Call of the Wild: The Angler™

Expansive Worlds · 2022 · $29.99 · Adventure · deal grade A

• Estimated net residual revenue: $4.8k to $7.2k per month
• Opportunity: $9.9k per month at x1.65 dormancy
• Estimated lifetime owners: 195.4k
• 64%% positive across 7590 reviews · 32.2 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

• Developer silent for 19 months
• Studio active elsewhere (2 titles tracked), so this one may welcome a partner
• Last build shipped 21 months ago

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

A premium fishing simulation built on realistic physics and atmospheric map design, published by Avalanche Studios in 2022.

Call of the Wild: The Angler holds $1.46M in lifetime net revenue across 195K units at $29.99 price point, with 63.9% positive sentiment and residual income of $6,013/mo. The core gap is update silence: players explicitly note missing content and no developer communication in 19+ months. For a publisher or live-service operator, this represents a low-risk recovery play, as the foundation is solid and the niche audience is underserved. For Avalanche or a fishing-game specialist, restoring a single meaningful content drop or seasonal roadmap could reactivate the dormant 150+ hour cohort without major engineering lift. Most realistic play: revival.

• Risk: Fishing as a genre skews heavily toward free-to-play and mobile; premium $29.99 positioning limits addressable market size.
• Risk: 19-month silence on updates and no recent developer communication (last post 19.4 months ago) signals internal deprioritization; revival cost and ROI unclear.
• Risk: No discount history and zero sales tracked in trailing 12 months suggest either platform tracking gaps or genuine sales cliff; verification needed before acquisition.

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