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Stardew Valley vs Subnautica: Below Zero

Reviews on Steam

Stardew Valley

8.9× more reviews

Critical reception

Stardew Valley

8.3pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Stardew Valley

$15.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Stardew Valley

8.9× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Subnautica: Below Zero

5 years apart

A

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
B

Subnautica: Below Zero

2021 · Adventure

Unknown Worlds Entertainment · Unknown Worlds Entertainment

Reviews
97,547
Positive
90%
Launch price
$29.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
8.8M
Net rev
$150.4M

Tag overlap

30% shared , 6 shared tags, 14 only on Stardew Valley, 14 only on Subnautica: Below Zero.

Only Stardew Valley

Farming SimPixel GraphicsLife SimRPGRelaxingAgricultureSimulationBuildingCasual2DDating SimCuteGreat SoundtrackFishing

Shared

MultiplayerCraftingSandboxIndieSingleplayerOpen World

Only Subnautica: Below Zero

Open World Survival CraftSurvivalUnderwaterHorrorExplorationBase-BuildingAdventureFirst-PersonSurvival HorrorSci-fiAliensActionStory RichAtmospheric

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

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

Sales estimate

vv1.0

5.3M to 12.3M

units (median: 8.8M)

$90.2M to $210.5M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

5.3Mmedian12.3M

How comparison pages work

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