Taboo Trial

Cat Shine · 2023 · $14.99 · Action · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-10-02 13:52 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: $362 to $544 per month
Opportunity: $725 per month at x1.60 dormancy
Estimated lifetime owners: 66.2k
83% positive across 1707 reviews · 4.8 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

Developer silent for 2.3 years
Studio quiet across its whole catalog
Last discounted 0 months ago, 12 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.

Action-oriented visual novel where players gift Norse warriors to unlock suggestive artwork, published by NPC Entertainment in 2023.

Taboo Trial sits in a narrow but persistent niche: visual-novel mechanics paired with light action and progression-gating around adult-oriented imagery. It has cleared over a quarter million dollars lifetime with a solid positive-review ratio, yet shows signs of studio drift (27 months without developer communication, zero discount activity, fading studio status). The opportunity is narrow: the title generates modest residual revenue and could appeal to a patient acquirer looking for catalog depth in adult-adjacent indie titles, but the lack of ongoing support and recent sentiment decay suggest the window for revival is closing. Most realistic play: watch.

Risk: Niche adult-adjacent genre with finite addressable market; sentiment has dropped 21.5 points recently, signaling possible genre fatigue or content saturation.
Risk: No discount promotions in 12 months and no developer posts in 27 months suggest minimal ongoing maintenance; cloud save and workshop support may bit-rot without attention.
Risk: Player base has contracted sharply (19 peak in last 30 days vs. implied historical peaks); engagement appears to be trailing off despite reasonable historical retention.

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