Lucius

Shiver Games · 2012 · $24.99 · Action · deal grade A

• Estimated net residual revenue: $3.5k to $5.2k per month
• Opportunity: $9.1k per month at x2.10 dormancy
• Estimated lifetime owners: 580.9k
• 81%% positive across 10894 reviews · 32.3 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

• Developer silent for 7.8 years
• Studio inactive: no public activity across 4 tracked titles
• Last build shipped 8.8 years ago
• Last discounted 1 months ago, 7 sales in the last 12 months
• Proven demand elasticity: x1.4 review velocity during past deep sales

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

A 2012 dark-comedy action game where you play as a supernatural child causing mayhem in a suburban neighborhood, inspired by the cult TV series.

Lucius has generated $3.1M lifetime on 580k units with consistent 81% positive sentiment and $4.3k/mo residual revenue despite zero developer activity in 7+ years. The IP appears to derive from a third-party TV property, which complicates acquisition but does not prevent publishing revival, catalog bundling, or console porting. For a mid-market publisher with rights-clearance capability, this is a proven catalog asset generating modest but stable cash flow with minimal ongoing cost. Most realistic play: publishing.

• Risk: Title is based on the Showtime TV series 'Dexter' universe or similar property; rights to publish and update will require negotiation with original IP holder and likely involve time and cost.
• Risk: Community reports significant late-game performance issues (5 fps in fire-effect scenes) and platform-specific failures on Steam Deck; technical debt will require QA and optimization work to unlock console releases.
• Risk: Elasticity of 1.39 suggests the 90% discount is suppressing organic full-price discovery; aggressive pricing strategy may be eroding perception of quality and limiting lifetime value.

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