Nightshade/百花百狼

Red Entertainment · 2017 · $34.99 · Adventure · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-09-23 17:24 UTC, 12 days ago. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.

• Estimated net residual revenue: $539 to $809 per month
• Opportunity: $1.1k per month at x1.65 dormancy
• Estimated lifetime owners: 39.5k
• 96% positive across 802 reviews · 3.6 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

• Developer silent for 16 months
• Studio quiet across its whole catalog
• Store page localized in only 2 language(s)
• Last discounted 0 months ago, 10 sales in the last 12 months
• Proven demand elasticity: x1.6 review velocity during past deep sales

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-08-26; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

Nightshade is a 2017 Japanese otome visual novel about a female ninja operative navigating romance and duty during the Sengoku period.

This title occupies a quiet but stable position in the otome niche, with solid community affection (96% positive, 80% still playing) and consistent monthly residuals despite minimal developer engagement. The tight, emotionally engaged audience and completed narrative make it an attractive catalog hold for a publisher seeking low-maintenance IP with devoted repeat traffic; revival is unlikely (the studio is fading and the IP sits with D3PUBLISHER), but acquisition of backlist rights could yield steady residual income with minimal support overhead. Most realistic play: acquisition.

• Risk: Otome visual novels face structural challenges on Steam (lower discoverability, niche audience cap); the 95% positive rating masks a very small concurrent player base.
• Risk: Seven-year-old engine and single-language Japanese base (English localization is present but appears to be the only non-JP option); future platform compatibility cannot be guaranteed without developer intervention.
• Risk: Developer (Red Entertainment) shows 15 months of silence; publisher is a third party (D3PUBLISHER) and studio status is listed as fading, complicating future support or content licensing.

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