Rust vs Scrap Mechanic
Reviews on Steam
Rust
10.7× more reviews
Critical reception
Scrap Mechanic
5.1pp gap
Cheaper at launch
Scrap Mechanic
$11.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
Rust
17.5× more units (white-box estimate)
More recent
Scrap Mechanic
8 years apart
Rust
2018 · Action
Facepunch Studios · Facepunch Studios
- Reviews
- 1,176,471
- Positive
- 87%
- Launch price
- $39.99
- Engine
- Unknown
- Sales (median)
- 105.9M
- Net rev
- $2418.6M
Scrap Mechanic
2026 · Action
- Reviews
- 109,847
- Positive
- 92%
- Launch price
- $28.99
- Engine
- Unknown
- Sales (median)
- 6.0M
- Net rev
- $100.0M
Tag overlap
70% shared , 14 shared tags, 6 only on Rust, 6 only on Scrap Mechanic.
Only Rust
Open World Survival CraftPvPNudityFPSShooterPost-apocalyptic
Shared
SurvivalCraftingMultiplayerOpen WorldBuildingSandboxAdventureFirst-PersonActionCo-opOnline Co-OpIndieEarly AccessSimulation
Only Scrap Mechanic
PhysicsBase-BuildingSingleplayerThird PersonFunnyModdable
Sales estimates
Paid-game estimates use the same transparent multi-factor Boxleiter method. Free-to-play games never receive paid unit or revenue estimates.
Sales estimate
v1.063.5M to 148.2M
units (median: 105.9M)
≈ $1451.2M to $3386.0M modeled net revenue (fixed store-cut, refund, and regional-price assumptions applied)
+ - How is this calculated?
| Factor | Adjustment |
|---|---|
| base | +50 |
| year_2018 | +15 |
| price_$40 | +15 |
| positive_87% | +10 |
| final NB | 90 |
Heuristic display range: median × [0.6, 1.4]. Boundary protection: NB ∈ [15, 150].
Methodology & limitations
Sales estimates use an additive Boxleiter-derived heuristic against public Steam review
counts. They are not authoritative sales data, and the fixed display range
is not a statistically validated confidence interval. Actual results may fall outside it,
especially for deeply discounted or bundle-heavy titles. Algorithm version
v1.0. Read the exact method and validation status.
Sales estimate
v1.03.6M to 8.5M
units (median: 6.0M)
≈ $60.0M to $140.1M modeled net revenue (fixed store-cut, refund, and regional-price assumptions applied)
+ - How is this calculated?
| Factor | Adjustment |
|---|---|
| base | +50 |
| year_2026 | -10 |
| price_$29 | +5 |
| positive_92% | +10 |
| final NB | 55 |
Heuristic display range: median × [0.6, 1.4]. Boundary protection: NB ∈ [15, 150].
Methodology & limitations
Sales estimates use an additive Boxleiter-derived heuristic against public Steam review
counts. They are not authoritative sales data, and the fixed display range
is not a statistically validated confidence interval. Actual results may fall outside it,
especially for deeply discounted or bundle-heavy titles. Algorithm version
v1.0. Read the exact method and validation status.
How comparison pages work
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