Stardew Valley vs The Binding of Isaac
Reviews on Steam
Stardew Valley
17.8× more reviews
Critical reception
Stardew Valley
3.8pp gap
Cheaper at launch
The Binding of Isaac
$10.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
Stardew Valley
22.9× more units (white-box estimate)
More recent
Stardew Valley
5 years apart
Stardew Valley
2016 · Indie
- Reviews
- 868,743
- Positive
- 98%
- Launch price
- $14.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 78.2M
- Net rev
- $669.5M
The Binding of Isaac
2011 · Action
Edmund McMillen · Edmund McMillen
- Reviews
- 48,705
- Positive
- 95%
- Launch price
- $4.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 3.4M
- Net rev
- $9.7M
Tag overlap
25% shared , 5 shared tags, 15 only on Stardew Valley, 15 only on The Binding of Isaac.
Only Stardew Valley
Farming SimPixel GraphicsMultiplayerLife SimRelaxingAgricultureSimulationCraftingSandboxBuildingCasualOpen WorldDating SimCuteFishing
Shared
RPGIndieSingleplayer2DGreat Soundtrack
Only The Binding of Isaac
Action RoguelikeRogue-likeReplay ValueDifficultProcedural GenerationDarkActionTop-DownAddictiveAdventureRogue-liteDungeon CrawlerSurvivalPerma DeathBullet Hell
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
vv1.046.9M to 109.5M
units (median: 78.2M)
≈ $401.7M to $937.2M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
Sales estimate
vv1.02.0M to 4.8M
units (median: 3.4M)
≈ $5.8M to $13.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
How comparison pages work
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