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Outer Wilds vs Phasmophobia

Reviews on Steam

Phasmophobia

7.9× more reviews

Critical reception

Outer Wilds

1.1pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Phasmophobia

$5.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Phasmophobia

7.4× more units (white-box estimate)

A

Outer Wilds

2020 · Action

Mobius Digital · Annapurna Interactive

Reviews
85,305
Positive
96%
Launch price
$24.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
6.8M
Net rev
$97.4M
B

Phasmophobia

2020 · Action

Kinetic Games · Kinetic Games

Reviews
676,875
Positive
95%
Launch price
$19.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
50.8M
Net rev
$579.7M

Tag overlap

40% shared , 8 shared tags, 12 only on Outer Wilds, 12 only on Phasmophobia.

Only Outer Wilds

ExplorationSpaceStory RichAdventureGreat SoundtrackAtmosphericPuzzleOpen WorldSci-fiBeautifulEpicSimulation

Shared

MysterySingleplayerIndieHorrorFirst-PersonPsychological Horror3DAction

Only Phasmophobia

Online Co-OpMultiplayerCo-opSupernaturalVRInvestigationDarkDemonsDetectiveThrillerEarly AccessTactical

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

4.1M to 9.6M

units (median: 6.8M)

$58.4M to $136.4M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

4.1Mmedian9.6M

Sales estimate

vv1.0

30.5M to 71.1M

units (median: 50.8M)

$347.8M to $811.5M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

30.5Mmedian71.1M

How comparison pages work

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