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Stardew Valley vs The Forest

Reviews on Steam

Stardew Valley

1.5× more reviews

Critical reception

Stardew Valley

2.9pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Stardew Valley

$5.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Stardew Valley

1.8× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

The Forest

2 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

The Forest

2018 · Action

Endnight Games Ltd · Endnight Games Ltd

Reviews
570,988
Positive
96%
Launch price
$19.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
42.8M
Net rev
$489.0M

Tag overlap

35% shared , 7 shared tags, 13 only on Stardew Valley, 13 only on The Forest.

Only Stardew Valley

Farming SimPixel GraphicsMultiplayerLife SimRPGRelaxingAgricultureCasual2DDating SimCuteGreat SoundtrackFishing

Shared

SimulationCraftingSandboxIndieBuildingSingleplayerOpen World

Only The Forest

Open World Survival CraftSurvivalHorrorAdventureSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonActionExplorationAtmosphericGoreRealisticZombiesEarly Access

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

25.7M to 60.0M

units (median: 42.8M)

≈ $293.4M to $684.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

25.7Mmedian60.0M

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