Yomawari: Night Alone

Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. · 2016 · $19.99 · Adventure · deal grade B

• Estimated net residual revenue: $1.0k to $1.5k per month
• Opportunity: $2.7k per month at x2.10 dormancy
• Estimated lifetime owners: 126.0k
• 75%% positive across 2319 reviews · 12.0 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

• Developer silent for 7.9 years
• Studio active elsewhere (20 titles tracked), so this one may welcome a partner
• Last build shipped 9.7 years ago
• Store page localized in only 2 language(s)
• Last discounted 1 months ago, 5 sales in the last 12 months
• Proven demand elasticity: x1.4 review velocity during past deep sales

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

A 2016 top-down horror-adventure from Nippon Ichi Software where a young girl navigates a creepy night town to find her way home.

Yomawari: Night Alone has generated $541k lifetime on modest sales (126k units) and still earns $1,289/mo, but PC stability issues and sequencing confusion (players note Lost in the Dark, the prequel, plays better) limit its upside. The title remains a quiet catalog earner for NIS America, with a 75% positive rating and dormant but stable community. Acquisition makes sense only as part of a broader NIS catalog strategy; standalone revival would require porting to Switch/handheld (where it plays better) or fixing PC implementation. Most realistic play: watch.

• Risk: PC build has known stability and compatibility issues that drive refunds and negative word-of-mouth; handheld versions outperform.
• Risk: Franchise sequencing problem: this is book two, but players report the first game (Lost in the Dark) has aged better, limiting new-player conversion.
• Risk: Studio status is fading (94 months since last dev post); support and future content unlikely without external intervention.

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