Loan Shark

Studio Ortica · 2025 · $3.99 · Adventure · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-09-26 13:13 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: $401 to $602 per month
• Opportunity: $652 per month at x1.30 dormancy
• Estimated lifetime owners: 25.5k
• 85% positive across 701 reviews · 15.0 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

• Developer active, last post 1 months ago
• Studio active elsewhere (3 titles tracked), so this one may welcome a partner
• Store page localized in only 2 language(s)
• Last discounted 1 months ago, 10 sales in the last 12 months

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

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

A short-form narrative adventure blending fishing, dark humor, and story-driven gameplay in a low-poly eerie setting.

Loan Shark is a quiet performer with solid monthly residuals and exceptionally high positive sentiment (85%), suggesting a satisfied niche audience that values narrative craft and atmosphere over mechanical depth. The developer is actively maintaining the title (recent engagement) and the player base is small but loyal. This is not a breakout hit, but the combination of fair pricing, strong review quality, and recurring player interest makes it a candidate for bundle inclusion, localization investment to close the Russian language gap (18% untranslated), or platform featuring in curated "overlooked story games" campaigns. Most realistic play: publishing.

• Risk: At least one user reports extreme GPU utilization issues; optimization across hardware profiles should be audited before any revival push.
• Risk: Median playtime is 2.5 hours and the title has run zero discount promotions in 12 months, suggesting price-point discovery and demand elasticity remain untested.
• Risk: Very small active player count (2 concurrent, 15 peak in last 30 days) limits organic word-of-mouth and review velocity despite high sentiment.

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