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Among Trees

FJRD Interactive · 2021 · $14.99 · Adventure · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-10-02 12:09 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: $415 to $623 per month
  • Opportunity: $1.2k per month at x2.40 dormancy
  • Estimated lifetime owners: 82.9k
  • 68% positive across 2238 reviews · 5.6 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

  • Developer silent for 4.9 years
  • Studio inactive: no public activity across 1 tracked titles
  • Store page localized in only 1 language(s)
  • No Steam discount in 3.6 years (deepest tracked: -60%)

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-09-06; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

Among Trees is a first-person survival game with a focus on building, exploration, and atmosphere over hardcore survival mechanics.

Among Trees sits in a quiet corner of Steam with modest but consistent residuals and a 68% positive rating, anchored by players who value its aesthetic and relaxation factor. The developer appears inactive (no posts in 58 months), but the title has never run a discount promotion and still generates four-figure monthly revenue, suggesting organic word-of-mouth durability. For a small publisher or indie label, acquiring the back-catalog rights and implementing player-requested quality-of-life features (progression systems, recipe mechanics, difficulty balancing) could unlock modest revival potential; for a larger studio, it is a watch-list candidate only unless bundled as catalog depth. Most realistic play: revival.

  • Risk: Cozy survival is a crowded subgenre; player demand for engagement systems (recipes, progression goals) suggests core loop may feel incomplete to new buyers.
  • Risk: Developer dormancy (58 months without public updates) raises uncertainty around engine maintenance, platform compliance, and bug-fix capacity if revived.
  • Risk: Difficulty balancing complaints in reviews indicate design inconsistency between Zen and Normal modes that would need careful retuning.

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