Rise of the Cones: Planetary Defense

Baris Lab · 2026 · $9.99 · Action · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-09-24 04:32 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: $262 to $393 per month
Opportunity: $426 per month at x1.30 dormancy
Estimated lifetime owners: 1.7k
82% positive across 44 reviews · 3.9 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

Developer active, last post 5 months ago
Store page localized in only 1 language(s)
Last discounted 1 months ago, 3 sales in the last 12 months

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-09-20; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

A solo tower-defense game where players build defensive structures against advancing alien threats across procedurally-varied planetary maps.

Rise of the Cones has quietly assembled a small but engaged core audience with an 82% positive rating and median playtime over 11 hours, suggesting solid mechanical depth and replayability. Monthly residuals are modest but consistent. The game lacks any discount history, active marketing, or developer communication for nearly five months, indicating either low priority or resource constraints at a one-title studio. For a publisher willing to invest in marketing refresh and modest content drops (new towers, maps), this title could sustain a larger audience; for acquisition, the upside is limited unless bundled with studio capability. Most realistic play: publishing.

Risk: Tower-defense genre is crowded; differentiation unclear from player reviews, making organic growth unlikely without positioning clarity.
Risk: Single-developer studio (gmail.com domain, no active comms for five months) suggests limited engineering or live-ops capacity to support a revival.
Risk: Zero discount history and unchanged pricing suggest either confidence or indifference to market feedback; elasticity data (-1) offers no guidance.

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