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Aquarist vs Wallpaper Engine

Reviews on Steam

Wallpaper Engine

820.8× more reviews

Critical reception

Wallpaper Engine

14.4pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Wallpaper Engine

$11.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Wallpaper Engine

938.0× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Aquarist

6 years apart

A

Aquarist

2024 · Casual

FreeMind S.A. · PlayWay S.A.

Reviews
1,115
Positive
84%
Launch price
$15.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
39K
Net rev
$0.4M
B

Wallpaper Engine

2018 · Casual

Wallpaper Engine Team · Wallpaper Engine Team

Reviews
915,147
Positive
98%
Launch price
$4.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
36.6M
Net rev
$104.3M

Tag overlap

25% shared , 5 shared tags, 15 only on Aquarist, 15 only on Wallpaper Engine.

Only Aquarist

SimulationEducationCasualJob SimulatorManagementBuildingAtmosphericRelaxingFamily FriendlyCreature CollectorImmersive Sim3DFishingNatureColorful

Shared

IndieSandboxFirst-PersonSingleplayerCute

Only Wallpaper Engine

MatureUtilitiesAnimeSoftwareDesign & IllustrationAnimation & ModelingNSFWMemesActionFunnyEarly AccessPhoto EditingHorrorGamingGame 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

23K to 55K

units (median: 39K)

≈ $214K to $499K net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

23Kmedian55K

Sales estimate

vv1.0

22.0M to 51.2M

units (median: 36.6M)

≈ $62.6M to $146.1M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

22.0Mmedian51.2M

How comparison pages work

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