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LIMBO vs Rust

Reviews on Steam

Rust

28.7× more reviews

Critical reception

LIMBO

5.3pp gap

Cheaper at launch

LIMBO

$27.50 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Rust

28.7× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Rust

7 years apart

A

LIMBO

2011 · Action

Playdead · Playdead

Reviews
39,687
Positive
92%
Launch price
$12.49
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
3.6M
Net rev
$25.5M
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

15% shared , 3 shared tags, 17 only on LIMBO, 17 only on Rust.

Only LIMBO

Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzlePlatformerDarkAtmospheric2DSingleplayerHorrorSurrealShortSide ScrollerDifficultMinimalistPhysicsCinematicCasualController

Shared

IndieAdventureAction

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

2.1M to 5.0M

units (median: 3.6M)

$15.3M to $35.7M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

2.1Mmedian5.0M

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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