Project Zomboid vs Rust
Reviews on Steam
Rust
3.3× more reviews
Critical reception
Project Zomboid
7.1pp gap
Cheaper at launch
Project Zomboid
$20.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
Rust
3.3× more units (white-box estimate)
More recent
Rust
5 years apart
Project Zomboid
2013 · Indie
The Indie Stone · The Indie Stone
- Reviews
- 343,212
- Positive
- 94%
- Launch price
- $19.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 30.9M
- Net rev
- $352.7M
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
65% shared , 13 shared tags, 7 only on Project Zomboid, 7 only on Rust.
Only Project Zomboid
ZombiesRPGSurvival HorrorRealisticIsometricSingleplayer2D
Shared
SurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftSandboxPost-apocalypticCo-opCraftingBuildingIndieSimulationAdventureEarly Access
Only Rust
PvPFirst-PersonActionNudityFPSShooterOnline Co-Op
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
vv1.018.5M to 43.2M
units (median: 30.9M)
≈ $211.6M to $493.8M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
Sales estimate
vv1.061.6M to 143.7M
units (median: 102.6M)
≈ $1406.7M to $3282.3M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
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