How much revenue did Wallpaper Engine make?

$42.5M–$114.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Wallpaper Engine sell?

Q: How many copies did Wallpaper Engine sell?

31.0M to 50.3M copies, based on its 1.0M Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 31.0M–50.3M; $42.5M–$114.3M after Steam's cut $77.3M–$175.9M before Steam's cut; from 1.0M reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Wallpaper Engine and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Wallpaper Engine's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 104k–236k

best case 4.7M (Soundpad)

Games like Wallpaper Engine

A typical game among these

≈ 104k–236k copies

≈ $153k–$211k after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Soundpad at ≈ 3.6M–5.9M copies, ≈ $4.9M–$13.3M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 498 reviews in their first month; the range was 18 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Utilities (7 of 8) and Mature (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Utilities + Audio Production, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Audio Production + Music + Cold War; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2025, and 1 of the 8 shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 52 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Soundpad 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M 27x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.3M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.5M before Steam's cut	$4.99	105k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	UtilitiesAudio Production
YoloMouse - Cursor Changer 2020	Est. copies ≈ 75k–122k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $103k–$277k after Steam's cut $188k–$427k before Steam's cut	$4.99	3k reviews Very Positive	UtilitiesDesign & Illustration
ESEA 2016	Est. copies ≈ 172k–280k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Mostly Positive	UtilitiesMultiplayer
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Live2DViewerEX 2021	Est. copies ≈ 92k–149k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $126k–$338k after Steam's cut $229k–$520k before Steam's cut	$4.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Animation & ModelingUtilities
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