Haven

The Game Bakers · 2020 · $24.99 · Adventure · deal grade A

• Estimated net residual revenue: $4.5k to $6.8k per month
• Opportunity: $8.5k per month at x1.50 dormancy
• Estimated lifetime owners: 158.1k
• 88%% positive across 6081 reviews · 42.2 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

• Developer active, last post 1 months ago
• Studio active elsewhere (3 titles tracked), so this one may welcome a partner
• Last build shipped 4.5 years ago
• Last discounted 0 months ago, 10 sales in the last 12 months
• Proven demand elasticity: x1.5 review velocity during past deep sales

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

A 2020 narrative adventure by The Game Bakers (Furi studio) built around a sci-fi couple's journey, blending visual-novel storytelling, real-time exploration, and turn-based combat.

Haven has found a stable, quiet audience: 158k lifetime units, 88% positive reviews, and $5.7k/mo residual revenue four years post-launch. The studio remains active and recently patched (dev post 1mo ago), suggesting ongoing care. This is neither a breakout title nor a revival candidate, but a durable mid-market IP with strong character writing and a devoted co-op/queer-romance fanbase. Acquisition makes little sense; publishing a spiritual sequel or licensing the characters would be the smarter play if The Game Bakers is open to partnership. Most realistic play: licensing.

• Risk: Core appeal is narrowly romantic and co-op-focused; mainstream action or shooter audiences found the game disjointed.
• Risk: Recurring complaints about combat and movement feel mechanical; engine or design debt may limit scalability.
• Risk: Queer representation update had voice-acting quality regression, signaling production-pipeline fragility.

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