Stardew Valley vs The Sapling
Reviews on Steam
Stardew Valley
457.5× more reviews
Critical reception
Stardew Valley
8.9pp gap
Cheaper at launch
Stardew Valley
$3.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
Stardew Valley
549.0× more units (white-box estimate)
More recent
The Sapling
3 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 Sapling
2019 · Simulation
- Reviews
- 1,899
- Positive
- 90%
- Launch price
- $17.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 142K
- Net rev
- $1.5M
Tag overlap
40% shared , 8 shared tags, 12 only on Stardew Valley, 12 only on The Sapling.
Only Stardew Valley
Farming SimPixel GraphicsMultiplayerRPGAgricultureCraftingBuilding2DDating SimCuteGreat SoundtrackFishing
Shared
Life SimRelaxingSimulationSandboxIndieSingleplayerCasualOpen World
Only The Sapling
ScienceGod GameNatureArtificial IntelligenceProcedural GenerationDinosaursAliensEducationAtmosphericEarly AccessShortSurvival
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
vv1.085K to 199K
units (median: 142K)
≈ $878K to $2.0M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
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