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Stardew Valley vs Terraria

Reviews on Steam

Terraria

1.4× more reviews

Critical reception

Stardew Valley

1.1pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Terraria

$5.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Terraria

1.3× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Stardew Valley

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

Terraria

2011 · Action

Re-Logic · Re-Logic

Reviews
1,216,769
Positive
97%
Launch price
$9.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
103.4M
Net rev
$590.2M

Tag overlap

50% shared , 10 shared tags, 10 only on Stardew Valley, 10 only on Terraria.

Only Stardew Valley

Farming SimLife SimRelaxingAgricultureSimulationCasualDating SimCuteGreat SoundtrackFishing

Shared

Pixel GraphicsMultiplayerRPGCraftingSandboxIndieBuildingSingleplayerOpen World2D

Only Terraria

Open World Survival CraftSurvivalAdventureExplorationCo-opOnline Co-OpActionReplay ValuePlatformerAtmospheric

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

62.1M to 144.8M

units (median: 103.4M)

$354.1M to $826.2M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

62.1Mmedian144.8M

How comparison pages work

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