Holder of Place

Ardent Fields · 2025 · $9.99 · Indie · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-10-03 04:02 UTC, 3 days ago. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.

• Estimated net residual revenue: $610 to $915 per month
• Opportunity: $991 per month at x1.30 dormancy
• Estimated lifetime owners: 11.8k
• 91% positive across 309 reviews · 9.1 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

• Developer active, last post 0 months ago
• Store page localized in only 2 language(s)
• Last discounted 0 months ago, 6 sales in the last 12 months

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-09-04; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

Holder of Place is an indie auto-battler deck-builder where you compose card synergies across multiple character archetypes to climb an endless gauntlet.

This title sits in a sweet spot: strong retention metrics (90%+ positive, median 27h playtime), active developer (recent posts), and steady low-key revenue with minimal marketing spend. The core loop is proven; the gap is content depth and post-run progression. Best suited for a publisher seeking a quiet, profitable catalog anchor that could yield disproportionate returns from modest live-ops or story expansion, or a studio looking to acquire a well-tuned mechanical foundation. Most realistic play: publishing.

• Risk: Deck-builder genre is crowded; audience saturation will flatten organic discovery no matter how well-tuned the core loop.
• Risk: Player feedback flags incomplete systems (story brevity, post-endless progression vagueness, missing wiki/documentation) suggesting either scope constraints or deferred design work.
• Risk: Ultra-thin active player base (7 concurrent, 15 peak 30d) means any acquisition assumes you'll re-invest in visibility or content to sustain installed base.

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