Vanity Fair: The Pursuit

木焱工作室 · 2024 · $6.99 · Casual · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-10-02 00:59 UTC, 4 days ago. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.

Estimated net residual revenue: $536 to $804 per month
Opportunity: $1.0k per month at x1.50 dormancy
Estimated lifetime owners: 161.0k
87% positive across 4599 reviews · 13.1 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

Developer active, last post 6 months ago
Studio active elsewhere (2 titles tracked), so this one may welcome a partner
No Steam discount in 4.0 years (deepest tracked: -0%)

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-08-24; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

A 2024 narrative adventure game based on Jane Austen's novel, developed by Chinese studio 木焱工作室 and published by Wave Games.

Vanity Fair: The Pursuit has generated $261k lifetime net on modest player volume (128k units), with 88% positive sentiment and a strong Chinese-language review base (3,636 of 3,996 Steam reviews). The title sits dormant: zero promotions in 48 months, minimal developer activity (4.5 months since last post), and only 3 current players despite $937/mo residual revenue. The opportunity is either a quiet licensing or publishing revival play, contingent on clarifying who controls adaptation rights to Austen's work and whether the developer (operating, 2-title portfolio) has capacity or appetite to revive it. Most realistic play: licensing.

Risk: Jane Austen's novels are in the public domain in most territories, but adaptation rights and any exclusive arrangements with Austen literary estates or competing publishers must be verified before acquisition or revival.
Risk: Peak concurrent players (21 in last 30 days) and median playtime (7.8 hours) suggest the narrative-driven model has limited replay value and a ceiling on organic discovery.
Risk: Developer has posted only once in the past year and run zero discounts in 48 months, indicating either bandwidth constraints or deprioritization of the title.

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