Rocketcat Games' Punch Quest was released last week and it's already the talk of the iPhone gaming world — not only has the title been downloaded more than 630,000 times, Metacritic also lists it as one of the highest rated games on the platform to date. It's also developer Rocketcat Games' first foray into the world of free-to-play gaming. Like many studios, Rocketcat wanted to be able to reach a much bigger audience by offering its game for free, and hopefully see an uptick in revenue as well through in-app purchases (IAP). And while on the surface it appears as though the game is a success, with plenty of downloads and near universal critical acclaim, there's just one problem: it's not making the studio any money.
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