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HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed

Digital Cybercherries · 2020 · $24.99 · Action · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-10-02 22:29 UTC, 3 days ago. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.

  • Estimated net residual revenue: $650 to $975 per month
  • Opportunity: $1.3k per month at x1.60 dormancy
  • Estimated lifetime owners: 152.0k
  • 90% positive across 4392 reviews · 6.1 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

  • Developer silent for 2.4 years
  • Studio active elsewhere (3 titles tracked), so this one may welcome a partner
  • Last discounted 0 months ago, 5 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.

HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed is a first/third-person tower-defense shooter where players defend bases as action figures in human-scale environments, inspired by 1990s toy-soldier nostalgia.

A quiet, stable performer with 90% positive sentiment, $611k lifetime revenue, and $812/mo residual flow suggests genuine player attachment despite a shrinking active base (14 concurrent). The 35% max discount, recent promo activity (5 campaigns in 12 months), and 44% still-playing rate indicate monetization discipline and retained core interest. Main opportunity is co-op revival content or publishing expansion into console, where the couch-co-op mechanic and toy-soldier IP could resonate with family/nostalgic audiences. Most realistic play: revival.

  • Risk: Multiplayer/co-op titles depend on critical-mass concurrent players; current 14-player floor is fragile if revenue dips below content-update thresholds.
  • Risk: 27-month developer silence and 15-month build gap suggest internal resource constraints; revival requires committed post-launch support.
  • Risk: Cosmetic-only character customization and acknowledged gameplay loop repetition limit long-tail engagement without mechanical depth (class system, balancing).

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