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A Way Out vs Wallpaper Engine

Reviews on Steam

Wallpaper Engine

12.0× more reviews

Critical reception

Wallpaper Engine

10.1pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Wallpaper Engine

$25.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Wallpaper Engine

6.0× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

A Way Out

2 years apart

A

A Way Out

2020 · Action

Hazelight Studios · Electronic Arts

Reviews
76,189
Positive
88%
Launch price
$29.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
6.1M
Net rev
$104.4M
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

15% shared , 3 shared tags, 17 only on A Way Out, 17 only on Wallpaper Engine.

Only A Way Out

Online Co-OpCo-opSplit ScreenStory RichLocal Co-OpMultiplayerAction-AdventureAdventureCrimeThird PersonEmotionalConversationAtmosphericNudityCinematicSexual ContentViolent

Shared

ActionSingleplayerIndie

Only Wallpaper Engine

MatureUtilitiesAnimeSoftwareDesign & IllustrationAnimation & ModelingFirst-PersonNSFWMemesCuteFunnyEarly AccessPhoto 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

3.7M to 8.5M

units (median: 6.1M)

≈ $62.6M to $146.2M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

3.7Mmedian8.5M

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

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