# A Gentlemen's Dispute

> ResidualPlay case file: an overlooked Steam game still earning residual revenue. Estimates carry a ±30-50% error range per title.

- Steam appid: 2820700
- Developer: Blast Furnace Games
- Released: 2025 · Genre: Action · List price: $7.99
- Deal grade: C (A = dormant with >=$5k/mo opportunity, D = low signal)
- Est. net residual revenue: $3.0k to $4.5k per month (mid $3.8k)
- Opportunity score: $3.8k/month at x1.00 dormancy multiplier
- Est. lifetime owners: 37.3k · Est. lifetime net revenue: $100.0k
- Review sentiment: 94% positive across 1427 reviews (1166 from Steam purchases)
- Review velocity: 56.0 reviews/month (6-month average)

## Why it's flagged

- Developer active, last post 1 months ago
- Last build shipped 1 months ago
- Last discounted 1 months ago, 9 sales in the last 12 months

## Where a gross dollar goes (monthly, at current velocity)

| Stage | USD/month |
|---|---|
| Gross storefront sales | $6.8k |
| After VAT / sales tax (-13% blended) | $5.9k |
| After refunds (-9.5% median) | $5.4k |
| Net to developer (after Steam 30%) | $3.8k |

## Monthly review counts, oldest to newest (11 months)

379, 173, 163, 77, 56, 90, 35, 23, 96, 37, 55

## Missed seasonal-sale revenue (modeled)

Skipped 2 Steam seasonal sale window(s) in the last 11 months. Running a -50% discount in those windows is modeled at +$7.3k net in total, assuming a unit uplift of x3.0 (industry-typical for old catalog titles). Same ±30-50% error range applies.

## Markets by review language

- french: 1%
- english: 81%
- koreana: 1%
- japanese: 1%
- brazilian: 2%
- german: 4%
- russian: 3%
- spanish: 3%
- schinese: 5%

## Methodology

Units are estimated from Steam-purchase reviews times a release-cohort multiplier (Boxleiter method, 20-75x by year). Revenue uses an effective price (lifetime discounts and regional pricing) and nets out VAT (~13%), refunds (~9.5%) and Steam's 30% cut: roughly 55% of gross reaches the developer.

Source: https://residualplay.com/game/2820700
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