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Microcivilization vs Rust

Reviews on Steam

Rust

822.2× more reviews

Critical reception

Rust

6.7pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Microcivilization

$22.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Rust

1850.0× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Microcivilization

8 years apart

A

Microcivilization

2026 · Indie

Ondrej Homola · Ondrej Homola

Reviews
1,387
Positive
80%
Launch price
$17.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
55K
Net rev
$0.6M
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 Microcivilization, 17 only on Rust.

Only Microcivilization

ClickerBase-BuildingResource Management4XHistoricalStrategyAutomationInventory ManagementCity BuilderMythologyGod GameIdlerManagementDiplomacyEconomySingleplayer2D

Shared

BuildingEarly AccessIndie

Only Rust

SurvivalCraftingMultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftPvPSandboxAdventureFirst-PersonActionNudityFPSShooterCo-opOnline Co-OpPost-apocalypticSimulation

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

33K to 78K

units (median: 55K)

≈ $342K to $798K net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

33Kmedian78K

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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