ResidualPlaybeta

Forager

HopFrog · 2019 · $19.99 · Action · deal grade A

  • Estimated net residual revenue: $18.5k to $27.7k per month
  • Opportunity: $48.5k per month at x2.10 dormancy
  • Estimated lifetime owners: 1.4M
  • 89%% positive across 43949 reviews · 214.8 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

  • Developer silent for 5.3 years
  • Studio inactive: no public activity across 1 tracked titles
  • Last build shipped 5.6 years ago
  • Last discounted 1 months ago, 7 sales in the last 12 months
  • Proven demand elasticity: x1.4 review velocity during past deep sales

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Forager is a 2D crafting-and-progression sandbox where players expand islands, automate production chains, and unlock skills to become increasingly powerful.

Forager has generated $6.07M lifetime on 1.41M copies sold and currently earns $18.5–27.7K/mo despite zero developer updates since mid-2021. The game commands 89% positive Steam reviews and steady play volume (215 reviews/mo avg), with a devoted audience frustrated by platform ports, late-game grind design, and abandoned multiplayer promises. This is a classic 'finished but fixable' title: a content revival, console optimization patch, or light mod curation would directly address the most common complaints and unlock higher-engagement cohorts. Acquisition makes sense only if the buyer has console expertise and appetite for modest, high-confidence incremental revenue. Most realistic play: revival.

  • Risk: Console ports (Switch especially) suffer known performance and motion-sickness issues that actively harm retention and reviews; technical debt may require significant QA investment.
  • Risk: Late-game design is explicitly grindy and punishing (100+ nuclear structures, time-limited void encounters); players report fatigue rather than replayability, limiting long-term engagement upside.
  • Risk: Developer ghost-shipped the title in 2019; no active studio or IP steward means buyer inherits full maintenance and IP control, but also zero ongoing support expectations.

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