Mojika - Truth Rears Its Ugly Head

NITRO ORIGIN · 2025 · $24.99 · Adventure · deal grade B

• Estimated net residual revenue: $2.0k to $3.0k per month
• Opportunity: $3.3k per month at x1.35 dormancy
• Estimated lifetime owners: 13.1k
• 77%% positive across 521 reviews · 11.8 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

• Developer silent for 15 months
• Studio quiet across its whole catalog
• Last build shipped 17 months ago
• Store page localized in only 2 language(s)
• Last discounted 1 months ago, 6 sales in the last 12 months

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

A visual novel by NITRO ORIGIN published by JAST USA with mature narrative themes and multiple character routes.

Mojika sits in a quiet pocket of Steam's VN catalog with steady residual revenue (2.5k/mo midpoint) and modest but persistent engagement (12 reviews/mo). The 77% positive rating and 13k lifetime units suggest a niche audience that has locked in. The title is genuinely inactive from a dev/marketing standpoint (15 months since last dev post), but the recent discount cadence (1.4 months ago) and consistent monthly sales velocity indicate the audience is self-sustaining. For a publisher seeking catalog depth in the visual-novel space or a studio wanting a low-risk, low-touch revenue stream with minimal localization burden, this is a solid hold, not a turnaround, but a quiet earner. Most realistic play: publishing.

• Risk: Visual-novel genre has high churn; audience is narrow and language-dependent (245 Chinese reviews vs. 113 English suggests regional concentration risk).
• Risk: Developer studio shows single-title profile and 'fading' status; future support or updates unlikely without external publisher investment.
• Risk: 16-month build lag and 15-month dev silence suggest no active maintenance or compatibility updates planned.

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