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Scrap Mechanic vs Valheim

Reviews on Steam

Valheim

4.3× more reviews

Critical reception

Valheim

2.2pp gap

Estimated sales (median)

Valheim

3.6× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Valheim

5 years apart

A

Scrap Mechanic

2016 · Action

Axolot Games · Axolot Games

Reviews
104,924
Positive
92%
Launch price
$19.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
9.4M
Net rev
$107.8M
B

Valheim

2021 · Action

Iron Gate AB · Coffee Stain Publishing

Reviews
452,821
Positive
94%
Launch price
$19.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
34.0M
Net rev
$387.8M

Tag overlap

75% shared , 15 shared tags, 5 only on Scrap Mechanic, 5 only on Valheim.

Only Scrap Mechanic

PhysicsFirst-PersonFunnySimulationModdable

Shared

BuildingSandboxMultiplayerSurvivalOpen WorldCraftingBase-BuildingCo-opAdventureSingleplayerThird PersonEarly AccessActionIndieOnline Co-Op

Only Valheim

Open World Survival CraftExplorationDifficultMythologyPvE

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

5.7M to 13.2M

units (median: 9.4M)

$64.7M to $151.0M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

5.7Mmedian13.2M

Sales estimate

vv1.0

20.4M to 47.5M

units (median: 34.0M)

$232.7M to $542.9M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

20.4Mmedian47.5M

How comparison pages work

Verdicts are objective, they call out which game scores higher on a single measurable axis (reviews, price, sales estimate, recency). They don't claim "better." Tag overlap is computed from the public Steam tag list. Sales estimates use a multi-factor Boxleiter method whose formula is shown in full on each game's page.

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