Scaling Radar — August 24

2026-08-24

40 candidates, 11 new alerts, four of them meaningful.

New alerts

Fruit Strike (Ironwood Ventures, Android, 26 days) — a salvo straight into 6 tier-1 European countries, #26 in Finland. The install bracket is still tiny: buying started literally moments ago, the earliest entry on the list.

Backflip Obby: Master Parkour (H2T Global, Android, 4 days) — a classic Turkish entry: TR, #59, bracket already 100K+. A familiar publisher — starting the next title down a well-worn path.

Discounty: Supermarket Manager (Snapbreak, iOS, 6 days) — HK/KR/NZ, #16 in Hong Kong, reviews +126% in a day.

Colorever (Oakever, iOS) — a BR entry, #16. Modest on its own, but this is already Oakever's fourth title on the list — see the publishers.

Another 7 — noise: one country, near-zero reviews.

Breakdown

Cat Match (SoftoVerse, 10 days) — Play confirmed multiple growth again: the bracket jumped to 100K+, the fourth jump this week. 2,368 reviews a day and #3 in the Philippines. Still the cleanest early phase on the list.

Smash Out: Cannon Fest 3D (Flare Star, 38 days) — 5 → 19 countries: all of tier-1 Europe plus JP/SG, and the bracket jumped too (50K+). The test is over, scale has begun.

Nail Salon: ASMR Simulator (WeGit, 22 days) — 6 → 15 countries, and what countries: it entered US, TR, ID. A textbook transition from test to rollout.

Hair Salon Halloween Party (Uchiha, 7 days) — the blitz continues: 33 countries already, #6 in Argentina, and reviews are finally picking up (69 a day, +43%).

Movement

Craft Builder (Coup Coup) — 40 countries and #13: three days ago it was 16 countries and #49, the steepest run-up of the week. Drama Story (SixGLab) 24 → 34 countries. House Cleaning ASMR (CAT Studio) 20 → 27, reviews 354 a day (+45%). Jigsaw Drop (Chengdu Runyou, iOS) 14 → 21, #7 in the US with 1,055 reviews a day. Idol Manager deepened its Turkish test: #9 → #3 in a day. Bus Jam (Gimica) crawled up to 9 countries — still only expensive tier-1, #4. Gugu Gaga (18 countries) and Rampcrest (15) keep growing in volume, but reviews are still zero — a fourth day in a row.

There are no real dropouts: ASMR Cleaning grew to 33 countries, Driving School holds 34, Block Bloom is on a plateau at 27.

Publishers

Oakever — four titles on the list at once: Meowdoku sits at #1 in Australia on both platforms (3,669 and 3,431 reviews a day), Colorever is entering Brazil, Connect Tracks is being tested in Japan. The widest portfolio salvo — watch the publisher as a whole, not the individual games.

Tripledot — Angry Smash (US #38, 640 reviews a day) plus You Know: Associations (14 countries, #3 in New Zealand). Both growing.

H2T Global — the new Backflip Obby through Turkey, the same route as the previous titles. The conveyor is working.

Geo deltas in the breakdown are over three days.

Money — August 24

Medal Hunter (Ten Square) sharply expanded its money geography: Grossing 8 → 20 countries in a day. Top Free meanwhile shrank slightly (38 countries, best #3 instead of #1) — it looks like buying is being held back while revenue keeps spreading. Until now it was the benchmark for "pays back in eight countries" — now it is twenty.

Food Hunt (EVERFUN) — the second steady one: Grossing in 45 countries, best #11 in Vietnam, with 1M+ installs and a catalog up to $124.99. The only one on the list sitting in Grossing across almost its full geo.

Brackets up. Today Play confirmed multiple growth for two: Cat Match (→100K+, the fourth jump this week) and Smash Out (→50K+ simultaneously with the 5 → 19 country rollout). Smash Out has a $1.99–99.99 catalog and empty Grossing — at 38 days that is still "early", by October it becomes a diagnosis.

Volume is there, money is not. The main case is Meowdoku (Oakever, Android): 10M+ installs, four months old, #1 in Australia, catalog $3.99–69.99 — and zero countries in Grossing. At that volume this is no longer "early": the IAP does not sell, the whole economy is on ads. Next to it Find Em All (Agave, 108 days, catalog $8.99, Grossing empty) — the same profile at a smaller volume, and that is with the buying tap open on both platforms. Mystery Dumpling (Brocker Bus) with 5M+ and 47 countries at #1 is also without Grossing — but it is 17 days old, the question is deferred to September.