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Data as of Oct 17, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC · traction last updated Oct 17, 13:13 UTC · updates about once a day
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launches · Oct 14–Oct 16 vs Oct 11–Oct 13
Launches: Weekday effect likely: Wed–Fri is compared with Sun–Tue, not the same weekdays last week (not enough history yet; expected from about Oct 19). Launch counts and hit rates swing a lot by weekday.Hit rate: Weekday effect likely: Mon–Wed is compared with Fri–Sun, not the same weekdays last week (not enough history yet; expected from about Oct 21). Launch counts and hit rates swing a lot by weekday.
Launched on Oct 16 (the latest complete UTC day) or listed since the previous run (IPO), ranked by current traction. Product Hunt launches all list at 07:01 UTC; their traction has had at most one or two daily updates. 88 matches. Spam giveaways excluded.
Mixed sources. Traction is Product Hunt votes (PH) or Show HN points (HN) — not the same unit, and PH has ~7× the launches. So each source is ranked on its own and the two are alternated (PH #1, HN #1, PH #2, HN #2, …); the # column is that combined order. Pick a source above to see one source’s full ranking.
| # | Sector | Src | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memory Chess Study a chess position, then rebuild it from memory | GAME | PH | 120 | +5 | ▲ +4.3% | 1 | 35h ago | |
| 2 | A WebGL hommage to PS1 demo discs | GAME | HN | 7 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 28h ago |
| 3 | Brickbrag A massively multiplayer brick sandbox with real physics | GAME | PH | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 35h ago | |
| 4 | Gondwana, a code-first C#/.NET game engine with WebGL | GAME | HN | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 22h ago | |
| 5 | A Novel Appetite A vampire bookshop game — prey only on bad authors | GAME | PH | 9 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 35h ago | |
| 6 | A Game of Life sandbox where any pattern is a shareable link | GAME | HN | 4 | +4IPO | — | 0 | 0 | 8h ago |
| 7 | A fun little app to play with chaos | GAME | HN | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 30h ago | |
| 8 | Melodic Strings Play string textures and layer orchestral ideas online | GAME | PH | 3 | +3IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 9 | Ayana: Precise Vedic astrology + AI Vedic astrology, computed precisely and explained with care | GAME | PH | 3 | +1 | — | 0 | 35h ago | |
| 10 | Wasmga.me Homebrew and open-source games running on WebAssembly | GAME | HN | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 27h ago |
| 11 | I made puzzle game IT THINKS you build a GPU from logic gates | GAME | HN | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 28h ago |
| 12 | Wordsicle The daily dice crossword. Same twelve dice for everyone. | GAME | PH | 2 | +2IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 13 | Sufuku Sudoku, but Numbers Repeat | GAME | HN | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 28h ago | |
| 14 | PLAYUS Play short games. Earn travel eSIM data. | GAME | PH | 2 | +2IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 15 | Eu Duvido! Bluffing trivia party game: bid a number or call EU DUVIDO! | GAME | PH | 2 | +2IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 16 | FourCities A multiplayer transport tycoon game in the browser | GAME | HN | 2 | +2IPO | — | 1 | 10h ago | |
| 17 | Dextrous Faster prototyping tool for tabletop game designers | GAME | PH | 2 | +2IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 18 | Parin A 2D game engine between raylib and Godot, written in Dlang | GAME | HN | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 28h ago | |
| 19 | Glaze Daily A 60-second color puzzle, new every day, same for everyone | GAME | PH | 2 | +2IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 20 | OutClocked, a nearly impossible daily trivia game | GAME | HN | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 29h ago | |
| 21 | Tooleek Free browser tools & games. No sign-up, files stay local | GAME | PH | 2 | +2IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 22 | A "falling block puzzle game" | GAME | HN | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 24h ago | |
| 23 | Valley Run New Game for iPhone/iPhone Duo! Fold. Tilt. Survive! | GAME | PH | 2 | +2IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 24 | Animated step-by-step hints for any cryptic crossword clue | GAME | HN | 1 | +1IPO | — | 0 | 0 | 5h ago |
| 25 | Bus Station A bus-color puzzle you can play inside Telegram | GAME | PH | 2 | +2IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 26 | Family Internet Speed Game | GAME | HN | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 25h ago |
| 27 | Our Console Turn any screen into a game console | GAME | PH | 2 | +2IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 28 | PinDrop Free interactive maps & databases for 7 survival games | GAME | PH | 2 | +2IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 29 | Vaguely Right Jev-based daily game - name something that lands on target | GAME | PH | 2 | +2IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 30 | Missing Link A free daily word-chain puzzle to find the 5 missing links! | GAME | PH | 2 | +2IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 31 | Little Light Five-minute Bible stories and games for kids 5 to 7 | GAME | PH | 2 | +2IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 32 | Arrow Escape 3D: Logic Puzzle A 3D arrow puzzle game: tap arrows, empty the cube | GAME | PH | 2 | +2IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 33 | HelpForMan Guides, tools and games for everyday life | GAME | PH | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 35h ago | |
| 34 | ScoresWise Build, backtest, and explore football predictions with data | GAME | PH | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 35h ago | |
| 35 | lookchess Watch & Learn Chess. Jump in anytime. | GAME | PH | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 35h ago | |
| 36 | Kuvatom Free 3D Roblox PFP, Discord Animated Banner | GAME | PH | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 35h ago | |
| 37 | GameShelf: Games & Tier Lists The free, ad-free Letterboxd for gamers | GAME | PH | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 35h ago | |
| 38 | Beast Brawl The kid-safe fighting game where kids design the fighters | GAME | PH | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 35h ago | |
| 39 | ClaimLand Claim the real-world plots around you in a free GPS game | GAME | PH | 1 | +1IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 40 | bop A playful desktop ball toy for Mac and Windows | GAME | PH | 1 | +1IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 41 | Necromancer: Undead Legion RPG Raise an undead legion in a dark mobile action RPG | GAME | PH | 1 | +1IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 42 | TodayKrillion Daily rare-answer reference for the Krillion game | GAME | PH | 1 | +1IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 43 | London's Million Pixel Sphere Your Next Advetisement Gaming Platform | GAME | PH | 1 | +1IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 44 | Moneyflow Escape the 9-to-5 in a financial board game | GAME | PH | 1 | +1IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 45 | Tenfold: Number Puzzle Merge numbers, make 10, keep the board clear. | GAME | PH | 1 | +1IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 46 | Final Whistle Live Football Party Game Turn any live football game into game night. | GAME | PH | 1 | +1IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 47 | Sudoku Corner Ranked 1v1 sudoku with Elo, a monthly league and no ads | GAME | PH | 1 | +1IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 48 | Introducing memry7 The 2 min memory game built on your own week | GAME | PH | 1 | +1IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 49 | The TVApp Watch live NBA, MLB, NHL, NFL, Soccer, F1, WWE, Boxing & MMA | GAME | PH | 1 | +1IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago | |
| 50 | Oversky Chess 100,000 free chess puzzles. No accounts, no limits. | GAME | PH | 1 | +1IPO | — | 1 | 11h ago |
Traction = current votes (PH) / points (HN) — early-adopter attention, not downloads or usage. Gained = traction gained between the two latest daily ingest runs; Gain % only when the previous traction was 5+. Buzz = comments gained in that interval. “frozen” = no longer tracked, so no current gain. How it works