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LIMBO vs Wallpaper Engine

Reviews on Steam

Wallpaper Engine

23.1× more reviews

Critical reception

Wallpaper Engine

5.7pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Wallpaper Engine

$7.50 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Wallpaper Engine

10.2× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Wallpaper Engine

7 years apart

A

LIMBO

2011 · Action

Playdead · Playdead

Reviews
39,687
Positive
92%
Launch price
$12.49
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
3.6M
Net rev
$25.5M
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

20% shared , 4 shared tags, 16 only on LIMBO, 16 only on Wallpaper Engine.

Only LIMBO

Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzlePlatformerDarkAtmospheric2DAdventureSurrealShortSide ScrollerDifficultMinimalistPhysicsCinematicCasualController

Shared

IndieSingleplayerHorrorAction

Only Wallpaper Engine

MatureUtilitiesAnimeSoftwareDesign & IllustrationAnimation & ModelingFirst-PersonNSFWMemesCuteFunnyEarly 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

2.1M to 5.0M

units (median: 3.6M)

≈ $15.3M to $35.7M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

2.1Mmedian5.0M

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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