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Insurgency: Sandstorm vs Wallpaper Engine

Reviews on Steam

Wallpaper Engine

8.9× more reviews

Critical reception

Wallpaper Engine

13.2pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Wallpaper Engine

$25.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Wallpaper Engine

5.1× more units (white-box estimate)

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Insurgency: Sandstorm

2018 · Action

New World Interactive · Focus Entertainment

Reviews
103,254
Positive
85%
Launch price
$29.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
7.2M
Net rev
$123.8M
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 Insurgency: Sandstorm, 17 only on Wallpaper Engine.

Only Insurgency: Sandstorm

FPSRealisticShooterMilitaryTacticalMultiplayerWarOnline Co-OpCo-opGoreViolentDifficultAtmosphericSimulationOpen WorldMassively MultiplayerChoices Matter

Shared

ActionFirst-PersonIndie

Only Wallpaper Engine

MatureUtilitiesAnimeSoftwareDesign & IllustrationAnimation & ModelingNSFWMemesCuteSingleplayerFunnyEarly 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

4.3M to 10.1M

units (median: 7.2M)

≈ $74.3M to $173.3M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

4.3Mmedian10.1M

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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