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Psalm VR

N4bA · 2026 · $6.99 · Indie · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-09-24 05:00 UTC, 12 days ago. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.

  • Estimated net residual revenue: $193 to $290 per month
  • Opportunity: $387 per month at x1.60 dormancy
  • Estimated lifetime owners: 1.8k
  • 65% positive across 48 reviews · 4.1 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

  • No developer announcement on record, ever
  • Studio active elsewhere (6 titles tracked), so this one may welcome a partner

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-09-21; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

A short-form VR horror experience positioned as an intense 40-minute narrative piece with environmental puzzle solving.

Psalm VR occupies an interesting but precarious niche: micro-experiences in VR horror command devoted players willing to pay per-title, and the positive sentiment from English reviews suggests genuine craft in atmosphere and pacing. However, the title shows classic signs of a quiet launch, minimal concurrent players, thin residuals, and scattered international traction concentrated in Russian reviews, making this unsuitable for acquisition but potentially viable as a revival or licensing property if the developer has bandwidth to refresh marketing or port to new VR platforms. Most realistic play: watch.

  • Risk: VR hardware fragmentation and motion-sickness sensitivity mean platform-specific bugs (height detection, visual comfort) directly impact addressable market and review scores.
  • Risk: Micro-experience pricing struggles in VR where players often expect longer play-hours-per-dollar; genre is crowded with free or cheaper entries.
  • Risk: Review quality is mixed (positive players praise craft, negatives cite usability issues like player-height assumptions), signaling unfinished edge-case handling rather than design problems.

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