Scaling Radar — October 6

2026-10-06

40 candidates, 8 new. A Nebula day, an Operator day, and an old guard leaving the podium.

The read

The Operator (Bureau 81, 11 days) — 4 → 46 countries, AR #2, 1,798 reviews a day. The tabletop analogue of R6 that rolled past forty countries in a week without a single catastrophe sign. Revenue is already 39 (IN #11), and Top Free 46 with installs at 5+ — money arrives before the install bracket.

Rotate Rings (Nebula, 67 days) — 47 countries on both stores at once, AT #1, 9,897 reviews a day. Ten thousand reviews a day from a piercing puzzle — the week's best pace. Both versions at the top, each with its own country number.

Ludo Go! (Easybrain, 74 days) — 2 → 39 countries, PL #8, 369 reviews a day. A national game made a global blast in three days — a tight entry into wide geo, the most honest rollout in the snapshot.

Last Human: Final Stand (Iterflor, 48 days) — 1 → 36 countries, IN #4, Grossing 2 (IN #26). Third-fastest growth of the day, and money is already there.

Zoo Prank 2 (Unicorn Studio, 21 day) — 5 → 37 countries, MY #7. Twenty-one days from release and almost global.

Rap Star: Idle Clicker (Dragonfly, 191 days) — 18 → 26, NG #7, 1,575 reviews a day, 5M+. The old hunter from my August came back to the review and holds pace.

CarLoop (UUTEAM, 191 day) — 30 → 35 countries, AU #16, 1,364 reviews a day, and a first receipt (BR #77). Meanwhile Meowdoku, Jam Bus and Warline leave the list — the old guard is being replaced.

Movement

Keyboard Escape (H2T, 104 days) — 5 → 26, VN #9. Car Parking (Variety Vista, 90 days) — 2 → 24, TR #25. Surprise Dumpling (Nami, 39 days) — 7 → 27, PE #9, 523 reviews a day. Racing Square — 1 → 16, BR #59. Word Finder (Sprigame) — 19 → 29, NL #11.

Dropped in this sweep: Jam Bus, Warline, Royal Smash (Android), Food Hunt, Meowdoku, Lordrush — six regular leaders leave the radar after their peak.

Publishers

Nebula — four titles in one list: Rotate Rings (47, 9,897 reviews a day), Block Bloom (39), Splash Buster (41, 2,586/day) and Loop Master (from earlier days). The widest portfolio push of the past week — the publisher holds rollout across four genres at once.

Dragonfly — Rap Star (26) and Hoop Life (6, new) — two titles, one at scale, one in its first days.

_Geo gains here are over three days (from Oct 3), not 24 hours._

Money — only what the stores showed themselves

The buying is paying back

Just Desserts: Revenge & Merge (Century, 127 days) — Grossing 47 countries (IN #7), at Top Free 25 and 1M+ installs. Revenue reach is nearly twice the geo — a rare case where monetization outruns reach, showing Century holds retention, not just buying.

The Operator (Bureau 81, 11 days) — Grossing 39 (IN #11) at 46 Top Free. Money came before installs — on day 11 from release. Not "potential", a case.

Last Human: Final Stand (Iterflor, 48 days) — Grossing 2 (IN #26) at 36 Top Free. First revenue — by receipt, not by hunch.

CarLoop (UUTEAM, 191 day) — Grossing 2 (BR #77) at 35 Top Free. The long-awaited receipt for UUTEAM appeared, though point-wise — on day 191.

No brackets

Rotate Rings — 47 countries on both stores, 9,897 reviews a day, Grossing empty. At this volume a missing receipt is odd, but piercing puzzles often live quietly — watch for the first.

Smash Land! (Flow, 53 days) — 31 countries, 2,124 reviews a day, Grossing 3 (CH #75). Revenue appeared, but still in one narrow country.

Hoop Life (Dragonfly, 7 days) — 6 countries, 389 reviews a day — young, with a bracket to 10k+. Worth checking the bracket tomorrow.