Maple Ridge

Kyoto · 2026 · $2.49 · Adventure · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-09-30 22:18 UTC, 5 days ago. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.

Estimated net residual revenue: $473 to $710 per month
Opportunity: $946 per month at x1.60 dormancy
Estimated lifetime owners: 4.1k
74% positive across 108 reviews · 28.3 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

No developer announcement on record, ever
Last discounted 1 months ago, 2 sales in the last 12 months

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

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

Maple Ridge is a short, atmospheric horror adventure built around environmental storytelling and incremental dread, released by solo developer Kyoto in early 2026.

At $2.49 with 74% positive sentiment and median 1.2h playtime, Maple Ridge has found a tight audience within its micro-budget footprint (lifetime $2.5k USD net, 3k units). The game's core problem, absence of a manual save system, creates artificial friction that reviewers cite as the primary barrier to replay and word-of-mouth. For a publisher or studio evaluating catalog acquisition or publishing support, the IP is clean, unencumbered, and the fix is trivial; $800–1k/mo residual revenue signals untapped potential if that single design choice were addressed and the title surfaced through a modest marketing push or bundle placement. Most realistic play: revival.

Risk: Ultra-short horror titles (median 1.2h) face structural ceiling on replayability and streamer appeal unless community features or New Game+ incentives are added post-acquisition.
Risk: Developer has posted no updates in ~1 month; unclear whether save-system bug fix or quality-of-life patches would come from original creator or require new team.
Risk: Localization gap (6.7%, chiefly Brazilian Portuguese) suggests modest overhead to capture adjacent markets, but existing Russian (22 reviews) and Simplified Chinese (7 reviews) communities indicate some organic non-English traction.

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