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Rust vs Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

Reviews on Steam

Rust

68.2× more reviews

Critical reception

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

8.7pp gap

Estimated sales (median)

Rust

58.5× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Rust

4 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

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

2014 · Action

Yacht Club Games · Yacht Club Games

Reviews
16,719
Positive
96%
Launch price
$39.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
1.8M
Net rev
$40.1M

Tag overlap

15% shared , 3 shared tags, 17 only on Rust, 17 only on Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.

Only Rust

SurvivalCraftingMultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingPvPSandboxFirst-PersonNudityFPSShooterCo-opOnline Co-OpPost-apocalypticEarly AccessSimulation

Shared

AdventureActionIndie

Only Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

PlatformerPixel GraphicsRetroGreat Soundtrack2DSingleplayerDifficultSide ScrollerKickstarterFantasyOld SchoolMedievalFunnyArcadeComedyRPGLocal Co-Op

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

1.1M to 2.5M

units (median: 1.8M)

≈ $24.1M to $56.1M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

1.1Mmedian2.5M

How comparison pages work

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