Jalopy

Minskworks · 2018 · $14.99 · Adventure · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-10-02 05:55 UTC, 4 days ago. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.

Estimated net residual revenue: $2.0k to $3.0k per month
Opportunity: $4.0k per month at x1.60 dormancy
Estimated lifetime owners: 452.0k
76% positive across 11363 reviews · 31.0 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

Developer silent for 7.0 years
Studio quiet across its whole catalog
Last discounted 0 months ago, 8 sales in the last 12 months
Proven demand elasticity: x1.9 review velocity during past deep sales

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-09-13; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

Jalopy is a road-trip survival adventure where you drive a deteriorating 1960s Eastern European car across multiple borders, managing fuel, repairs, and border crossings.

Jalopy holds solid four-figure monthly residuals on a quiet but engaged player base despite acknowledged technical instability and seven years without active development. The game's unique concept, strong core community sentiment (76% recent positive), and low current maintenance burden make it a candidate for light revival via bug-fix patches or a spiritual successor, rather than full acquisition. Best fit for a publisher willing to invest modest resources into stability work, or for a developer seeking a proven indie IP template. Most realistic play: revival.

Risk: Multiple recurring reports of soft-locks at specific story checkpoints (Czechoslovakia-Germany border), car state corruption, and camera clipping; game is unpatched for 83+ months.
Risk: Controller support is incomplete (no stick-tilt sensitivity mapping), and optimization is poor enough that some players report thermal strain on modest hardware.
Risk: Current player count is very low (16 concurrent, 74 peak 30d); residual revenue depends on slow organic discovery rather than active campaigns.

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