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Dark Deception vs Wallpaper Engine

Reviews on Steam

Wallpaper Engine

38.8× more reviews

Critical reception

Wallpaper Engine

9.5pp gap

Estimated sales (median)

Wallpaper Engine

20.7× more units (white-box estimate)

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Dark Deception

2018 · Action

Glowstick Entertainment · Glowstick Entertainment

Reviews
23,585
Positive
89%
Launch price
n/a
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
1.8M
Net rev
$15.2M
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

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

Only Dark Deception

Free to PlayMultiplayerPsychological HorrorRunnerSurvival HorrorSurvivalDark HumorAdventureStory RichArcadeRPGMultiple EndingsCinematicDarkDifficult

Shared

HorrorSingleplayerFirst-PersonIndieAction

Only Wallpaper Engine

MatureUtilitiesAnimeSoftwareDesign & IllustrationAnimation & ModelingNSFWMemesCuteFunnyEarly AccessPhoto EditingSandboxGamingGame 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

1.1M to 2.5M

units (median: 1.8M)

≈ $9.1M to $21.2M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

1.1Mmedian2.5M

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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