# Planetary Life

> ResidualPlay case file: an overlooked Steam game still earning residual revenue. Estimates carry a ±30-50% error range per title.

- Steam appid: 2471970
- Developer: Sotenbox
- Released: 2025 · Genre: Indie · List price: $11.99
- Deal grade: C (A = dormant with >=$5k/mo opportunity, D = low signal)
- Est. net residual revenue: $2.9k to $4.3k per month (mid $3.6k)
- Opportunity score: $3.6k/month at x1.00 dormancy multiplier
- Est. lifetime owners: 28.3k · Est. lifetime net revenue: $113.7k
- Review sentiment: 94% positive across 911 reviews (884 from Steam purchases)
- Review velocity: 35.8 reviews/month (6-month average)

## Why it's flagged

- Developer active, last post 1 months ago
- Last build shipped 1 months ago
- Last discounted 3 months ago, 1 sales in the last 12 months

## Where a gross dollar goes (monthly, at current velocity)

| Stage | USD/month |
|---|---|
| Gross storefront sales | $6.5k |
| After VAT / sales tax (-13% blended) | $5.7k |
| After refunds (-9.5% median) | $5.1k |
| Net to developer (after Steam 30%) | $3.6k |

## Monthly review counts, oldest to newest (12 months)

341, 134, 54, 77, 36, 38, 24, 23, 35, 64, 28, 41

## Missed seasonal-sale revenue (modeled)

Skipped 6 Steam seasonal sale window(s) in the last 12 months. Running a -50% discount in those windows is modeled at +$12.2k net in total, assuming a unit uplift of x3.0 (industry-typical for old catalog titles). Same ±30-50% error range applies.

## Markets by review language

- german: 4%
- japanese: 1%
- english: 63%
- koreana: 1% (game NOT localized in this language)
- russian: 11%
- spanish: 4%
- schinese: 2%
- brazilian: 13%
- french: 2%

## Methodology

Units are estimated from Steam-purchase reviews times a release-cohort multiplier (Boxleiter method, 20-75x by year). Revenue uses an effective price (lifetime discounts and regional pricing) and nets out VAT (~13%), refunds (~9.5%) and Steam's 30% cut: roughly 55% of gross reaches the developer.

Source: https://residualplay.com/game/2471970
Citation: please cite ResidualPlay (https://residualplay.com) when using these estimates.