Starcom: Unknown Space vs Stardew Valley

Reviews on Steam

Stardew Valley

201.1× more reviews

Critical reception

Stardew Valley

5.8pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Stardew Valley

$10.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Stardew Valley

278.4× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Starcom: Unknown Space

8 years apart

Starcom: Unknown Space

2024 · Action

Wx3 Labs, LLC · Wx3 Labs, LLC

Reviews: 4,322
Positive: 93%
Launch price: $24.99
Engine: n/a
Sales (median): 281K
Net rev: $4.0M

Stardew Valley

2016 · Indie

ConcernedApe · ConcernedApe

Reviews: 868,981
Positive: 98%
Launch price: $14.99
Engine: n/a
Sales (median): 78.2M
Net rev: $669.6M

Tag overlap

30% shared , 6 shared tags, 14 only on Starcom: Unknown Space, 14 only on Stardew Valley.

Only Starcom: Unknown Space

SpaceExplorationSpace SimAction RPGStory RichSci-fiTop-Down ShooterActionCombatAction-AdventureLore-RichAliensAdventureAtmospheric

Shared

Open WorldIndieRPGBuildingSingleplayer2D

Only Stardew Valley

Farming SimPixel GraphicsMultiplayerLife SimRelaxingAgricultureSimulationCraftingSandboxCasualDating 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

169K to 393K

units (median: 281K)

≈ $2.4M to $5.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

169Kmedian393K

Sales estimate

vv1.0

46.9M to 109.5M

units (median: 78.2M)

≈ $401.8M to $937.5M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

46.9Mmedian109.5M

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