Scaling Radar — September 25

2026-09-25

40 candidates, 16 new. A strong day: titles at 3,400 reviews a day, the 24 HIT portfolio, and first Grossing for newcomers.

The read

Royal Smash! (Cypher, 93 days) — 44 countries (Android) plus 22 (iOS), BE #1, 3,413 reviews a day. Officialdom returned on both stores and holds the top with margin. At 40 Grossing countries this is no longer a flash; it is the HC mastodon of its era.

Warline: Sniper Strike (Powerfantasy, 106 days) — 40 countries, AE #1, 2,323 reviews a day, Grossing 38. Just stabilizing after its peak, and coverage does not crumble. This "Royal + Warline" pair has no equal on the market today: 8.5M of review volume a day between them.

Z Route: Redemption (37Games, 38 days) — 29 → 38 countries, NZ #5, 5M+ installs, Grossing 41 countries (AU #7). A survival racer with the widest reach and money at almost full geo on day 38. The most substantive new entry in the list.

Privateers: Pirate Wars (MadFatCat, 62 days) — 15 → 29 countries, TW #4, 274 reviews a day, and Grossing 28 (VN #17): the pirate AFK-brawler grew up — yesterday I flagged it as a question mark, today it answers with revenue.

Jam Bus:Sandfall (Nova, 100 days) — steady 41 countries, CZ #4, 1,349 reviews a day, Grossing 37 (NZ #25). Solid in its ninth week of rollout.

Splash Buster: Smash Fest 3D (Nebula, 60 days) — 21 → 33 countries, TR #11, 768 reviews a day, install bracket up. Second-fastest after Royal in this sweep, with no pace drop.

Micmic Fun: Voice Challenge (Gamepeak, 10 days) — 3 → 25 countries, AR #2. Gamepeak's needle entry into wide geo: a mimic game that doubled its map over the weekend. The old genre's iOS bubble clearly spilled onto Android.

Murderhill (24 HIT, 196 days) — 14 → 20 countries, CA #15, Grossing 26 (VN #56), 1M+. A long-serving general looking up for a second week.

Movement

Bus Crowd (Hyper Surfer) — 21 → 36, JP #29. Get Color Pack (Tripledot) — 11 → 24, TW #25, 246 reviews a day. Fashion World — 9 → 23, SA #27. How to Fish (Learning Place) — 6 → 18, TR #9, first Grossing (#41 TR). Lumberjack Driver (Skyloft, 190 days) — 5 → 19, PL #16.

iOS retrace: Shoot Die Repeat 16 → 9 countries (iOS), while the Android version stays in the list at 17 — a store desync, not a collapse.

Publishers

24 HIT — Murderhill (20 countries) and Rat Raid (12) — two titles in different phases: one at scale, one on its opening wave. Three different games in rollout — a strong publisher day.

Gimica — Goods Sorter (11 countries, SG #6, 200 reviews a day) and Bus Jam (4) — another portfolio duo in last week's style.

Nebula — Splash Buster (33) and Word Solitaire (left the list). One of the two moves, the other cools quietly — classic portfolio shape.

_Geo gains here are over three days (from Sep 22), not 24 hours._

Money — only what the stores showed themselves

The buying is paying back

Royal Smash! (Cypher) — Grossing 40 countries, US #13, Top Free 44 at 3,413 reviews a day on Android and 1,993 on iOS. Both stores in revenue, both at the top.

Z Route: Redemption (37Games) — Grossing 41 countries (AU #7) at 38 Top Free and 5M+ installs. The very first diagnosed revenue reach is wider than the geo itself — even for HC, rare from day 38 of buying.

Warline: Sniper Strike (Powerfantasy) — Grossing 38, FI #7, Top Free 40, 2,323 reviews a day. Royal's shadow with the same money structure: wide geo, wide revenue.

Privateers: Pirate Wars (MadFatCat) — Grossing 28 countries (VN #17) at 29 Top Free — revenue caught up with geo on day 62, worth noting.

Jam Bus:Sandfall (Nova) — Grossing 37 countries, NZ #25, at 41 Top Free. Ninth week — money flows far.

Volume is growing, money is nowhere

Splash Buster (Nebula) — 33 countries, TR #11, 768 reviews a day, install bracket up, Grossing empty. Impressive feed pace, but no receipt yet — not a time to change the case.

Get Color Pack (Tripledot) — 24 countries, 246 reviews a day, 1M+, Grossing empty. Classic "strong in reach, silent in money" — watch the bracket for a pop.

Smash Land! (Flow) — 22 countries, IT #4, 1,164 reviews a day, install bracket up, Grossing empty. The second-fastest HC volume without a receipt.

Young titles with first monetization

How to Fish (Learning Place) — 18 countries, TR #9, first Grossing (TR #41) — one country in money at 18 of reach. An early signal, not statistics.

_Brackets and Grossing are exactly as the store showed them._