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Rain World vs Rust

Reviews on Steam

Rust

27.0× more reviews

Critical reception

Rain World

7.1pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Rain World

$15.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Rust

25.6× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Rust

1 years apart

A

Rain World

2017 · Action

Videocult · Akupara Games

Reviews
42,258
Positive
94%
Launch price
$24.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
4.0M
Net rev
$57.3M
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

35% shared , 7 shared tags, 13 only on Rain World, 13 only on Rust.

Only Rain World

DifficultAtmosphericExplorationPixel GraphicsPlatformer2D2D PlatformerCuteSurvival HorrorMetroidvaniaPhysicsSingleplayerSouls-like

Shared

SurvivalIndiePost-apocalypticOpen WorldAdventureSimulationAction

Only Rust

CraftingMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftBuildingPvPSandboxFirst-PersonNudityFPSShooterCo-opOnline Co-OpEarly 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

2.4M to 5.6M

units (median: 4.0M)

$34.4M to $80.2M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

2.4Mmedian5.6M

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

How comparison pages work

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