despelote

Julián Cordero · 2025 · $14.99 · Adventure · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-10-03 00:40 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: $2.3k to $3.4k per month
• Opportunity: $3.8k per month at x1.35 dormancy
• Estimated lifetime owners: 40.8k
• 95% positive across 1170 reviews · 22.6 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

• Developer silent for 13 months
• Studio quiet across its whole catalog
• Last discounted 0 months ago, 10 sales in the last 12 months

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-09-05; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

A 2-hour narrative adventure about childhood soccer in Ecuador, framed as interactive memory and emotional self-reflection.

Despelote is a critically acclaimed indie title with unusually high sentiment (94.6% positive) and sustained engagement despite minimal marketing or post-launch support. Its niche appeal, deeply personal, culturally specific, and mechanically minimal, makes it a poor fit for mainstream revival, but a strong candidate for licensing to film or literary adaptations, or acquisition by a publisher building a prestige catalog of small-scale authored experiences. The developer appears to be fading; the one-title studio has posted nothing publicly in a year, suggesting the IP may be available. Most realistic play: licensing.

• Risk: The game's extreme specificity to Ecuadorian childhood memory and soccer culture limits addressable audience outside Latin America and nostalgia-driven players in English-speaking markets.
• Risk: No cloud save, achievements, trading cards, or workshop support; minimal technical infrastructure may require re-implementation for ports or adaptations.
• Risk: Developer studio appears dormant with no public communication in 12 months; rights holder status and availability are unclear.

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