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The Binding of Isaac vs Wallpaper Engine

Reviews on Steam

Wallpaper Engine

18.8× more reviews

Critical reception

Wallpaper Engine

3.3pp gap

Estimated sales (median)

Wallpaper Engine

10.7× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Wallpaper Engine

7 years apart

A

The Binding of Isaac

2011 · Action

Edmund McMillen · Edmund McMillen

Reviews
48,705
Positive
95%
Launch price
$4.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
3.4M
Net rev
$9.7M
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 The Binding of Isaac, 17 only on Wallpaper Engine.

Only The Binding of Isaac

Action RoguelikeRogue-likeReplay ValueDifficultProcedural GenerationDarkTop-DownGreat SoundtrackAddictiveAdventureRogue-lite2DDungeon CrawlerSurvivalRPGPerma DeathBullet Hell

Shared

IndieActionSingleplayer

Only Wallpaper Engine

MatureUtilitiesAnimeSoftwareDesign & IllustrationAnimation & ModelingFirst-PersonNSFWMemesCuteFunnyEarly 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

2.0M to 4.8M

units (median: 3.4M)

≈ $5.8M to $13.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

2.0Mmedian4.8M

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

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