Roots of Pacha vs Rust
Reviews on Steam
Rust
256.2× more reviews
Critical reception
Roots of Pacha
6.8pp gap
Cheaper at launch
Roots of Pacha
$15.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
Rust
354.7× more units (white-box estimate)
More recent
Roots of Pacha
5 years apart
Roots of Pacha
2023 · Indie
- Reviews
- 4,452
- Positive
- 94%
- Launch price
- $24.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 289K
- Net rev
- $4.1M
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
30% shared , 6 shared tags, 14 only on Roots of Pacha, 14 only on Rust.
Only Roots of Pacha
Farming SimPixel GraphicsRelaxingLife SimDating SimRPGCasualRomanceExplorationImmersive SimAgricultureCozyCuteController
Shared
IndieOnline Co-OpCraftingBuildingSandboxSimulation
Only Rust
SurvivalMultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftPvPAdventureFirst-PersonActionNudityFPSShooterCo-opPost-apocalypticEarly 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
vv1.0174K to 405K
units (median: 289K)
≈ $2.5M to $5.8M 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)
How comparison pages work
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