Starpoint Gemini Warlords

Little Green Men Games · 2017 · $34.99 · Action · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-09-23 12:28 UTC, 12 days ago. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.

Estimated net residual revenue: $515 to $772 per month
Opportunity: $868 per month at x1.35 dormancy
Estimated lifetime owners: 169.0k
73% positive across 3598 reviews · 3.4 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

Developer silent for 22 months
Studio quiet across its whole catalog

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-08-25; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

A space-opera action sandbox built on the Starpoint Gemini franchise, where players command fleets and pursue open-ended missions across a procedural galaxy.

Warlords remains quietly profitable at $644/mo residual revenue on a $1.27M lifetime take, anchored by 57% player retention and a median playtime of 50 hours. The franchise has dormant upside: the studio is fading but the IP is owned in-house, workshop activity persists (172 mods, last updated June 2026), and recent discount velocity (11 promotions in 12 months, 85% max) suggests price-sensitive audience engagement rather than abandonment. For a legacy-IP acquirer or boutique publisher seeking low-risk recurring revenue, this is a proven catalog title; for a studio revival play, the 21-month dev silence and 79-month build age signal limited original-team capacity. Most realistic play: acquisition.

Risk: No controller support despite action genre; refund friction and genre mismatch likely suppress player onboarding.
Risk: Peak concurrent players (17 in last 30 days) and studio status 'fading' indicate aging codebase and no active live-service roadmap.
Risk: Sentiment decline of 19.8 points year-on-year and recent negative ratio (48% negative vs 52% positive) suggest player confidence erosion despite retention hold.

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