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Cake Bash

High Tea Frog · 2020 · $19.99 · Action · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-09-26 14:15 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: $664 to $996 per month
  • Opportunity: $1.1k per month at x1.35 dormancy
  • Estimated lifetime owners: 20.6k
  • 87% positive across 633 reviews · 7.7 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

  • Developer silent for 15 months
  • Studio quiet across its whole catalog
  • Last discounted 1 months ago, 10 sales in the last 12 months
  • Proven demand elasticity: x1.6 review velocity during past deep sales

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-08-25; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

Cake Bash is a colorful local and online multiplayer party game featuring themed mini-games where players compete to decorate their characters with toppings.

Cake Bash has generated $65.5k lifetime on a modest 15k-unit base, with 86.9% positive sentiment and steady residual revenue of $873/mo, yet sits dormant after 4+ years without content updates. The title shows genuine community appetite for expansion (new modes, team play, cosmetics) and player retention at 16.7%, making it a candidate for a light revival campaign or long-tail catalog play by a publisher seeking low-risk, high-satisfaction IP to refresh and remarket to cozy/party game audiences. Most realistic play: publishing.

  • Risk: Party game genre is crowded; player base has declined to 3 concurrent players despite positive reviews, suggesting niche positioning limits ceiling growth.
  • Risk: Online multiplayer was recently fixed per player feedback, but no dev communication in 13.3 months raises questions about ongoing technical maintenance and server costs.
  • Risk: Developer studio status is listed as 'fading' with only one title in their portfolio; sustainability of ongoing support is uncertain.

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