Touhou Tenkuushou ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons.

上海アリス幻樂団 · 2017 · $14.99 · Action · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-09-26 00:42 UTC, 10 days ago. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.

• Estimated net residual revenue: $397 to $596 per month
• Opportunity: $1.2k per month at x2.40 dormancy
• Estimated lifetime owners: 237.0k
• 98% positive across 4547 reviews · 6.2 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

• Developer silent for 9.0 years
• Studio quiet across its whole catalog
• Store page localized in only 1 language(s)
• No Steam discount in 4.0 years (deepest tracked: -0%)

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

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

Touhou Tenkuushou ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons is a 2017 bullet-hell action game from ZUN's Shanghai Alice collective, the 16th official entry in the long-running Touhou Project franchise.

This title sits in a rare sweet spot: a franchise entry with nearly five-figure lifetime net revenue, solid mid-three-figure monthly residuals, and a 98% positive score from a stable core audience, yet zero promotional activity in four years. For a franchise publisher or dedicated Touhou fan studio, the play is not acquisition (ZUN retains all IP) but rather licensed publishing rights to refresh regional distribution, localization, or bundling strategy. The community remains engaged at baseline; opportunity lies in activation, not salvage. Most realistic play: licensing.

• Risk: All Touhou IP and derivative rights held by ZUN (Shanghai Alice); game publishable only under Mediascape or successor license, which cannot be assumed transferable to a new publisher without renegotiation.
• Risk: No developer posts in 106 months and studio status marked fading; technical debt on a 2017 engine may require modernization if revival campaign demands native console ports or major platform expansion.
• Risk: Median session under 5 hours and current player base in single digits suggests limited organic onboarding; growth depends on franchise momentum and cross-title marketing, not title-specific appeal.

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