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Phasmophobia vs Subnautica

Reviews on Steam

Phasmophobia

2.0× more reviews

Critical reception

Subnautica

2.5pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Phasmophobia

$10.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Phasmophobia

1.7× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Phasmophobia

2 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

Subnautica

2018 · Adventure

Unknown Worlds Entertainment · Unknown Worlds Entertainment

Reviews
331,738
Positive
97%
Launch price
$29.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
29.9M
Net rev
$511.4M

Tag overlap

35% shared , 7 shared tags, 13 only on Phasmophobia, 13 only on Subnautica.

Only Phasmophobia

Online Co-OpPsychological HorrorCo-opSupernaturalInvestigationDarkDemonsDetectiveMysteryThriller3DEarly AccessTactical

Shared

HorrorMultiplayerVRFirst-PersonIndieActionSingleplayer

Only Subnautica

Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen WorldUnderwaterExplorationCraftingBase-BuildingAdventureSci-fiSandboxAtmosphericAliensSurvival Horror

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

17.9M to 41.8M

units (median: 29.9M)

≈ $306.9M to $716.0M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

17.9Mmedian41.8M

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