Not Another Weekend is a point-and-click adventure game set in the 1980s, available for iOS and Android.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Games
Sentiment
4.8
65 reviews
Nemesis
Fragmented field
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire the game for a self-contained, retro-themed narrative experience that avoids the monetization pressure of modern casual titles.
For Fans of retro-styled point-and-click adventure games and 80s pop culture enthusiasts.
What does it look like?
Key features
Core navigation and interaction system. Revenue Link: justifies the $4.99 upfront purchase price.
Visual style utilizing 80s-inspired graphics. Revenue Link: primary acquisition hook for the retro-gaming demographic.
Milestone tracking system. Revenue Link: retention mechanism for completionist behavior.
Localization for French, Italian, and Spanish. Revenue Link: expands total addressable market.
How much does it cost?
Fixed-price model at $4.99 with no IAP or ad-supported tiers, positioning the app as a premium indie experience.
Velocity
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Not Another Weekend has been inactive for 909 days, far exceeding the threshold for a zombie classification. The last release occurred in early 2024 and focused on internationalization and basic gamification features. There is no evidence of ongoing development, maintenance, or live operations. The project appears to be abandoned.
Who built it?
Dionous Games
8 apps tracked · Games
Not Another Weekend
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Yet Another Hero Story
Enypnion RedreamedUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Fresh user feedback skews thrilled. Users appreciate the narrative depth and retro aesthetic provide a high-quality experience for point and click adventure fans and creative puzzle design keeps players engaged through logical clues and unexpected narrative shifts within the story.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- The narrative depth and retro aesthetic provide a high-quality experience for point and click adventure fans
- Creative puzzle design keeps players engaged through logical clues and unexpected narrative shifts within the story
- Technical instability including crashes and black screens disrupts the gameplay experience on specific mobile hardware
12 of 12 recent reviews analyzed · moderate confidence · Thrilled overall
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Competitive landscape for Not Another Weekend
How's the Games market?
The app maintains a 4.75-star rating across 65 total reviews, but the 30-month update gap suggests a lack of active market competition.
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Key takeaways for Not Another Weekend
Where is it heading?
The retro-adventure market is consolidating around titles that offer consistent live-ops support. Not Another Weekend remains in maintenance mode, which will likely lead to a slow decline in visibility as newer, updated titles capture the casual-adventure audience.
- The 30-month update gap signals the developer has shifted focus, leaving tablet-specific control bugs unaddressed and limiting future growth.
The SWOT
- 80s-themed narrative depth sustains high-quality perception
- Logical puzzle design encourages completionist behavior
- Patching tablet input failures could recover churned users
Next best moves
Patch tablet touch controls because user reviews flag them as unplayable → reduce churn
The counter-intuitive read
The 30-month update silence is not just neglect…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The analysis has shifted from a neutral observation of the app's long-term inactivity to a more urgent critique of its maintenance-mode status and the resulting risk to user retention.
Bottom line
Not Another Weekend delivers a polished retro experience for its price, but the persistent touch-control failures on tablets and long-term update silence erode the user base, so the developer must prioritize a stability patch to prevent further churn.
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