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Katana ZERO vs Rust

Reviews on Steam

Rust

17.4× more reviews

Critical reception

Katana ZERO

11pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Katana ZERO

$25.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Rust

20.9× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Katana ZERO

1 years apart

A

Katana ZERO

2019 · Action

Askiisoft · Devolver Digital

Reviews
65,392
Positive
98%
Launch price
$14.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
4.9M
Net rev
$42.0M
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

10% shared , 2 shared tags, 18 only on Katana ZERO, 18 only on Rust.

Only Katana ZERO

Pixel GraphicsGreat SoundtrackStory RichPlatformerCyberpunk2D Platformer2DHack and SlashFast-PacedViolentDifficultSingleplayerTime ManipulationGoreNinjaRetroNoirSci-fi

Shared

ActionIndie

Only Rust

SurvivalCraftingMultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingPvPSandboxAdventureFirst-PersonNudityFPSShooterCo-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

vv1.0

2.9M to 6.9M

units (median: 4.9M)

$25.2M to $58.8M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

2.9Mmedian6.9M

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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