Pumpkin Jack

Evil Raptor · 2020 · $29.99 · Action · deal grade A

Estimated net residual revenue: $8.5k to $12.8k per month
Opportunity: $16.0k per month at x1.50 dormancy
Estimated lifetime owners: 220.2k
91%% positive across 9733 reviews · 66.0 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

Developer active, last post 10 months ago
Studio active elsewhere (3 titles tracked), so this one may welcome a partner
Last build shipped 5.5 years ago
Last discounted 1 months ago, 12 sales in the last 12 months

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Pumpkin Jack is a charming PS1-style 3D action platformer with Halloween theming, spooky aesthetics, and comedic dialogue that earned $1.42M lifetime with 90%+ positive reviews.

This indie platformer sits in a quiet revenue sweet spot: $10.6K/mo residual income on $30 retail, 65 months post-launch, with genuine community affection and zero developer communication in 10 months. The core product is finished and beloved, but pricing friction (players consistently note it feels expensive off-sale at $43-44) and lack of seasonal/holiday marketing around Halloween create untapped recovery potential. Ideal target for a platform publisher wanting to resurrect a dormant catalog title via seasonal campaigns, regional pricing, or bundling. Most realistic play: revival.

Risk: Category fatigue: 3D platformer revival market is crowded; Pumpkin Jack lacks franchise recognitionor IP anchor to cut through nostalgia-driven buyer noise.
Risk: Build is 65 months old on a single-dev engine; unknown maintainability if platform certification or compatibility updates needed.
Risk: 9+ months without dev communication may signal studio bandwidth diverted to newer title (Far Far West noted in reviews); revival partner will likely own marketing/ops burden.

This case as Markdown · Estimates carry ±30-50%% error per title.