MAKOTO WAKAIDO’s Case Files TRILOGY DELUXE

Hakababunko · 2023 · $12.99 · Adventure · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-09-23 20:35 UTC, 12 days ago. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.

• Estimated net residual revenue: $173 to $259 per month
• Opportunity: $346 per month at x1.60 dormancy
• Estimated lifetime owners: 10.4k
• 80% positive across 291 reviews · 2.7 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

• Developer silent for 2.4 years
• Studio active elsewhere (2 titles tracked), so this one may welcome a partner
• Store page localized in only 4 language(s)
• Last discounted 3 months ago, 8 sales in the last 12 months
• Proven demand elasticity: x1.3 review velocity during past deep sales

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-09-20; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

A narrative adventure game following detective Makoto Wakaido through three interconnected case files, originally a Japanese visual novel adaptation.

MAKOTO WAKAIDO sits in a quiet niche: a B-grade adventure with modest but steady residuals and a small engaged community, heavily skewed toward Japanese and Chinese players. The lifetime footprint is modest, but the review ratio and consistent low-level monetization suggest this is performing to its intended audience. Most relevant for publishers or developers exploring Asian-market partnerships or visual-novel localization templates, less so as a major acquisition target. Most realistic play: publishing.

• Risk: Niche genre and localization gaps (particularly Russian) limit addressable market outside core visual-novel demographics.
• Risk: No Steam cards, no workshop support, and modest cloud integration suggest lighter feature integration that may date poorly or limit discoverability.
• Risk: Developer posting activity inactive for roughly 29 months, and studio maintains only two titles, raising long-term support and update expectations.

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