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Terraria vs The Forest

Reviews on Steam

Terraria

2.1× more reviews

Critical reception

Terraria

1.8pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Terraria

$10.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Terraria

2.4× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

The Forest

7 years apart

A

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
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

60% shared , 12 shared tags, 8 only on Terraria, 8 only on The Forest.

Only Terraria

2DMultiplayerPixel GraphicsCo-opOnline Co-OpRPGReplay ValuePlatformer

Shared

Open World Survival CraftSandboxSurvivalAdventureCraftingBuildingExplorationOpen WorldIndieActionSingleplayerAtmospheric

Only The Forest

HorrorSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonSimulationGoreRealisticZombiesEarly 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

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

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

How comparison pages work

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