Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword

TaleWorlds Entertainment · 2011 · $9.99 · Action · deal grade B

• Estimated net residual revenue: $1.5k to $2.3k per month
• Opportunity: $4.0k per month at x2.10 dormancy
• Estimated lifetime owners: 838.8k
• 88%% positive across 14019 reviews · 35.5 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

• Developer silent for 6.6 years
• Studio active elsewhere (4 titles tracked), so this one may welcome a partner
• Last build shipped 7.2 years ago
• Last discounted 1 months ago, 6 sales in the last 12 months

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword is a 2011 medieval sandbox action-RPG and the third entry in TaleWorlds' flagship franchise, set during the Russo-Polish-Swedish wars.

This title sits in an unusual position: it sustains $1.9k/mo residual revenue on a 13-year-old back catalog entry with 87% positive reviews, yet the authentication server infrastructure has broken down, creating a widening gulf between review sentiment (historical) and current player experience (authentication failures). The game generated $1.8M lifetime on 839k units; the opportunity lies not in acquisition but in infrastructure repair, which would unlock dormant goodwill and stabilize a revenue stream that still moves units despite complete radio silence from the studio for 79+ months. Most realistic play: revival.

• Risk: Authentication server is offline, preventing new installations and creating cascading refund/support risk; legacy server infrastructure may require full rebuild.
• Risk: Developer has published no update or communication in 79 months; studio capacity to support or patch the title is unknown.
• Risk: The franchise has moved on to Bannerlord (2020); this entry competes for mindshare within TaleWorlds' own portfolio.

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