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Rust vs The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth

Reviews on Steam

Rust

141.4× more reviews

Critical reception

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth

6.5pp gap

Cheaper at launch

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth

$29.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Rust

141.4× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Rust

3 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

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth

2015 · Action

Nicalis, Inc. · self-published

Reviews
8,067
Positive
93%
Launch price
$10.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
726K
Net rev
$4.6M

Tag overlap

25% shared , 5 shared tags, 15 only on Rust, 15 only on The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth.

Only Rust

CraftingMultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingPvPSandboxFirst-PersonNudityFPSShooterOnline Co-OpPost-apocalypticEarly AccessSimulation

Shared

SurvivalAdventureActionCo-opIndie

Only The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth

Replay ValueDifficultRogue-likeGreat SoundtrackDungeon CrawlerSingleplayerDarkPixel GraphicsGoreRogue-lite2DAtmosphericProcedural GenerationHorrorPsychological Horror

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

436K to 1.0M

units (median: 726K)

$2.7M to $6.4M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

436Kmedian1.0M

How comparison pages work

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