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Rusted Moss vs Stardew Valley

Reviews on Steam

Stardew Valley

539.6× more reviews

Critical reception

Stardew Valley

9.1pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Stardew Valley

$5.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Stardew Valley

809.4× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Rusted Moss

7 years apart

A

Rusted Moss

2023 · Action

Emlise · PLAYISM

Reviews
1,610
Positive
89%
Launch price
$19.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
97K
Net rev
$1.1M
B

Stardew Valley

2016 · Indie

ConcernedApe · ConcernedApe

Reviews
868,743
Positive
98%
Launch price
$14.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
78.2M
Net rev
$669.5M

Tag overlap

15% shared , 3 shared tags, 17 only on Rusted Moss, 17 only on Stardew Valley.

Only Rusted Moss

PlatformerActionStory RichAdventure2D PlatformerMetroidvaniaAction-AdventurePrecision PlatformerTwin Stick ShooterDifficultFemale ProtagonistPost-apocalypticMultiple EndingsDystopian AtmosphericDarkRetro

Shared

Pixel Graphics2DIndie

Only Stardew Valley

Farming SimMultiplayerLife SimRPGRelaxingAgricultureSimulationCraftingSandboxBuildingSingleplayerCasualOpen WorldDating SimCuteGreat SoundtrackFishing

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

58K to 135K

units (median: 97K)

≈ $662K to $1.5M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

58Kmedian135K

Sales estimate

vv1.0

46.9M to 109.5M

units (median: 78.2M)

≈ $401.7M to $937.2M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

46.9Mmedian109.5M

How comparison pages work

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