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Rivals of Aether vs Stardew Valley

Reviews on Steam

Stardew Valley

26.4× more reviews

Critical reception

Stardew Valley

2.5pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Stardew Valley

$15.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Stardew Valley

25.0× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Rivals of Aether

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

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

30% shared , 6 shared tags, 14 only on Rivals of Aether, 14 only on Stardew Valley.

Only Rivals of Aether

Fighting2D FighterLocal MultiplayerCompetitivePlatformerGames WorkshopModdable4 Player LocalActionControllerArcadeBeat 'em upRetroGameMaker

Shared

MultiplayerPixel GraphicsIndie2DGreat SoundtrackSingleplayer

Only Stardew Valley

Farming SimLife SimRPGRelaxingAgricultureSimulationCraftingSandboxBuildingCasualOpen WorldDating SimCuteFishing

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

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

How comparison pages work

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