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Prison Architect vs Rust

Reviews on Steam

Rust

19.1× more reviews

Critical reception

Prison Architect

2.3pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Prison Architect

$10.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Rust

18.1× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Rust

3 years apart

A

Prison Architect

2015 · Indie

Introversion Software · Paradox Interactive

Reviews
59,769
Positive
89%
Launch price
$29.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
5.7M
Net rev
$97.3M
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 Prison Architect, 15 only on Rust.

Only Prison Architect

Base-BuildingColony SimStrategyManagementCity Builder2DTop-DownResource ManagementEconomySingleplayerModdableCapitalismFunnyReplay ValueCasual

Shared

SimulationBuildingSandboxMultiplayerIndie

Only Rust

SurvivalCraftingOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftPvPAdventureFirst-PersonActionNudityFPSShooterCo-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

3.4M to 7.9M

units (median: 5.7M)

≈ $58.4M to $136.2M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

3.4Mmedian7.9M

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

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