Scaling Radar — September 19

2026-09-19

40 candidates, 11 titles in the radar for the first time — four of them substantive. The rest are single-country entries.

New

Flick Shot Rogues (Noodlecake, 3 days) — 12 countries, IT #13, reviews +96% in a day. Three days and already twelve countries: a wave, not organic growth. Best entry of the day.

DAVE THE DIVER (MintRocket, 3 days) — 6 countries, HK #1, 66 reviews a day. A big indie IP ported to mobile, soft launch with a #1 in Hong Kong.

Age of Spirits (LEXIANG, 4 days) — 6 countries, TH #14, reviews +122%. Another wave without a test phase.

Love Makeover: Dress Up Queen (Memejoy, 43 days) — 6 countries, VN #6. A dress-up on iOS, second straight market.

Another 7 — one country, almost no reviews. Noise (Jigsaw Heartwave Girls — late and weak; Catedrop — day 104).

The read

CarLoop (UUTEAM, 174 days) — 20 → 38 countries, US #4, 859 reviews a day. Yesterday I called it "caught late" — four months old, but that is not slowing it down: a fourth straight day of expansion, geo moving from test to scale in front of us.

Obby World: Brainrot Egg (Beos, 17 days) — 1 → 27 countries, VN #10, reviews +38% a day. Nearly thirty countries in three days — Beos's brainrot meta works across both of its titles at once.

Mahjong Flow (Passion Fruit Joy, 45 days) — 9 → 27 countries, JP #14. It was a "movement" line yesterday; today it is a full reversal into Japan.

Frost Valley (LITEORANGE, 166 days) — 40 → 43 countries, PK #1, 1,278 reviews a day. Reached number one in Pakistan; money below.

Yarnscapes (LoveColoring, 22 days) — 12 → 19 countries, CA #11, 313 reviews a day. Second week of rollout, holding Canada.

Movement

Steelborn (SayGames, iOS) — newcomer: 1 → 14 countries, SE #3. Mimic Party — 1 → 4, AR #12. Bloop Pop — 7 → 11 countries, ZA #1 at 3,360 reviews a day. And separately the speed pack: Farm Madness — 1 → 10 countries, Bus Jam — 1 → 12, CA #17.

Dropped from the list: Boom Crush (was 25), Bracelet Maker (19), Superstore Story (36) — but leaving the candidates is not the same as cooling off; I check the charts through money below.

Publishers

Passion Fruit Joy — Mahjong Flow (27 countries) and Mahjong Breeze (32 countries) at once: both mahjong, both rolling out. A portfolio play on the genre, not a single game.

Runyou — Farm Madness (10 countries) and Jigsaw Drop (iOS, 8 countries, Chengdu Runyou Technology): two legal entities of one publisher, two stores. I roll them into one portfolio.

_Geo gains here are over three days, not 24 hours._

Money — only what the stores showed themselves

The buying is paying back

Food Hunt: Pixel Puzzle (EVERFUN) — Grossing 47 countries, VN #10, Top Free 39. Second day in a row in the top three by revenue reach, the only title with IAP up to $124.99. 1M+ installs.

Colony Flow! (ABI) — back in the list and straight into Grossing 47 out of 47 countries, VN #7, at 41 countries of Top Free (NL #6). For ABI, buying and money live side by side.

Royal Smash! (Cypher) — Grossing 42 countries, US #13, 5M+, Top Free 41 and AT #1. Fifth week at the top without a dip.

Frost Valley (LITEORANGE) — Grossing 42 countries, BR #14, Top Free PK #1. Steadily holding the double bar.

Jam Bus:Sandfall (Nova Games) — Grossing 31 countries, NZ #24, Top Free 41 (CZ #2). The only one here growing geo and revenue at the same time.

Volume is growing, money is nowhere

CarLoop (UUTEAM, 174 days) — 38 countries, US #4, 859 reviews a day, IAP up to $99.99, Grossing empty. After a hundred and fifty-four days of buying, it should be there by now.

Obby World (Beos, 17 days) — 27 countries, VN #10, IAP up to $99.99, Grossing zero. Young — normal, but it is passing its money test right now.

Twist Colors (Nova, 63 days) — bracket moved to 100k+ (Play confirmed), 19 countries, Grossing empty. Volume is there, the receipt has not arrived.

Steal Eggs (Portak, 24 days) — 24 countries, VN #7, Grossing empty.

Install bracket that moved up

Twist Colors: Cube Smash (Nova) — Play moved it to 100k+ itself at 19 countries. For Nova this is a second title with living volume growth (after Jam Bus).