Scrap Mechanic vs Valheim

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Scrap Mechanic

2016 · Action

Axolot Games · Axolot Games

Reviews: 105,678
Positive: 92%
Launch price: $19.99
Engine: Unknown
Sales (median): 9.5M
Net rev: $108.6M

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Valheim

2021 · Action

Iron Gate AB · Coffee Stain Publishing

Reviews: 455,972
Positive: 94%
Launch price: $19.99
Engine: Unknown
Sales (median): 34.2M
Net rev: $390.5M

Tag overlap

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

Only Scrap Mechanic

Physics First-Person Funny Simulation Moddable

Shared

Building SandboxMultiplayerSurvival Open World Crafting Base-BuildingCo-opAdventureSingleplayerThird PersonEarly AccessActionIndieOnline Co-Op

Only Valheim

Open World Survival Craft Exploration Difficult Mythology PvE

Sales estimates

Paid-game estimates use the same transparent multi-factor Boxleiter method. Free-to-play games never receive paid unit or revenue estimates.

Sales estimate

v1.0

5.7M to 13.3M

units (median: 9.5M)

≈ $65.2M to $152.0M modeled net revenue (fixed store-cut, refund, and regional-price assumptions applied)

5.7M median 13.3M

+ How is this calculated?

105,678 reviews × NB(90) = 9,511,020 median units

Factor	Adjustment
base	+50
year_2016	+30
price_$20	0
positive_92%	+10
final NB	90

Heuristic display range: median × [0.6, 1.4]. Boundary protection: NB ∈ [15, 150].

Methodology & limitations

Sales estimates use an additive Boxleiter-derived heuristic against public Steam review counts. They are not authoritative sales data, and the fixed display range is not a statistically validated confidence interval. Actual results may fall outside it, especially for deeply discounted or bundle-heavy titles. Algorithm version v1.0. Read the exact method and validation status.

Sales estimate

v1.0

20.5M to 47.9M

units (median: 34.2M)

≈ $234.3M to $546.7M modeled net revenue (fixed store-cut, refund, and regional-price assumptions applied)

20.5M median 47.9M

+ How is this calculated?

455,972 reviews × NB(75) = 34,197,900 median units

Factor	Adjustment
base	+50
year_2021	+15
price_$20	0
positive_94%	+10
final NB	75

Heuristic display range: median × [0.6, 1.4]. Boundary protection: NB ∈ [15, 150].

Methodology & limitations

Sales estimates use an additive Boxleiter-derived heuristic against public Steam review counts. They are not authoritative sales data, and the fixed display range is not a statistically validated confidence interval. Actual results may fall outside it, especially for deeply discounted or bundle-heavy titles. Algorithm version v1.0. Read the exact method and validation status.

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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