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Waning Flowers of a World Eternal - The Rainbow Appears After Flowering Rain

SWEET&TEA · 2025 · $19.99 · Adventure · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-09-26 20:20 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: $1.1k to $1.7k per month
  • Opportunity: $1.9k per month at x1.35 dormancy
  • Estimated lifetime owners: 12.0k
  • 97% positive across 335 reviews · 8.5 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

  • Developer silent for 13 months
  • Studio quiet across its whole catalog
  • Store page localized in only 3 language(s)
  • Last discounted 0 months ago, 8 sales in the last 12 months

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-09-05; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

A 2025 visual novel from Shiravune featuring character-driven storytelling and production values, currently earning steady single-digit-thousand-dollar monthly residuals with minimal active promotion.

This title sits in an interesting zone: high review sentiment (97%+ positive), profitable monthly residuals in the low four figures, yet dormant in discounting and developer communication. The Shiravune publisher catalog is shrinking, but the game's Japanese localization gap and strong Chinese-language review volume suggest untapped regional demand. Best-case play is a publishing or localization refresh targeting Southeast Asia; acquisition would require navigating Shiravune's ownership and the visual-novel IP risk. Most realistic play: publishing.

  • Risk: No workshop support, no trading cards, and three-language reach suggest limited cross-platform or community-driven monetization upside.
  • Risk: Visual-novel genre is niche and price-sensitive; current $19.99 positioning may be near-ceiling for this attach rate.
  • Risk: Publisher Shiravune shows 'fading' status with single-title portfolio and no dev posts in 12 months, raising succession and support risk.

This case as Markdown · Estimates carry ±30-50% error per title.