7'scarlet
IDEA FACTORY · 2019 · $29.99 · Adventure · deal grade B
Measured on 2026-09-26 11:31 UTC, 9 days ago. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.
- Estimated net residual revenue: $580 to $871 per month
- Opportunity: $1.2k per month at x1.60 dormancy
- Estimated lifetime owners: 31.8k
- 74% positive across 884 reviews · 4.5 reviews/month
Why it's flagged
- Developer silent for 7.6 years
- Studio active elsewhere (27 titles tracked), so this one may welcome a partner
- Store page localized in only 3 language(s)
- Last discounted 3 months ago, 7 sales in the last 12 months
- Proven demand elasticity: x1.3 review velocity during past deep sales
Analyst notes (AI-assisted)
Note written 2026-08-24; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.
7'scarlet is a 2019 visual novel/otome adventure from IDEA FACTORY about seven characters solving a mystery in a seaside town.
This title generated ~$204k lifetime on modest ~32k units, posting $727/mo residual with elasticity suggesting room for discounting. However, the community explicitly flags serious content concerns in one route that have damaged reputation and likely suppress word-of-mouth revival. For a publisher, this is a catalog hold-and-monitor play rather than an active development or marketing opportunity; the IP is smaller-scale and the reputational headwind is real. Most realistic play: watch.
- Risk: Player reviews cite severe writing and narrative quality issues, including flagged content concerns in one story route that have become defining negative signals in the otome/visual-novel community.
- Risk: Extremely low concurrent players (2-3) and zero active community posts in the last year signal minimal engagement and limited word-of-mouth discovery potential.
- Risk: No trading cards, workshop support, or cloud save, missing community engagement levers that drive long-tail discovery for similar genres.
This case as Markdown · Estimates carry ±30-50% error per title.