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Terraria vs Wallpaper Engine

Reviews on Steam

Terraria

1.3× more reviews

Critical reception

Wallpaper Engine

0.6pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Wallpaper Engine

$5.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Terraria

2.8× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Wallpaper Engine

7 years apart

A

Terraria

2011 · Action

Re-Logic · Re-Logic

Reviews
1,216,769
Positive
97%
Launch price
$9.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
103.4M
Net rev
$590.2M
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

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

Only Terraria

Open World Survival CraftSurvival2DMultiplayerAdventurePixel GraphicsCraftingBuildingExplorationCo-opOpen WorldOnline Co-OpRPGReplay ValuePlatformerAtmospheric

Shared

SandboxIndieActionSingleplayer

Only Wallpaper Engine

MatureUtilitiesAnimeSoftwareDesign & IllustrationAnimation & ModelingFirst-PersonNSFWMemesCuteFunnyEarly AccessPhoto EditingHorrorGamingGame 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

62.1M to 144.8M

units (median: 103.4M)

≈ $354.1M to $826.2M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

62.1Mmedian144.8M

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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