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Outlast vs Phasmophobia

Reviews on Steam

Phasmophobia

6.7× more reviews

Critical reception

Outlast

1.9pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Outlast

$5.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Phasmophobia

5.6× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Phasmophobia

7 years apart

A

Outlast

2013 · Action

Red Barrels · Red Barrels

Reviews
101,554
Positive
96%
Launch price
$14.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
9.1M
Net rev
$78.3M
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 Outlast, 12 only on Phasmophobia.

Only Outlast

Survival HorrorAtmosphericGoreSurvivalAdventureStealthNudityParkourDifficultWalking Simulator3D VisionSci-fi

Shared

HorrorFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorSingleplayerDarkActionMultiplayerIndie

Only Phasmophobia

Online Co-OpCo-opSupernaturalVRInvestigationDemonsDetectiveMysteryThriller3DEarly 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

5.5M to 12.8M

units (median: 9.1M)

$47.0M to $109.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

5.5Mmedian12.8M

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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