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Sea of Stars vs Wallpaper Engine

Reviews on Steam

Wallpaper Engine

63.2× more reviews

Critical reception

Wallpaper Engine

8.9pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Wallpaper Engine

$30.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Wallpaper Engine

29.7× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Sea of Stars

5 years apart

A

Sea of Stars

2023 · Adventure

Sabotage Studio · Sabotage Studio

Reviews
14,485
Positive
89%
Launch price
$34.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
1.2M
Net rev
$24.6M
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 Sea of Stars, 17 only on Wallpaper Engine.

Only Sea of Stars

Pixel GraphicsJRPGTurn-Based CombatLocal Co-OpParty-Based RPGStory RichAdventureRPG2DFantasyLore-RichRetroCo-opExplorationMultiplayerNostalgiaEmotional

Shared

SingleplayerIndieFunny

Only Wallpaper Engine

MatureUtilitiesAnimeSoftwareDesign & IllustrationAnimation & ModelingFirst-PersonNSFWMemesCuteActionEarly 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

739K to 1.7M

units (median: 1.2M)

$14.8M to $34.5M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

739Kmedian1.7M

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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