Rust vs The Use of Life
Reviews on Steam
Rust
1486.9× more reviews
Critical reception
The Use of Life
3.8pp gap
Cheaper at launch
The Use of Life
$20.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
Rust
2230.3× more units (white-box estimate)
More recent
The Use of Life
7 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 Use of Life
2025 · Adventure
だらねこげーむず/Daraneko Games · PLAYISM
- Reviews
- 767
- Positive
- 91%
- Launch price
- $19.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 46K
- Net rev
- $0.5M
Tag overlap
15% shared , 3 shared tags, 17 only on Rust, 17 only on The Use of Life.
Only Rust
SurvivalCraftingMultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingPvPSandboxFirst-PersonActionNudityFPSShooterCo-opOnline Co-OpPost-apocalypticSimulation
Shared
AdventureIndieEarly Access
Only The Use of Life
Choose Your Own AdventureCRPGTurn-Based StrategyJRPGRPG2DTurn-Based CombatStory RichDark FantasyFantasyQuick-Time EventsSingleplayerMultiple EndingsReplay ValueChoices MatterClass-BasedController
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
vv1.028K to 64K
units (median: 46K)
≈ $315K to $736K net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
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