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The Forest vs Wallpaper Engine

Reviews on Steam

Wallpaper Engine

1.6× more reviews

Critical reception

Wallpaper Engine

2.5pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Wallpaper Engine

$15.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

The Forest

1.2× more units (white-box estimate)

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The Forest

2018 · Action

Endnight Games Ltd · Endnight Games Ltd

Reviews
570,988
Positive
96%
Launch price
$19.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
42.8M
Net rev
$489.0M
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

35% shared , 7 shared tags, 13 only on The Forest, 13 only on Wallpaper Engine.

Only The Forest

Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen WorldCraftingAdventureBuildingSurvival HorrorExplorationAtmosphericSimulationGoreRealisticZombies

Shared

HorrorFirst-PersonActionSandboxSingleplayerIndieEarly Access

Only Wallpaper Engine

MatureUtilitiesAnimeSoftwareDesign & IllustrationAnimation & ModelingNSFWMemesCuteFunnyPhoto EditingGamingGame 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

25.7M to 60.0M

units (median: 42.8M)

≈ $293.4M to $684.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

25.7Mmedian60.0M

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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