UnReal World

Sami Maaranen (creator) · 2016 · $14.50 · Indie · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-10-02 18:45 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: $277 to $415 per month
• Opportunity: $449 per month at x1.30 dormancy
• Estimated lifetime owners: 79.9k
• 94% positive across 1385 reviews · 4.4 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

• Developer active, last post 0 months ago
• Store page localized in only 1 language(s)
• Last discounted 0 months ago, 11 sales in the last 12 months
• Proven demand elasticity: x1.4 review velocity during past deep sales

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-09-19; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

A hardcore, historically grounded Iron Age Finland survival sim with nearly a decade of solo development and a devoted cult audience.

UnReal World is a quiet outlier: consistently profitable at modest scale with exceptional player retention (81% still active), zero discounting pressure, and a creator still shipping updates. The community craves clearer animal-spawn mechanics and better UX scaffolding for new players, not features. For a publisher seeking a proven evergreen catalog title with minimal maintenance risk and licensing clarity, this is a low-noise acquisition candidate; for a live-ops studio, it signals an untapped opportunity to polish discovery and onboarding without chasing trends. Most realistic play: acquisition.

• Risk: Niche appeal and zero marketing footprint mean a new owner must execute a revival campaign to widen audience, not a straightforward passive-income bet.
• Risk: Solo-developer legacy codebase may present maintenance or platform-migration friction; creator activity is current but update velocity is glacial.
• Risk: No multiplayer, social features, or modding workshop limits viral potential and community content-generation loops.

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