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Phasmophobia vs Rivals of Aether

Reviews on Steam

Phasmophobia

17.9× more reviews

Critical reception

Rivals of Aether

1.4pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Phasmophobia

$10.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Phasmophobia

14.2× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Phasmophobia

3 years apart

A

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
B

Rivals of Aether

2017 · Indie

Aether Studios · Aether Studios

Reviews
37,730
Positive
96%
Launch price
$29.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
3.6M
Net rev
$61.4M

Tag overlap

20% shared , 4 shared tags, 16 only on Phasmophobia, 16 only on Rivals of Aether.

Only Phasmophobia

HorrorOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorCo-opSupernaturalVRFirst-PersonInvestigationDarkDemonsDetectiveMysteryThriller3DEarly AccessTactical

Shared

MultiplayerIndieActionSingleplayer

Only Rivals of Aether

Fighting2D FighterPixel GraphicsLocal MultiplayerCompetitivePlatformerGames WorkshopModdable2DGreat Soundtrack4 Player LocalControllerArcadeBeat 'em upRetroGameMaker

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

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

Sales estimate

vv1.0

2.2M to 5.0M

units (median: 3.6M)

≈ $36.8M to $86.0M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

2.2Mmedian5.0M

How comparison pages work

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