Rust vs Subnautica: Below Zero
Reviews on Steam
Rust
11.7× more reviews
Critical reception
Subnautica: Below Zero
3.2pp gap
Cheaper at launch
Subnautica: Below Zero
$10.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
Rust
11.7× more units (white-box estimate)
More recent
Subnautica: Below Zero
3 years apart
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: Below Zero
2021 · Adventure
Unknown Worlds Entertainment · Unknown Worlds Entertainment
- Reviews
- 97,547
- Positive
- 90%
- Launch price
- $29.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 8.8M
- Net rev
- $150.4M
Tag overlap
50% shared , 10 shared tags, 10 only on Rust, 10 only on Subnautica: Below Zero.
Only Rust
BuildingPvPNudityFPSShooterCo-opOnline Co-OpPost-apocalypticEarly AccessSimulation
Shared
SurvivalCraftingMultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftSandboxAdventureFirst-PersonActionIndie
Only Subnautica: Below Zero
UnderwaterSingleplayerHorrorExplorationBase-BuildingSurvival HorrorSci-fiAliensStory RichAtmospheric
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
vv1.05.3M to 12.3M
units (median: 8.8M)
≈ $90.2M to $210.5M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
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