Rust vs Tank Mechanic Simulator
Reviews on Steam
Rust
124.6× more reviews
Critical reception
Tank Mechanic Simulator
0.8pp gap
Cheaper at launch
Tank Mechanic Simulator
$20.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
Rust
149.5× more units (white-box estimate)
More recent
Tank Mechanic Simulator
2 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
Tank Mechanic Simulator
2020 · Action
DeGenerals S.A. · PlayWay S.A.
- Reviews
- 9,151
- Positive
- 88%
- Launch price
- $19.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 686K
- Net rev
- $7.8M
Tag overlap
35% shared , 7 shared tags, 13 only on Rust, 13 only on Tank Mechanic Simulator.
Only Rust
SurvivalMultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftPvPSandboxNudityFPSShooterCo-opOnline Co-OpPost-apocalypticEarly Access
Shared
CraftingBuildingAdventureFirst-PersonActionIndieSimulation
Only Tank Mechanic Simulator
TanksWorld War IIRealisticSingleplayerRelaxingManagementWalking SimulatorEconomyCasualExplorationResource ManagementAtmosphericFamily Friendly
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
vv1.0412K to 961K
units (median: 686K)
≈ $4.7M to $11.0M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
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