Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Remastered

Nightdive Studios · 2023 · $29.99 · Action · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-10-05 15:12 UTC. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.

• Estimated net residual revenue: $993 to $1.5k per month
• Opportunity: $2.0k per month at x1.60 dormancy
• Estimated lifetime owners: 23.1k
• 83% positive across 695 reviews · 6.6 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

• Developer silent for 2.7 years
• Studio active elsewhere (13 titles tracked), so this one may welcome a partner
• Last discounted 0 months ago, 9 sales in the last 12 months

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-08-25; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

A 2023 remaster of the 2000 N64 shooter Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion, developed and published by Nightdive Studios.

Turok 3 occupies an unusual position: it's a competent technical remaster (83% positive) from a respected studio, yet it remains commercially quiet with $620/mo residual revenue and only 18k lifetime units. The core issue isn't execution but source material: players consistently note the original game itself is weaker than Turok 1 and 2, pricing at $29.99 (vs $19.99 for those titles) creates friction, and the active player base has collapsed to near-zero. Acquisition makes little sense; the angle is monitoring whether a bundled franchise strategy or deeper discount positioning could move the tail, or licensing the remaster engine to a multipack publisher. Most realistic play: watch.

• Risk: Turok IP ownership is complex (originally Acclaim/Iguana, later Touchstone/Disney, now unclear); Nightdive likely licenses rather than owns, limiting resale or revival autonomy.
• Risk: The original Turok 3 shipped in 2000 as the weakest entry in the trilogy; no amount of visual polish resolves a 23-year-old design critique.
• Risk: Player base has evaporated (1 current player, 6 peak in last 30 days); comparison to Turok 1 and 2 remasters undersells this title at parity pricing.

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