RWBY: Grimm Eclipse

Rooster Teeth Games · 2016 · $19.99 · Action · deal grade B

• Estimated net residual revenue: $845 to $1.3k per month
• Opportunity: $2.2k per month at x2.10 dormancy
• Estimated lifetime owners: 638.7k
• 81%% positive across 11625 reviews · 9.8 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

• Developer silent for 7.7 years
• Studio inactive: no public activity across 1 tracked titles
• Last build shipped 5.8 years ago
• Last discounted 1 months ago, 6 sales in the last 12 months
• Proven demand elasticity: x1.9 review velocity during past deep sales

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

RWBY: Grimm Eclipse is a 2016 co-op action game based on Rooster Teeth's anime-style web series.

A quietly profitable $2.7M lifetime title still generating ~$1,056/mo in residual revenue despite zero developer engagement for 92+ months. The 81% positive score and tight-knit multiplayer community suggest strong attachment to the IP itself rather than active development. For a publisher or IP steward, this represents a low-effort catalog hold with modest but stable cashflow; for a revival play, the anime-adjacent IP and dormant codebase offer moderate upside if remastered or ported to newer platforms. Most realistic play: publishing.

• Risk: Game is built on Rooster Teeth's RWBY intellectual property; any acquisition or revival requires IP rights holder approval and likely ongoing royalty or partnership terms.
• Risk: Community depends on co-op netcode and server stability; technical debt accumulated over 69+ months since launch may require infrastructure refresh to retain active players.
• Risk: No meaningful updates in 7.7+ years and zero developer communication; codebase condition and compatibility with current APIs unknown.

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