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Rivals of Aether vs Rust

Reviews on Steam

Rust

34.6× more reviews

Critical reception

Rivals of Aether

9pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Rivals of Aether

$10.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Rust

32.8× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Rust

1 years apart

A

Rivals of Aether

2017 · Indie

Aether Studios · Aether Studios

Reviews
32,921
Positive
96%
Launch price
$29.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
3.1M
Net rev
$53.6M
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

15% shared , 3 shared tags, 17 only on Rivals of Aether, 17 only on Rust.

Only Rivals of Aether

Fighting2D FighterPixel GraphicsLocal MultiplayerCompetitivePlatformerGames WorkshopModdable2DGreat Soundtrack4 Player LocalControllerArcadeBeat 'em upSingleplayerRetroGameMaker

Shared

MultiplayerIndieAction

Only Rust

SurvivalCraftingOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingPvPSandboxAdventureFirst-PersonNudityFPSShooterCo-opOnline Co-OpPost-apocalypticEarly AccessSimulation

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

1.9M to 4.4M

units (median: 3.1M)

≈ $32.1M to $75.0M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

1.9Mmedian4.4M

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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