Rust vs The Long Dark
Reviews on Steam
Rust
10.3× more reviews
Critical reception
The Long Dark
2.1pp gap
Cheaper at launch
The Long Dark
$20.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
Rust
9.3× more units (white-box estimate)
More recent
Rust
1 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
The Long Dark
2017 · Adventure
Hinterland Studio Inc. · Hinterland Studio Inc.
- Reviews
- 110,190
- Positive
- 89%
- Launch price
- $19.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 11.0M
- Net rev
- $125.8M
Tag overlap
65% shared , 13 shared tags, 7 only on Rust, 7 only on The Long Dark.
Only Rust
MultiplayerBuildingPvPNudityFPSShooterOnline Co-Op
Shared
SurvivalCraftingOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftSandboxAdventureFirst-PersonActionCo-opIndiePost-apocalypticEarly AccessSimulation
Only The Long Dark
ExplorationAtmosphericSingleplayerWalking SimulatorSurvival HorrorStrategyDifficult
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
vv1.06.6M to 15.4M
units (median: 11.0M)
≈ $75.5M to $176.1M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
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