# FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time

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

- Steam appid: 2993780
- Developer: LEVEL5 Inc.
- Released: 2025 · Genre: RPG · List price: $59.99
- Deal grade: C (A = dormant with >=$5k/mo opportunity, D = low signal)
- Est. net residual revenue: $30.4k to $45.6k per month (mid $38.0k)
- Opportunity score: $38.0k/month at x1.00 dormancy multiplier
- Est. lifetime owners: 373.6k · Est. lifetime net revenue: $7.5M
- Review sentiment: 92% positive across 13492 reviews (11675 from Steam purchases)
- Review velocity: 75.5 reviews/month (6-month average)

## Why it's flagged

- Developer active, last post 8 months ago
- Studio active elsewhere (5 titles tracked), so this one may welcome a partner
- Last build shipped 0 months ago
- Last discounted 1 months ago, 2 sales in the last 12 months

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

| Stage | USD/month |
|---|---|
| Gross storefront sales | $68.9k |
| After VAT / sales tax (-13% blended) | $60.0k |
| After refunds (-9.5% median) | $54.3k |
| Net to developer (after Steam 30%) | $38.0k |

## Monthly review counts, oldest to newest (15 months)

5928, 2930, 466, 372, 159, 105, 909, 320, 284, 130, 93, 52, 58, 38, 82

## Missed seasonal-sale revenue (modeled)

Skipped 6 Steam seasonal sale window(s) in the last 15 months. Running a -50% discount in those windows is modeled at +$1.2M 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: 5%
- german: 4%
- english: 51%
- koreana: 4% (game NOT localized in this language)
- spanish: 2%
- japanese: 8%
- brazilian: 1% (game NOT localized in this language)
- russian: 0% (game NOT localized in this language)
- schinese: 24%

## 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/2993780
Citation: please cite ResidualPlay (https://residualplay.com) when using these estimates.