Oxygen

Turquoise Revival Games · 2023 · $14.99 · Indie · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-10-02 19:50 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: $579 to $869 per month
Opportunity: $977 per month at x1.35 dormancy
Estimated lifetime owners: 33.4k
71% positive across 915 reviews · 7.7 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

Developer silent for 21 months
Studio quiet across its whole catalog
Last discounted 0 months ago, 11 sales in the last 12 months
Proven demand elasticity: x1.8 review velocity during past deep sales

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

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

A resource-management survival game with Frostpunk-like decision depth that launched in 2023 and has since gone quiet.

Oxygen earned $98k lifetime on 26k units with solid core mechanics (71% positive, median 8h playtime) but plateaued due to pacing friction and control bugs that remain unfixed. The developer has posted no updates in 20 months and now averages $723/mo residual revenue. For a publisher or studio with UX bandwidth, this represents a low-cost acquisition of a mechanically sound base with clear, addressable pain points; for a revival play, it demands either a patch cycle or IP licensing consideration. Most realistic play: acquisition.

Risk: Input rebinding system appears broken (confirmed in reviews), suggesting either legacy code or incomplete QA that may signal deeper maintenance debt.
Risk: Sentiment declined 8.7 pts year-over-year; recent positive rate dropped to 60.9%, indicating player fatigue with existing content and no new momentum.
Risk: Developer studio marked as 'fading' with no posts in 20 months; acquiring this title may include dormant IP with unclear long-term support capacity.

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