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Dungeon Painter Studio

Pyromancers.com · 2017 · $14.99 · Design & Illustration · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-10-04 21:07 UTC. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.

  • Estimated net residual revenue: $183 to $275 per month
  • Opportunity: $366 per month at x1.60 dormancy
  • Estimated lifetime owners: 145.0k
  • 83% positive across 2779 reviews · 2.8 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

  • Developer silent for 5.9 years
  • Studio inactive: no public activity across 1 tracked titles

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-09-18; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

Dungeon Painter Studio is a design tool for creating tabletop and VTT battle maps with Steam Workshop content support.

This title sits in a narrow but persistent niche: indie tabletop GMs and VTT streamers who need map authoring tools. Residuals are modest but steady, the community sentiment is genuinely positive, and the tool has accumulated a meaningful library of Workshop assets. The primary friction is studio dormancy, which limits feature velocity and marketing reach. Acquisition makes sense only if a buyer is already in the TTRPG/VTT ecosystem and views map tooling as a moat or bundling opportunity; pure financial return is marginal. Most realistic play: watch.

  • Risk: Developer studio is inactive (no posts in 70 months); community patches or urgent bug fixes are unlikely without intervention.
  • Risk: Established competitors (Wonderdraft, Dungeondraft, dedicated VTT suites) have captured larger mindshare; audience is price-sensitive and accustomed to free/open-source alternatives.
  • Risk: Early Access status for 5+ years signals either feature-complete architecture or stalled roadmap; unclear path to 1.0 release.

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