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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind

Digital Eclipse · 2024 · $34.99 · Action · deal grade B

  • Estimated net residual revenue: $2.1k to $3.2k per month
  • Opportunity: $4.4k per month at x1.65 dormancy
  • Estimated lifetime owners: 22.7k
  • 65%% positive across 772 reviews · 10.3 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

  • Developer silent for 18 months
  • Studio active elsewhere (14 titles tracked), so this one may welcome a partner
  • Last build shipped 18 months ago

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

A 2024 beat-em-up licensed game from Digital Eclipse blending brawler combat with Zord mech segments across the Power Rangers IP.

Rita's Rewind has shipped $232k lifetime on modest volume (22.6k units) with a 65% positive score and $2.6k/mo residual revenue. The title is genuinely quiet on updates and discount activity (no sales in 12 months, no dev posts in 18), suggesting it shipped and was shelved. For a publisher seeking dormant licensed catalog content, the risk is that Hasbro's entertainment licensing window may have real time value, but the gameplay feedback indicates mixed-genre design flaws (Zord sections cited as progression walls) that a revival would need to address. Acquisition upside is limited unless bundled with other Power Rangers properties or retargeted at mobile/regional audiences with localization. Most realistic play: licensing.

  • Risk: Game is built on Hasbro's Power Rangers IP; rights are time-bound and require active commercial engagement or reversion risk.
  • Risk: Zord (mech) sections are reported as difficulty spikes that halt solo progression, indicating core gameplay balance issues requiring developer iteration.
  • Risk: Multiplayer implementation is underdeveloped; reviewers cite netplay or co-op as broken or missing, limiting appeal vs. single-player brawlers.
  • Risk: Beat-em-up genre is crowded; game lacks differentiation and players explicitly compare it unfavorably to 'much much better' existing titles.

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