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KovaaK's vs Rust

Reviews on Steam

Rust

31.3× more reviews

Critical reception

KovaaK's

6.1pp gap

Cheaper at launch

KovaaK's

$30.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Rust

40.3× more units (white-box estimate)

A

KovaaK's

2018 · Action

KovaaK Games · KovaaK Games

Reviews
36,410
Positive
93%
Launch price
$9.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
2.5M
Net rev
$14.5M
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

35% shared , 7 shared tags, 4 only on KovaaK's, 13 only on Rust.

Only KovaaK's

Software TrainingSingleplayerControllerHorror

Shared

ActionShooterSimulationFPSIndieFirst-PersonMultiplayer

Only Rust

SurvivalCraftingOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingPvPSandboxAdventureNudityCo-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

1.5M to 3.6M

units (median: 2.5M)

$8.7M to $20.4M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

1.5Mmedian3.6M

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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