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OPUS: The Day We Found Earth

SIGONO INC. · 2016 · $14.99 · Adventure · deal grade B

  • Estimated net residual revenue: $784 to $1.2k per month
  • Opportunity: $2.1k per month at x2.10 dormancy
  • Estimated lifetime owners: 90.6k
  • 87%% positive across 1723 reviews · 12.2 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

  • Developer silent for 3.7 years
  • Studio active elsewhere (4 titles tracked), so this one may welcome a partner
  • Last build shipped 4.8 years ago
  • Last discounted 0 months ago, 9 sales in the last 12 months
  • Proven demand elasticity: x1.2 review velocity during past deep sales

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

OPUS: The Day We Found Earth is a short narrative adventure game about discovering Earth's history, originally designed as a mobile experience.

This indie title has quietly accrued $292k lifetime revenue on modest ~91k units with a steady 87% positive rating and 12 reviews/month residual activity. At $980/mo in current earnings, it's not a growth story, but the strong attach rate to players who complete it (9+ hours logged by engaged fans), cross-platform pedigree (mobile-to-PC port), and recurring discounting pattern suggest dormant IP with indie-licensing or bundle-play potential rather than standalone acquisition value. The core friction is content length and price positioning: players love the aesthetic but resent the $14.99 ask for a 1-2 hour experience. Most realistic play: licensing.

  • Risk: Strong price-sensitivity signals (75% max discount used, players explicitly cite $14.99 as unjustified for playtime) limit full-price positioning; franchise extension or bundle inclusion may be only viable monetization path.
  • Risk: 57 months since original build and 44 months since last developer post suggests codebase stability but no active maintenance; mobile-to-PC port quality issues may resurface if ported again.
  • Risk: Mobile version reportedly implemented as idle game (different gameplay loop); rights or code separation unclear, complicating multi-platform strategy.

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