Tandis

Mahdi Bahrami · 2022 · $14.99 · Casual · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-09-30 21:05 UTC, 5 days ago. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.

Estimated net residual revenue: $216 to $324 per month
Opportunity: $513 per month at x1.90 dormancy
Estimated lifetime owners: 9.3k
95% positive across 242 reviews · 2.9 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

Developer silent for 3.5 years
Studio inactive: no public activity across 1 tracked titles
Store page localized in only 1 language(s)
Last discounted 0 months ago, 8 sales in the last 12 months

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-08-26; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

Tandis is a minimalist casual puzzle game centered on geometric shapes and spatial reasoning, released in 2022.

Tandis sits in a quiet corner of the market: a well-reviewed indie title with solid four-figure monthly residuals and a 94% positive rating, yet virtually no active development or marketing. The game's small but engaged playerbase and lean operating footprint make it an attractive acquisition target for a publisher seeking dormant catalog depth or for a revival campaign. The main constraint is scale: lifetime units are modest, and current player counts are minimal, so this suits buyers looking for catalog volume, community sentiment data, or IP experimentation rather than immediate revenue impact. Most realistic play: acquisition.

Risk: Casual puzzle market is crowded; differentiation rests entirely on minimalist aesthetics and design elegance, which may have limited mainstream appeal.
Risk: Developer studio status is inactive with no posts in over 40 months; codebase and build pipeline quality unknown, and localization is incomplete (35% gap, notably missing Simplified Chinese support despite 45 reviews in that language).
Risk: Game uses only English in its single-language build despite clear international review interest, representing an easy but unrealized revenue lever.

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