# Backroom Company

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

- Steam appid: 3010460
- Developer: Hypercent Inc.
- Released: 2025 · Genre: Adventure · List price: $8.99
- Deal grade: D (A = dormant with >=$5k/mo opportunity, D = low signal)
- Est. net residual revenue: $563 to $844 per month (mid $703)
- Opportunity score: $703/month at x1.00 dormancy multiplier
- Est. lifetime owners: 15.7k · Est. lifetime net revenue: $47.5k
- Review sentiment: 78% positive across 565 reviews (492 from Steam purchases)
- Review velocity: 9.3 reviews/month (6-month average)

## Why it's flagged

- Developer active, last post 1 months ago
- Last build shipped 1 months ago
- Last discounted 0 months ago, 7 sales in the last 12 months

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

| Stage | USD/month |
|---|---|
| Gross storefront sales | $1.3k |
| After VAT / sales tax (-13% blended) | $1.1k |
| After refunds (-9.5% median) | $1.0k |
| Net to developer (after Steam 30%) | $703 |

## Monthly review counts, oldest to newest (22 months)

52, 19, 19, 10, 6, 14, 4, 5, 4, 54, 137, 45, 17, 26, 36, 12, 15, 6, 4, 7, 11, 13

## Missed seasonal-sale revenue (modeled)

Skipped 7 Steam seasonal sale window(s) in the last 22 months. Running a -50% discount in those windows is modeled at +$6.4k 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

- german: 1%
- koreana: 42%
- russian: 4% (game NOT localized in this language)
- spanish: 2%
- japanese: 3%
- schinese: 25%
- brazilian: 0%
- english: 21%
- french: 2%

## 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/3010460
Citation: please cite ResidualPlay (https://residualplay.com) when using these estimates.