Partisans 1941

Alter Games · 2020 · $29.99 · Indie · deal grade A

• Estimated net residual revenue: $3.8k to $5.6k per month
• Opportunity: $9.9k per month at x2.10 dormancy
• Estimated lifetime owners: 225.1k
• 82%% positive across 8733 reviews · 29.2 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

• Developer silent for 5.4 years
• Studio inactive: no public activity across 1 tracked titles
• Last build shipped 4.9 years ago

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Real-time tactics stealth game set in WWII Soviet resistance, blending squad command with resource management and permadeath consequences.

Partisans 1941 has generated $1.45M lifetime on 225K units with an 82% positive rating and $4,700/mo residual revenue, making it a quiet revenue performer in an underserved niche. The game's core mechanics resonate strongly with its audience (hidden gem praise across reviews), but dev studio dissolution and unpatched game-breaking bugs create a liability for any new steward. For a publisher with post-launch support bandwidth, acquiring the catalog piece and IP from Daedalic could unlock a low-risk revival or sequel play in real-time tactics, where competition remains thin. Most realistic play: acquisition.

• Risk: Multiple unresolved game-breaking bugs (e.g., 'Hunter' mission crash) persist after 6 years with no dev support, likely requiring engineering triage before any revenue-positive update.
• Risk: Original developer (Alter Games) no longer active; knowledge transfer and maintainability of codebase uncertain.
• Risk: No sales activity in past 12 months and zero discount history suggest player acquisition has stalled; revival would require marketing investment and potentially content refresh.

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