Rust vs The Forest
Reviews on Steam
Rust
2.0× more reviews
Critical reception
The Forest
8.6pp gap
Cheaper at launch
The Forest
$20.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
Rust
2.4× 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
The Forest
2018 · Action
Endnight Games Ltd · Endnight Games Ltd
- Reviews
- 570,988
- Positive
- 96%
- Launch price
- $19.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 42.8M
- Net rev
- $489.0M
Tag overlap
60% shared , 12 shared tags, 8 only on Rust, 8 only on The Forest.
Only Rust
MultiplayerPvPNudityFPSShooterCo-opOnline Co-OpPost-apocalyptic
Shared
SurvivalCraftingOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingSandboxAdventureFirst-PersonActionIndieEarly AccessSimulation
Only The Forest
HorrorSurvival HorrorExplorationSingleplayerAtmosphericGoreRealisticZombies
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
vv1.025.7M to 60.0M
units (median: 42.8M)
≈ $293.4M to $684.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
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