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People Playground vs Rust

Reviews on Steam

Rust

3.9× more reviews

Critical reception

People Playground

11.5pp gap

Cheaper at launch

People Playground

$30.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Rust

5.0× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

People Playground

1 years apart

A

People Playground

2019 · Action

mestiez · Studio Minus

Reviews
293,143
Positive
98%
Launch price
$9.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
20.5M
Net rev
$117.1M
B

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

25% shared , 5 shared tags, 15 only on People Playground, 15 only on Rust.

Only People Playground

GorePhysicsBloodModdableViolent2DSingleplayerDestructionFunnyPixel GraphicsPsychological HorrorCasualComedyHorrorChoose Your Own Adventure

Shared

SandboxSimulationBuildingIndieAction

Only Rust

SurvivalCraftingMultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftPvPAdventureFirst-PersonNudityFPSShooterCo-opOnline Co-OpPost-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

vv1.0

12.3M to 28.7M

units (median: 20.5M)

≈ $70.3M to $163.9M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

12.3Mmedian28.7M

Sales estimate

vv1.0

61.6M to 143.7M

units (median: 102.6M)

≈ $1406.7M to $3282.3M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

61.6Mmedian143.7M

How comparison pages work

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