Lakeview Cabin Collection
Roope Tamminen · 2015 · $9.99 · Indie · deal grade B
Measured on 2026-10-02 14:11 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: $177 to $266 per month
- Opportunity: $421 per month at x1.90 dormancy
- Estimated lifetime owners: 104.0k
- 92% positive across 1940 reviews · 4.1 reviews/month
Why it's flagged
- Developer silent for 3.0 years
- Studio quiet across its whole catalog
- Store page localized in only 1 language(s)
- Last discounted 0 months ago, 5 sales in the last 12 months
Analyst notes (AI-assisted)
Note written 2026-09-16; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.
A 2015 indie horror anthology that parodies slasher films through six interconnected cabin-themed episodes, built as a love letter to 1980s horror cinema.
Lakeview Cabin Collection occupies a rare niche: a single-developer passion project with high sentiment (92% positive) and a modest but stable revenue baseline across multiple language markets. The title has generated meaningful lifetime value without marketing spend or discount reliance, suggesting organic word-of-mouth discovery among genre enthusiasts. For a publisher or acquirer, the appeal lies in the established community, strong review ratios, and potential to revive interest through community-driven content (localization expansions, director's cuts, or anthology sequels) rather than aggressive pricing. The risk is that the creator's dormancy (35 months since last communication) and micro player counts suggest the audience has stabilized at a niche floor; scale ambitions should be modest. Most realistic play: revival.
- Risk: Solo developer with fading studio status and no public updates in nearly three years; ownership clarity and source-code access will be critical acquisition blockers.
- Risk: Peak concurrent players now in single digits despite 104K lifetime units; audience appears saturated at a niche core with minimal churn-and-acquisition potential.
- Risk: No cloud save, no workshop support, and 100% localization gap (English-only despite 1K+ reviews in Chinese and Russian) suggests aging engine or minimal post-launch infrastructure investment.
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