Rust vs Subnautica
Reviews on Steam
Rust
3.4× more reviews
Critical reception
Subnautica
10.1pp gap
Cheaper at launch
Subnautica
$10.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
Rust
3.4× more units (white-box estimate)
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
Subnautica
2018 · Adventure
Unknown Worlds Entertainment · Unknown Worlds Entertainment
- Reviews
- 331,738
- Positive
- 97%
- Launch price
- $29.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 29.9M
- Net rev
- $511.4M
Tag overlap
50% shared , 10 shared tags, 10 only on Rust, 10 only on Subnautica.
Only Rust
BuildingPvPNudityFPSShooterCo-opOnline Co-OpPost-apocalypticEarly AccessSimulation
Shared
SurvivalCraftingMultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftSandboxAdventureFirst-PersonActionIndie
Only Subnautica
HorrorUnderwaterExplorationBase-BuildingSingleplayerSci-fiAtmosphericAliensSurvival HorrorVR
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
vv1.061.6M to 143.7M
units (median: 102.6M)
≈ $1406.7M to $3282.3M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
Sales estimate
vv1.017.9M to 41.8M
units (median: 29.9M)
≈ $306.9M to $716.0M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
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