Onward vs Phasmophobia
Reviews on Steam
Phasmophobia
72.8× more reviews
Critical reception
Phasmophobia
26.2pp gap
Cheaper at launch
Phasmophobia
$5.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
Phasmophobia
155.9× more units (white-box estimate)
More recent
Onward
5 years apart
Onward
2025 · Action
Downpour Interactive · Downpour Interactive
- Reviews
- 9,304
- Positive
- 68%
- Launch price
- $24.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 326K
- Net rev
- $4.6M
Phasmophobia
2020 · Action
- Reviews
- 676,967
- Positive
- 95%
- Launch price
- $19.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 50.8M
- Net rev
- $579.7M
Tag overlap
45% shared , 9 shared tags, 11 only on Onward, 11 only on Phasmophobia.
Only Onward
ShooterFPSMilitaryRealisticSimulationViolentWarPvPe-sportsModernClass-Based
Shared
VRMultiplayerActionIndieTacticalFirst-PersonSingleplayerEarly AccessOnline Co-Op
Only Phasmophobia
HorrorPsychological HorrorCo-opSupernaturalInvestigationDarkDemonsDetectiveMysteryThriller3D
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
vv1.0195K to 456K
units (median: 326K)
≈ $2.8M to $6.5M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
Sales estimate
vv1.030.5M to 71.1M
units (median: 50.8M)
≈ $347.8M to $811.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
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