The Use of Life vs Wallpaper Engine
Reviews on Steam
Wallpaper Engine
1192.8Γ more reviews
Critical reception
Wallpaper Engine
7.3pp gap
Cheaper at launch
Wallpaper Engine
$15.00 cheaper
Estimated sales (median)
Wallpaper Engine
795.2Γ more units (white-box estimate)
More recent
The Use of Life
7 years apart
The Use of Life
2025 Β· Adventure
γ γγγγγΌγγ/Daraneko Games Β· PLAYISM
- Reviews
- 767
- Positive
- 91%
- Launch price
- $19.99
- Engine
- n/a
- Sales (median)
- 46K
- Net rev
- $0.5M
Wallpaper Engine
2018 Β· Casual
Wallpaper Engine Team Β· 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 Use of Life, 17 only on Wallpaper Engine.
Only The Use of Life
Choose Your Own AdventureCRPGTurn-Based StrategyJRPGRPG2DTurn-Based CombatStory RichDark FantasyFantasyAdventureQuick-Time EventsMultiple EndingsReplay ValueChoices MatterClass-BasedController
Shared
SingleplayerIndieEarly Access
Only Wallpaper Engine
MatureUtilitiesAnimeSoftwareDesign & IllustrationAnimation & ModelingFirst-PersonNSFWMemesCuteActionFunnyPhoto 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
vv1.028K to 64K
units (median: 46K)
β $315K to $736K net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
Sales estimate
vv1.022.0M to 51.2M
units (median: 36.6M)
β $62.6M to $146.0M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)
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