Tiny Onion Knight
Fasu Studio · 2022 · $4.99 · Action · deal grade B
Measured on 2026-10-01 22:25 UTC, 4 days ago. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.
- Estimated net residual revenue: $372 to $558 per month
- Opportunity: $743 per month at x1.60 dormancy
- Estimated lifetime owners: 4.9k
- 64% positive across 147 reviews · 14.9 reviews/month
Why it's flagged
- No developer announcement on record, ever
- Last discounted 0 months ago, 8 sales in the last 12 months
Analyst notes (AI-assisted)
Note written 2026-09-08; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.
Tiny Onion Knight is a short, pixel-art platformer where you play as an onion-headed hero battling orcs through a fairy-tale forest with relaxing music and casual combat.
This is a micro-budget indie title with modest but steady residuals (mid-three figures monthly) that has found genuine affection among a small, engaged audience despite zero active marketing or discounting in the past year. The game's strength lies in its cozy, stress-free aesthetic and surprising polish for a single-studio effort. It's not a revenue anchor, but it's a candidate for a boutique publisher's quiet catalog play, particularly if bundled with other whimsical indie titles or featured in category-specific curation; alternatively, it could serve as IP seed for a mobile or merchandise extension without major development risk. Most realistic play: publishing.
- Risk: Median playtime under 20 minutes and typical completion in 2-3 hours means very short shelf life per player; audience ceiling is inherently capped at niche cozy-game enthusiasts.
- Risk: Player reviews mention boss-encounter crashes and control quirks; unpatched since launch (no developer posts recorded) suggests post-launch support is inactive.
- Risk: Single-developer studio with no other titles; no public roadmap, community channels, or engagement signals; revival would require developer participation.
This case as Markdown · Estimates carry ±30-50% error per title.