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United Penguin Kingdom

Turquoise Revival Games · 2024 · $14.99 · Indie · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-10-04 10:03 UTC. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.

  • Estimated net residual revenue: $286 to $428 per month
  • Opportunity: $482 per month at x1.35 dormancy
  • Estimated lifetime owners: 14.8k
  • 75% positive across 453 reviews · 3.3 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

  • Developer silent for 22 months
  • Studio quiet across its whole catalog
  • Last discounted 0 months ago, 11 sales in the last 12 months
  • Proven demand elasticity: x1.6 review velocity during past deep sales

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-09-15; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

A 2024 city-builder where you manage a penguin kingdom with resource management and infrastructure systems.

United Penguin Kingdom has maintained solid residual revenue on modest lifetime results, suggesting a stable niche audience despite conceptual friction. The game launched less than two years ago with no developer engagement since release and zero promotional activity in the past year, indicating the studio has moved on. For a publisher or developer comfortable with dormant catalog play, there is a straightforward opportunity to either revive with modest bug fixes and community communication, or to acquire the title cheaply as a long-tail earner in a publishing portfolio. Most realistic play: acquisition.

  • Risk: City-builder genre is crowded; the mechanic conflicts flagged in reviews (low-tier buildings requiring high-tier materials, roads not functioning as intended) suggest design problems that cost goodwill at launch and may limit ceiling.
  • Risk: Developer studio status is fading with only two titles in catalog and no posts in over 21 months, raising questions about who would implement any post-acquisition roadmap.

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