# Roommates, Romance, and Ringing Hearts

> ResidualPlay case file: an overlooked Steam game still earning residual revenue. Estimates carry a ±30-50% error range per title.

- Steam appid: 3898860
- Developer: TV Asahi Corporation
- Released: 2026 · Genre: Action · List price: $11.99
- Deal grade: C (A = dormant with >=$5k/mo opportunity, D = low signal)
- Est. net residual revenue: $7.3k to $10.9k per month (mid $9.1k)
- Opportunity score: $9.1k/month at x1.00 dormancy multiplier
- Est. lifetime owners: 11.8k · Est. lifetime net revenue: $47.5k
- Review sentiment: 95% positive across 420 reviews (369 from Steam purchases)
- Review velocity: 90.8 reviews/month (6-month average)

## Why it's flagged

- Developer active, last post 2 months ago
- Last build shipped 5 months ago
- Last discounted 1 months ago, 4 sales in the last 12 months

## Where a gross dollar goes (monthly, at current velocity)

| Stage | USD/month |
|---|---|
| Gross storefront sales | $16.6k |
| After VAT / sales tax (-13% blended) | $14.4k |
| After refunds (-9.5% median) | $13.0k |
| Net to developer (after Steam 30%) | $9.1k |

## Monthly review counts, oldest to newest (4 months)

289, 60, 8, 6

## Missed seasonal-sale revenue (modeled)

Skipped 1 Steam seasonal sale window(s) in the last 4 months. Running a -50% discount in those windows is modeled at +$402 net in total, assuming a unit uplift of x3.0 (industry-typical for old catalog titles). Same ±30-50% error range applies.

## Markets by review language

- french: 0% (game NOT localized in this language)
- english: 14%
- koreana: 3%
- russian: 0% (game NOT localized in this language)
- spanish: 1% (game NOT localized in this language)
- japanese: 10%
- schinese: 70%
- brazilian: 1% (game NOT localized in this language)

## Methodology

Units are estimated from Steam-purchase reviews times a release-cohort multiplier (Boxleiter method, 20-75x by year). Revenue uses an effective price (lifetime discounts and regional pricing) and nets out VAT (~13%), refunds (~9.5%) and Steam's 30% cut: roughly 55% of gross reaches the developer.

Source: https://residualplay.com/game/3898860
Citation: please cite ResidualPlay (https://residualplay.com) when using these estimates.