Narcosis

Honor Code, Inc. · 2017 · $14.99 · Adventure · deal grade C

Measured on 2026-10-05 21:15 UTC. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.

Estimated net residual revenue: $106 to $159 per month
Opportunity: $212 per month at x1.60 dormancy
Estimated lifetime owners: 66.5k
76% positive across 1472 reviews · 1.6 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

Developer silent for 2.4 years
Studio quiet across its whole catalog
Last discounted 0 months ago, 9 sales in the last 12 months
Proven demand elasticity: x1.4 review velocity during past deep sales

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-09-11; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

Narcosis is a first-person underwater survival horror game where you explore a damaged deep-sea facility with minimal resources and mounting dread.

This 2017 title maintains solid community sentiment (75% positive) and modest but consistent monthly residuals, suggesting a stable niche audience. The game's distinctive sound design and atmospheric walking-simulator approach has aged well in player perception, even as the studio fades. Most interesting for a publisher seeking to reactivate a quiet catalog asset through selective marketing or platform expansion, rather than acquisition. Most realistic play: publishing.

Risk: No developer posts in 27+ months and studio status flagged as fading; engine maintenance and compatibility updates may fall to new steward.
Risk: Extremely low concurrent players (0-3 in last 30 days) and virtually no reviews posted monthly suggest player base is dormant rather than thriving.
Risk: 9.4% localization gap in Simplified Chinese despite strong regional review presence hints at untapped opportunity but also platform friction.

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