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People Playground vs Stardew Valley

Reviews on Steam

Stardew Valley

3.0× more reviews

Critical reception

People Playground

0pp gap

Cheaper at launch

People Playground

$5.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Stardew Valley

3.8× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

People Playground

3 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

Stardew Valley

2016 · Indie

ConcernedApe · ConcernedApe

Reviews
868,743
Positive
98%
Launch price
$14.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
78.2M
Net rev
$669.5M

Tag overlap

40% shared , 8 shared tags, 12 only on People Playground, 12 only on Stardew Valley.

Only People Playground

GorePhysicsBloodModdableViolentDestructionFunnyPsychological HorrorActionComedyHorrorChoose Your Own Adventure

Shared

Sandbox2DSingleplayerSimulationBuildingPixel GraphicsIndieCasual

Only Stardew Valley

Farming SimMultiplayerLife SimRPGRelaxingAgricultureCraftingOpen WorldDating SimCuteGreat SoundtrackFishing

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

46.9M to 109.5M

units (median: 78.2M)

$401.7M to $937.2M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

46.9Mmedian109.5M

How comparison pages work

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