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Papers, Please vs Phasmophobia

Reviews on Steam

Phasmophobia

9.4× more reviews

Critical reception

Papers, Please

2.8pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Papers, Please

$10.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Phasmophobia

7.4× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Phasmophobia

7 years apart

A

Papers, Please

2013 · Adventure

Lucas Pope · 3909

Reviews
72,058
Positive
97%
Launch price
$9.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
6.8M
Net rev
$39.1M
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

10% shared , 2 shared tags, 18 only on Papers, Please, 18 only on Phasmophobia.

Only Papers, Please

PoliticalSimulationPoint & ClickPixel GraphicsDystopian Multiple EndingsPuzzleStory RichRetroAtmospheric2DAddictiveGreat SoundtrackStrategyReplay ValueCasualDifficultAdventure

Shared

IndieSingleplayer

Only Phasmophobia

HorrorOnline Co-OpMultiplayerPsychological HorrorCo-opSupernaturalVRFirst-PersonInvestigationDarkDemonsDetectiveMysteryThriller3DEarly AccessActionTactical

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)

≈ $23.4M to $54.7M 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

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