Pavlov vs Rust
Reviews on Steam
Rust
30.2× more reviews
Critical reception
Pavlov
1.9pp gap
Cheaper at launch
Pavlov
$15.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
Rust
41.7× more units (white-box estimate)
More recent
Pavlov
6 years apart
Pavlov
2024 · Action
Vankrupt Games · Vankrupt Games
- Reviews
- 37,822
- Positive
- 89%
- Launch price
- $24.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 2.5M
- Net rev
- $35.1M
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
50% shared , 10 shared tags, 10 only on Pavlov, 10 only on Rust.
Only Pavlov
VRMilitaryZombiesGoreSingleplayerFunnyViolentCompetitiveTeam-BasedMemes
Shared
ShooterActionMultiplayerFPSFirst-PersonCo-opPvPIndieSimulationOnline Co-Op
Only Rust
SurvivalCraftingOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingSandboxAdventureNudityPost-apocalypticEarly Access
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
vv1.01.5M to 3.4M
units (median: 2.5M)
≈ $21.1M to $49.1M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
Sales estimate
vv1.061.6M to 143.7M
units (median: 102.6M)
≈ $1406.7M to $3282.3M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
How comparison pages work
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