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Phasmophobia vs The Forgotten City

Reviews on Steam

Phasmophobia

51.2× more reviews

Critical reception

The Forgotten City

1.4pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Phasmophobia

$5.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Phasmophobia

42.7× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

The Forgotten City

1 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

The Forgotten City

2021 · Adventure

Modern Storyteller · Dear Villagers

Reviews
13,222
Positive
96%
Launch price
$24.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
1.2M
Net rev
$17.0M

Tag overlap

20% shared , 4 shared tags, 16 only on Phasmophobia, 16 only on The Forgotten City.

Only Phasmophobia

HorrorOnline Co-OpMultiplayerPsychological HorrorCo-opSupernaturalVRDarkDemonsDetectiveThriller3DEarly AccessActionTacticalSingleplayer

Shared

First-PersonInvestigationMysteryIndie

Only The Forgotten City

AdventureTime TravelExplorationChoices MatterStory RichRPGMultiple EndingsWalking SimulatorAtmosphericPhilosophicalGreat SoundtrackRemakeFantasyRomeOpen WorldSilent Protagonist

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

714K to 1.7M

units (median: 1.2M)

$10.2M to $23.8M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

714Kmedian1.7M

How comparison pages work

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