Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered

Saber Interactive · 2020 · $24.99 · Action · deal grade A

Measured on 2026-10-02 12:15 UTC, 3 days ago. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.

Estimated net residual revenue: $2.7k to $4.0k per month
Opportunity: $5.4k per month at x1.60 dormancy
Estimated lifetime owners: 83.2k
90% positive across 2618 reviews · 25.0 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

No developer announcement on record, ever
Studio active elsewhere (9 titles tracked), so this one may welcome a partner
Last discounted 0 months ago, 11 sales in the last 12 months

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-08-30; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

A 2020 remaster of the cult 2009 third-person action game built around Ghostbusters IP, featuring the original film cast and single-player campaign.

This title sits in an unusual sweet spot: strong community sentiment (90%+ positive), solid residual revenue despite zero promotional activity in 12 months, and a dormant catalog asset owned outright by a publisher with modest overhead. The IP is licensed (Sony Pictures), so full acquisition is not feasible, but the game's technical issues, missing multiplayer legacy features, and 80% current discount suggest the remaster itself is undermonetized. For a publisher or studio with Ghostbusters publishing rights or a close partner relationship to Sony, revival investment in bug fixes and feature restoration could unlock higher full-price margins and extend the tail. Most realistic play: publishing.

Risk: Game rights to Ghostbusters IP are held by Sony Pictures Entertainment; any commercial move requires active licensing agreement and may be subject to downstream theatrical or franchise window constraints.
Risk: Player reviews surface recurring bugs (audio sync, widescreen, settings persistence, ghost spawn failures, performance variance) that persist across the remaster and harm long-session retention.
Risk: Current 80% discount price point ($4.99) is habit-forming; raising to full price risks churn unless feature/quality work justifies premium positioning.

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