M

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

How comparison pages work

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