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Life is Strange: Before the Storm vs Rust

Reviews on Steam

Rust

34.2× more reviews

Critical reception

Life is Strange: Before the Storm

6.3pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Life is Strange: Before the Storm

$23.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Rust

34.2× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Rust

1 years apart

A

Life is Strange: Before the Storm

2017 · Action

Deck Nine · Square Enix

Reviews
33,386
Positive
93%
Launch price
$16.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
3.0M
Net rev
$29.2M
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

15% shared , 3 shared tags, 17 only on Life is Strange: Before the Storm, 17 only on Rust.

Only Life is Strange: Before the Storm

Story RichChoices MatterGreat SoundtrackFemale ProtagonistAtmosphericSingleplayerEpisodicChoose Your Own AdventureMultiple EndingsThird PersonDramaMysteryLGBTQ+Walking SimulatorPoint & ClickPsychological HorrorMemes

Shared

AdventureActionIndie

Only Rust

SurvivalCraftingMultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingPvPSandboxFirst-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

1.8M to 4.2M

units (median: 3.0M)

≈ $17.5M to $40.8M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

1.8Mmedian4.2M

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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