Project Zomboid vs Stardew Valley
Reviews on Steam
Stardew Valley
2.5× more reviews
Critical reception
Stardew Valley
4.4pp gap
Cheaper at launch
Stardew Valley
$5.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
Stardew Valley
2.5× more units (white-box estimate)
More recent
Stardew Valley
3 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
Stardew Valley
2016 · Indie
- Reviews
- 868,743
- Positive
- 98%
- Launch price
- $14.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 78.2M
- Net rev
- $669.5M
Tag overlap
50% shared , 10 shared tags, 10 only on Project Zomboid, 10 only on Stardew Valley.
Only Project Zomboid
SurvivalZombiesOpen World Survival CraftPost-apocalypticCo-opSurvival HorrorRealisticIsometricAdventureEarly Access
Shared
Open WorldMultiplayerSandboxCraftingBuildingIndieSimulationRPGSingleplayer2D
Only Stardew Valley
Farming SimPixel GraphicsLife SimRelaxingAgricultureCasualDating 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
vv1.018.5M to 43.2M
units (median: 30.9M)
≈ $211.6M to $493.8M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
Sales estimate
vv1.046.9M to 109.5M
units (median: 78.2M)
≈ $401.7M to $937.2M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
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