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9 Kings vs Wallpaper Engine

Reviews on Steam

Wallpaper Engine

45.7× more reviews

Critical reception

Wallpaper Engine

5.3pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Wallpaper Engine

$15.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Wallpaper Engine

30.4× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

9 Kings

7 years apart

A

9 Kings

2025 · RPG

Sad Socket · Hooded Horse

Reviews
20,036
Positive
93%
Launch price
$19.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
1.2M
Net rev
$13.7M
B

Wallpaper Engine

2018 · Casual

Wallpaper Engine Team · Wallpaper Engine Team

Reviews
914,881
Positive
98%
Launch price
$4.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
36.6M
Net rev
$104.3M

Tag overlap

10% shared , 2 shared tags, 18 only on 9 Kings, 18 only on Wallpaper Engine.

Only 9 Kings

StrategyRogue-likeRPGFantasyRoguelike DeckbuilderRogue-liteCard GameDeckbuildingReplay ValueDifficult2DTurn-BasedCasualDark FantasyCard BattlerPixel GraphicsTurn-Based StrategyProcedural Generation

Shared

SingleplayerEarly Access

Only Wallpaper Engine

MatureUtilitiesAnimeSoftwareDesign & IllustrationAnimation & ModelingFirst-PersonNSFWIndieMemesCuteActionFunnyPhoto EditingSandboxHorrorGamingGame Development

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

721K to 1.7M

units (median: 1.2M)

≈ $8.2M to $19.2M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

721Kmedian1.7M

Sales estimate

vv1.0

22.0M to 51.2M

units (median: 36.6M)

≈ $62.6M to $146.0M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

22.0Mmedian51.2M

How comparison pages work

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