Balrum

Balcony Softworks · 2016 · $14.99 · Adventure · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-09-26 12:10 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: $174 to $262 per month
Opportunity: $360 per month at x1.65 dormancy
Estimated lifetime owners: 47.4k
79% positive across 808 reviews · 2.7 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

Developer silent for 22 months
Studio quiet across its whole catalog
Store page localized in only 1 language(s)
Last discounted 1 months ago, 11 sales in the last 12 months
Proven demand elasticity: x1.4 review velocity during past deep sales

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-09-18; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

Balrum is a single-player fantasy RPG with dungeon crawling and character progression mechanics released in 2016 by Balcony Softworks.

Balrum sits in a quiet zone: nearly eight years old, stable positive sentiment (79%), generating solid three-figure monthly residuals, yet showing no developer activity in 21 months and no discounts run in the past year. The title has a small but persistent playerbase (62.5% still playing) and appeals to a niche dungeon-crawler audience, but the developer's fading status and long silence mean the IP is unlikely to attract new players organically. For a small indie publisher or curator, this represents a low-risk, low-cost acquisition opportunity to stabilize the title with basic post-launch support; revival is not realistic without developer will. Most realistic play: acquisition.

Risk: No cloud save or workshop support; 43 months without a build update increases risk of platform-compatibility drift.
Risk: Extremely small current playerbase (eight concurrent, 52 peak monthly) and minimal review velocity (2.7/month) suggest limited organic discovery.
Risk: Developer studio status is fading with only two titles in catalog and no public communication in 21 months; unclear whether rights transfer is possible or clean.

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