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Bureau of Contacts

MIROWIN · 2025 · $7.99 · Action · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-09-26 13:46 UTC, 9 days ago. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.

  • Estimated net residual revenue: $443 to $665 per month
  • Opportunity: $748 per month at x1.35 dormancy
  • Estimated lifetime owners: 23.0k
  • 78% positive across 694 reviews · 8.3 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

  • Developer silent for 18 months
  • Studio active elsewhere (3 titles tracked), so this one may welcome a partner
  • Last discounted 0 months ago, 12 sales in the last 12 months

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-09-07; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

Bureau of Contacts is a co-op ghost-hunting action game where AI-driven specters respond to player speech and strategy, launching in early access in 2025.

This title occupies an underserved niche between Phasmophobia's procedural investigation loop and narrative co-op chaos games, with solid community sentiment (79% positive) and a reactive AI mechanic that differentiates it from competitors. The developer is actively operating with a small but engaged playerbase; residual income remains modest but stable. Opportunity exists for a publisher to invest in content roadmap clarity, Russian-language support (a gap affecting ~31% of potential audience and 23% of existing reviews), and seasonal events to deepen retention and discourage churn. Most realistic play: publishing.

  • Risk: AI ghost behavior and speech-recognition systems require ongoing tuning; tutorial bugs noted by players suggest QA coverage gaps that scale with content.
  • Risk: Peak concurrent players remain very low (single digits monthly), indicating cold-start network effects; matchmaking and social discovery are critical unknowns.
  • Risk: Ghost-hunting co-op genre is crowded; differentiation hinges on AI reactivity, which must be demonstrable in marketing to justify $7.99 entry against free or cheaper alternatives.

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