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Home Safety Hotline

Night Signal Entertainment · 2024 · $14.99 · Casual · deal grade A

Measured on 2026-10-05 19:01 UTC. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.

  • Estimated net residual revenue: $3.4k to $5.2k per month
  • Opportunity: $5.6k per month at x1.30 dormancy
  • Estimated lifetime owners: 111.0k
  • 91% positive across 2966 reviews · 39.2 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

  • Developer active, last post 5 months ago
  • Studio active elsewhere (2 titles tracked), so this one may welcome a partner
  • Store page localized in only 1 language(s)
  • 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 short-form analog-horror puzzle game where you take calls at a creature-identification hotline and cross-reference bestiary entries to diagnose household threats.

Home Safety Hotline is a quiet commercial success with uncommonly strong community retention: 90%+ positive sentiment, robust replay engagement (60% still playing), and solid monthly residuals. The title's modest scope and self-contained narrative make it an ideal acquisition target for publishers seeking low-risk, high-satisfaction catalog additions, or a springboard for franchise expansion (prequel, sequel, spin-off) leveraging the established lore and creature design. The developer remains active and the IP is unencumbered. Most realistic play: acquisition.

  • Risk: Puzzle-identification gameplay appeals to a niche audience; genre fatigue with analog-horror aesthetic post-2020 may limit growth ceiling.
  • Risk: Game is feature-complete and compact (median 4.4 hours); future monetization depends on DLC, sequels, or IP licensing rather than post-launch engagement.
  • Risk: Single-language base (English-only build) with no cloud save, workshop, or trading-card integration limits organic discoverability and long-tail revenue.

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