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Emberward vs Wallpaper Engine

Reviews on Steam

Wallpaper Engine

247.1× more reviews

Critical reception

Wallpaper Engine

1.1pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Wallpaper Engine

$10.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Wallpaper Engine

164.7× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Emberward

6 years apart

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Emberward

2024 · Action

Refic Games · Refic Games

Reviews
3,703
Positive
97%
Launch price
$14.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
222K
Net rev
$1.9M
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 Emberward, 17 only on Wallpaper Engine.

Only Emberward

Tower DefenseStrategyRogue-liteBase-BuildingDeckbuildingRogue-likeRTSTactical3DColorfulCartoonyBuildingFantasyMagicResource ManagementTop-DownProcedural Generation

Shared

Early AccessSingleplayerIndie

Only Wallpaper Engine

MatureUtilitiesAnimeSoftwareDesign & IllustrationAnimation & ModelingFirst-PersonNSFWMemesCuteActionFunnyPhoto 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

133K to 311K

units (median: 222K)

$1.1M to $2.7M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

133Kmedian311K

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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