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Rust vs Rusted Moss

Reviews on Steam

Rust

708.3× more reviews

Critical reception

Rusted Moss

2.4pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Rusted Moss

$20.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Rust

1062.5× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Rusted Moss

5 years apart

A

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
B

Rusted Moss

2023 · Action

Emlise · PLAYISM

Reviews
1,610
Positive
89%
Launch price
$19.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
97K
Net rev
$1.1M

Tag overlap

20% shared , 4 shared tags, 16 only on Rust, 16 only on Rusted Moss.

Only Rust

SurvivalCraftingMultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingPvPSandboxFirst-PersonNudityFPSShooterCo-opOnline Co-OpEarly AccessSimulation

Shared

AdventureActionIndiePost-apocalyptic

Only Rusted Moss

PlatformerPixel GraphicsStory Rich2D PlatformerMetroidvania2DAction-AdventurePrecision PlatformerTwin Stick ShooterDifficultFemale ProtagonistMultiple EndingsDystopian AtmosphericDarkRetro

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

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

Sales estimate

vv1.0

58K to 135K

units (median: 97K)

≈ $662K to $1.5M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

58Kmedian135K

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