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Rust vs Smack Studio

Reviews on Steam

Rust

1818.9× more reviews

Critical reception

Rust

2.2pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Smack Studio

$25.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Rust

3274.0× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Smack Studio

6 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

Smack Studio

2024 · Action

ThirdPixel Interactive · ThirdPixel Interactive

Reviews
627
Positive
85%
Launch price
$14.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
31K
Net rev
$0.3M

Tag overlap

30% shared , 6 shared tags, 14 only on Rust, 14 only on Smack Studio.

Only Rust

SurvivalCraftingOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingAdventureFirst-PersonActionNudityFPSShooterOnline Co-OpPost-apocalypticSimulation

Shared

MultiplayerPvPSandboxCo-opIndieEarly Access

Only Smack Studio

Character CustomizationLocal Multiplayer2D FighterDesign & IllustrationPixel GraphicsFighting2.5DLevel EditorSoftwareAutomationGame DevelopmentCombatCasual2D Platformer

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

19K to 44K

units (median: 31K)

≈ $161K to $376K net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

19Kmedian44K

How comparison pages work

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