Back to the Dawn vs Wallpaper Engine
Reviews on Steam
Wallpaper Engine
90.8× more reviews
Critical reception
Wallpaper Engine
3.5pp gap
Cheaper at launch
Wallpaper Engine
$19.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
Wallpaper Engine
55.9× more units (white-box estimate)
More recent
Back to the Dawn
7 years apart
Back to the Dawn
2025 · Adventure
Metal Head Games · Spiral Up Games
- Reviews
- 10,078
- Positive
- 95%
- Launch price
- $23.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 655K
- Net rev
- $9.0M
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
20% shared , 4 shared tags, 16 only on Back to the Dawn, 16 only on Wallpaper Engine.
Only Back to the Dawn
RPGStory RichPixel GraphicsDetectiveChoices MatterMultiple EndingsAdventureStrategy RPGCrimeInvestigationMysteryDramaSimulationStrategyCRPG2.5D
Shared
SingleplayerIndieEarly AccessFunny
Only Wallpaper Engine
MatureUtilitiesAnimeSoftwareDesign & IllustrationAnimation & ModelingFirst-PersonNSFWMemesCuteActionPhoto 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
vv1.0393K to 917K
units (median: 655K)
≈ $5.4M to $12.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
Sales estimate
vv1.022.0M to 51.2M
units (median: 36.6M)
≈ $62.6M to $146.0M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
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