# Emissary Zero

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

- Steam appid: 3176060
- Developer: Rone Vine
- Released: 2025 · Genre: Adventure · List price: $8.99
- Deal grade: C (A = dormant with >=$5k/mo opportunity, D = low signal)
- Est. net residual revenue: $4.5k to $6.8k per month (mid $5.7k)
- Opportunity score: $5.7k/month at x1.00 dormancy multiplier
- Est. lifetime owners: 84.5k · Est. lifetime net revenue: $254.8k
- Review sentiment: 84% positive across 3131 reviews (2641 from Steam purchases)
- Review velocity: 75.2 reviews/month (6-month average)

## Why it's flagged

- Developer active, last post 1 months ago
- Studio active elsewhere (2 titles tracked), so this one may welcome a partner
- Last build shipped 1 months ago
- Last discounted 0 months ago, 11 sales in the last 12 months

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

| Stage | USD/month |
|---|---|
| Gross storefront sales | $10.3k |
| After VAT / sales tax (-13% blended) | $8.9k |
| After refunds (-9.5% median) | $8.1k |
| Net to developer (after Steam 30%) | $5.7k |

## Monthly review counts, oldest to newest (17 months)

102, 446, 439, 247, 167, 177, 144, 131, 193, 83, 123, 65, 108, 89, 77, 50, 62

## Missed seasonal-sale revenue (modeled)

Skipped 3 Steam seasonal sale window(s) in the last 17 months. Running a -50% discount in those windows is modeled at +$19.4k 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

- spanish: 2%
- french: 3%
- russian: 19%
- japanese: 1%
- schinese: 7%
- brazilian: 4%
- german: 4%
- english: 50%
- koreana: 9%

## 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/3176060
Citation: please cite ResidualPlay (https://residualplay.com) when using these estimates.