# Aloft

> ResidualPlay case file: an overlooked Steam game still earning residual revenue. Estimates carry a ±30-50% error range per title.

- Steam appid: 1660080
- Developer: Astrolabe Interactive Inc.
- Publisher: Funcom
- Released: 2025 · Genre: Adventure · List price: $24.99
- Deal grade: C (A = dormant with >=$5k/mo opportunity, D = low signal)
- Est. net residual revenue: $7.0k to $10.6k per month (mid $8.8k)
- Opportunity score: $8.8k/month at x1.00 dormancy multiplier
- Est. lifetime owners: 95.4k · Est. lifetime net revenue: $799.6k
- Review sentiment: 84% positive across 3678 reviews (2982 from Steam purchases)
- Review velocity: 42.0 reviews/month (6-month average)

## Why it's flagged

- Developer active, last post 0 months ago
- Last build shipped 5 months ago
- Last discounted 1 months ago, 10 sales in the last 12 months

## Where a gross dollar goes (monthly, at current velocity)

| Stage | USD/month |
|---|---|
| Gross storefront sales | $16.0k |
| After VAT / sales tax (-13% blended) | $13.9k |
| After refunds (-9.5% median) | $12.6k |
| Net to developer (after Steam 30%) | $8.8k |

## Monthly review counts, oldest to newest (19 months)

1117, 322, 283, 165, 74, 93, 111, 24, 46, 40, 397, 72, 49, 56, 35, 55, 28, 36, 42

## Missed seasonal-sale revenue (modeled)

Skipped 2 Steam seasonal sale window(s) in the last 19 months. Running a -50% discount in those windows is modeled at +$122.1k net in total, assuming a unit uplift of x3.0 (industry-typical for old catalog titles). Same ±30-50% error range applies.

## Markets by review language

- koreana: 1%
- russian: 5%
- schinese: 4%
- french: 8%
- spanish: 1%
- japanese: 1%
- brazilian: 1%
- german: 11%
- english: 68%

## Methodology

Units are estimated from Steam-purchase reviews times a release-cohort multiplier (Boxleiter method, 20-75x by year). Revenue uses an effective price (lifetime discounts and regional pricing) and nets out VAT (~13%), refunds (~9.5%) and Steam's 30% cut: roughly 55% of gross reaches the developer.

Source: https://residualplay.com/game/1660080
Citation: please cite ResidualPlay (https://residualplay.com) when using these estimates.