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Rust vs West of Loathing

Reviews on Steam

Rust

112.0× more reviews

Critical reception

West of Loathing

10.8pp gap

Cheaper at launch

West of Loathing

$29.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Rust

100.8× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Rust

1 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

West of Loathing

2017 · Adventure

Asymmetric · Asymmetric

Reviews
10,180
Positive
98%
Launch price
$10.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
1.0M
Net rev
$6.4M

Tag overlap

15% shared , 3 shared tags, 17 only on Rust, 17 only on West of Loathing.

Only Rust

SurvivalCraftingMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftBuildingPvPSandboxFirst-PersonActionNudityFPSShooterCo-opOnline Co-OpPost-apocalypticEarly AccessSimulation

Shared

Open WorldAdventureIndie

Only West of Loathing

RPGComedyFunnyWesternSingleplayerStory RichTurn-Based CombatChoices MatterReplay ValueGreat SoundtrackTurn-BasedPuzzle2DTurn-Based StrategyCharacter CustomizationMemesPoint & Click

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

611K to 1.4M

units (median: 1.0M)

≈ $3.8M to $8.9M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

611Kmedian1.4M

How comparison pages work

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