Rust vs Thief Simulator
Reviews on Steam
Rust
31.1× more reviews
Critical reception
Thief Simulator
1.2pp gap
Cheaper at launch
Thief Simulator
$20.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
Rust
37.3× 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
Thief Simulator
2018 · Action
- Reviews
- 36,679
- Positive
- 88%
- Launch price
- $19.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 2.8M
- Net rev
- $31.4M
Tag overlap
45% shared , 9 shared tags, 11 only on Rust, 11 only on Thief Simulator.
Only Rust
SurvivalCraftingMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftBuildingPvPNudityShooterOnline Co-OpPost-apocalypticEarly Access
Shared
Open WorldSandboxAdventureFirst-PersonActionFPSCo-opIndieSimulation
Only Thief Simulator
StealthSingleplayerCrimeHeistFunnyExplorationRealisticRPGSilent ProtagonistAtmosphericImmersive Sim
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
vv1.01.7M to 3.9M
units (median: 2.8M)
≈ $18.8M to $44.0M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
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