Only Up: With Friends

NoGlyph Games · 2023 · $4.99 · Action · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-10-05 06:33 UTC. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.

• Estimated net residual revenue: $233 to $349 per month
• Opportunity: $480 per month at x1.65 dormancy
• Estimated lifetime owners: 60.5k
• 69% positive across 1779 reviews · 9.3 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

• Developer silent for 15 months
• Studio quiet across its whole catalog
• Store page localized in only 1 language(s)
• Last discounted 0 months ago, 10 sales in the last 12 months

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-09-18; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

A first-person parkour platformer with co-op play, released in 2023 by NoGlyph Games, built around climbing and jumping mechanics.

Only Up: With Friends occupies a thin niche in the parkour-platformer space and has generated solid lifetime net revenue on a minimal marketing footprint. However, the studio is inactive (no dev posts in 14 months, no promotions run), the player base has contracted to single digits, and the game's difficulty curve is noted as frustrating in the limited review sample. The opportunity lies not in reviving the existing title, but in evaluating whether the core IP or tech stack could seed a sequel with broader appeal, or whether the residual cash flow justifies a hands-off publishing arrangement. Most realistic play: watch.

• Risk: Co-op infrastructure will degrade if server costs are not managed; current player count (under 5 concurrents) does not justify active support.
• Risk: Parkour platformers are crowded; the game's punishing difficulty and lack of narrative hook make it a hard sell to mainstream audiences.
• Risk: Single-language localization gap (100% loc_gap) and missing trading-card support suggest light post-launch investment; may indicate technical debt or minimal monetization infrastructure.

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