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Monster Train 2 vs Rust

Reviews on Steam

Rust

117.4× more reviews

Critical reception

Monster Train 2

8.5pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Monster Train 2

$15.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Rust

192.2× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Monster Train 2

7 years apart

A

Monster Train 2

2025 · Indie

Shiny Shoe · Big Fan Games

Reviews
9,712
Positive
95%
Launch price
$24.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
534K
Net rev
$7.6M
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 Monster Train 2, 17 only on Rust.

Only Monster Train 2

StrategyCard GameRogue-likeTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based TacticsDemonsFantasyTrainsSingleplayerDeckbuildingColorfulChoices MatterDifficultMagicProcedural GenerationReplay ValueRoguelike Deckbuilder

Shared

PvPMultiplayerIndie

Only Rust

SurvivalCraftingOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingSandboxAdventureFirst-PersonActionNudityFPSShooterCo-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

320K to 748K

units (median: 534K)

$4.6M to $10.7M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

320Kmedian748K

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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