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Prison Architect vs Stardew Valley

Reviews on Steam

Stardew Valley

14.5× more reviews

Critical reception

Stardew Valley

9.2pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Stardew Valley

$15.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Stardew Valley

13.8× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Stardew Valley

1 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

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 Prison Architect, 12 only on Stardew Valley.

Only Prison Architect

Base-BuildingColony SimStrategyManagementCity BuilderTop-DownResource ManagementEconomyModdableCapitalismFunnyReplay Value

Shared

SimulationBuildingSandbox2DMultiplayerSingleplayerIndieCasual

Only Stardew Valley

Farming SimPixel GraphicsLife 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

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

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

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