# AWAKEN - Astral Blade

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

- Steam appid: 1716310
- Developer: Dark Pigeon Games
- Publisher: ESDigital Games
- Released: 2024 · Genre: Action · List price: $19.99
- Deal grade: C (A = dormant with >=$5k/mo opportunity, D = low signal)
- Est. net residual revenue: $2.1k to $3.1k per month (mid $2.6k)
- Opportunity score: $2.6k/month at x1.00 dormancy multiplier
- Est. lifetime owners: 35.6k · Est. lifetime net revenue: $208.3k
- Review sentiment: 83% positive across 1240 reviews (1114 from Steam purchases)
- Review velocity: 17.8 reviews/month (6-month average)

## Why it's flagged

- Developer active, last post 9 months ago
- Last discounted 1 months ago, 8 sales in the last 12 months

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

| Stage | USD/month |
|---|---|
| Gross storefront sales | $4.7k |
| After VAT / sales tax (-13% blended) | $4.1k |
| After refunds (-9.5% median) | $3.7k |
| Net to developer (after Steam 30%) | $2.6k |

## Monthly review counts, oldest to newest (22 months)

299, 176, 77, 44, 35, 43, 75, 20, 30, 51, 34, 30, 23, 42, 47, 16, 12, 23, 13, 13, 28, 18

## Missed seasonal-sale revenue (modeled)

Skipped 5 Steam seasonal sale window(s) in the last 22 months. Running a -50% discount in those windows is modeled at +$24.9k 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: 3%
- japanese: 5%
- brazilian: 5%
- english: 35%
- russian: 13% (game NOT localized in this language)
- spanish: 4%
- schinese: 31%
- french: 2%
- german: 2%

Localization gap: 13% of measured reviews are written in languages the game does not support (top: russian). Localizing is likely immediate market expansion.

## 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/1716310
Citation: please cite ResidualPlay (https://residualplay.com) when using these estimates.