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Tasty Blue

Dingo Games · 2015 · $7.99 · Action · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-09-26 12:28 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: $341 to $512 per month
  • Opportunity: $810 per month at x1.90 dormancy
  • Estimated lifetime owners: 45.6k
  • 89% positive across 742 reviews · 9.9 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

  • Developer silent for 3.6 years
  • Studio active elsewhere (5 titles tracked), so this one may welcome a partner
  • Store page localized in only 1 language(s)
  • Last discounted 1 months ago, 10 sales in the last 12 months
  • Proven demand elasticity: x1.4 review velocity during past deep sales

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

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

A 2015 casual action game where you play a fish eating smaller creatures to grow, with simple mechanics and quick sessions.

Tasty Blue is a dormant, low-friction title generating solid three-figure monthly residuals from a small but engaged owner base, nearly a decade after release. The game's simplicity, high review sentiment (89%), and continued modest play suggest it remains a stable catalog filler rather than a revival candidate; the real value lies in its platform-agnostic mechanics and international review distribution (German, Russian, and Brazilian Portuguese audiences represent meaningful demand signals). For a publisher managing a back-catalog, this is a reliable hold; for acquisition, the limited upside and single-developer origin make it a watch, not a priority. Most realistic play: watch.

  • Risk: Peak concurrent players now sit at single digits; the absence of any developer engagement in over 3.5 years suggests no active support for platform changes or technical debt.
  • Risk: No cloud saves, workshop support, or recent build updates; potential compatibility drift on modern Windows/Steam runtime versions is unchecked.
  • Risk: Localization gap is 100%, meaning all assets are English-only despite strong non-English review presence, leaving international audiences unserved.

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