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Cocoon vs Outer Wilds

Reviews on Steam

Outer Wilds

4.5× more reviews

Estimated sales (median)

Outer Wilds

6.1× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Cocoon

4 years apart

A

Cocoon

2023 · Puzzle Adventure

Geometric Interactive · Annapurna Interactive

Reviews
11,000
Positive
96%
Launch price
$24.99
Engine
unity
Sales (median)
825K
Net rev
$11.8M
B

Outer Wilds

2019 · Exploration Adventure

Mobius Digital · Annapurna Interactive

Reviews
50,000
Positive
96%
Launch price
$24.99
Engine
unity
Sales (median)
5.0M
Net rev
$71.4M

Tag overlap

40% shared — 2 shared tags, 2 only on Cocoon, 3 only on Outer Wilds.

Only Cocoon

PuzzleSurreal

Shared

AtmosphericExploration

Only Outer Wilds

MysterySpaceTime Manipulation

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

495K1.2M

units (median: 825K)

$7.1M$16.5M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

495Kmedian1.2M

Sales estimate

vv1.0

3.0M7.0M

units (median: 5.0M)

$42.8M$99.9M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

3.0Mmedian7.0M

How comparison pages work

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