LAUNCH·INDEX

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Every launch is a stock: its traction is its votes, its sector is its category, and LNCH is the whole market. How it works

Data as of Oct 18, 2026, 12:36 PM UTC · traction last updated Oct 18, 13:29 UTC · updates about once a day

Traction is early-adopter votes (Product Hunt) or points (Show HN), not usage. It stops updating about 31–36 hours after launch on Product Hunt and 7 days on Show HN. Categories come from keyword rules (about 70–75% accurate). Nothing is estimated.

LNCHLaunch Index · all sectors
3,007−141 (−4.5%)

launches · Oct 15–Oct 17 vs Oct 12–Oct 14

Hit rate (settled)
5.6%
▲ +1.3pp · Oct 13–Oct 15 vs Oct 10–Oct 12
Trend · Volatility
+34.3 · 33%
207 hits of 3,680 settled
daily launches, 9 complete days

Launches: Weekday effect likely: Thu–Sat is compared with Mon–Wed, 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: Tue–Thu is compared with Sat–Mon, 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.

Highest traction among products launched in the last 7 days. Traction for older Product Hunt launches is frozen (votes stop being re-read ~31–36h after launch; Show HN after 7 days), so this is each product’s last recorded traction. 274 matches; top 200 loaded. Spam giveaways excluded.

#Sector
1Memory Chess

Study a chess position, then rebuild it from memory

GAME120frozen——2d ago
2XBOX Nano Controller

Pocket-sized wireless gamepad with all 18 inputs

GAME83+83IPO—26h ago
3Brickbrag

A massively multiplayer brick sandbox with real physics

GAME11frozen——2d ago
4hidane

A Firestore emulator without Java, in one Rust binary

GAME10frozen——5d ago
5CricArcade

Free cricket strategy games built on 8700+ real matches

GAME10frozen——5d ago
6daïmōnes

Uncensored philosophical AI trained to reason, not to obey

GAME9frozen——5d ago
7A Novel Appetite

A vampire bookshop game — prey only on bad authors

GAME9frozen——2d ago
8Blood Typing Game

A free game to learn blood types and safe transfusions

GAME9frozen——5d ago
9Naija Farm

A farming game set in Nigeria, free in your browser

GAME8frozen——5d ago
10SnapMind Teams

One place for everything around the game

GAME8frozen——5d ago
11BOOOM

Workout log, AI coach and a game powered by your training

GAME8frozen——5d ago
12Visualiquid

Free Minecraft & Roblox creator tools

GAME7frozen——05d ago
13Legal Arena

AI Lawyer & Judge simulation game

GAME4frozen——3d ago
14RowPal

Make ANY rowing machine fun!

GAME4frozen——3d ago
15Score Book

Offline scorekeeping for your game nights

GAME4frozen——3d ago
16Side Quest

Find a side quest when you're feeling bored

GAME3+3IPO—16h ago
17Eu Duvido!

Bluffing trivia party game: bid a number or call EU DUVIDO!

GAME3+1—030h ago
18Melodic Strings

Play string textures and layer orchestral ideas online

GAME30—030h ago
19Dextrous

Faster prototyping tool for tabletop game designers

GAME3+1—030h ago
20Ayana: Precise Vedic astrology + AI

Vedic astrology, computed precisely and explained with care

GAME3frozen——2d ago
21Stuon

Turn studying into a game.

GAME3frozen——4d ago
22CrossZero

Real-time multiplayer tic-tac-toe on massive grids.

GAME3frozen——6d ago
23QuizChamp

Daily trivia adventures, mini-games & quests in your browser

GAME2+2IPO—16h ago
24Mindful Brain Games

Puzzles, Recall, & Focus games

GAME2+2IPO—16h ago
25VibePause

Your game. Your music. Automatically synced.

GAME2+2IPO—16h ago
26CodeTrainerCard

A Pokémon-inspired trainer card for your GitHub profile

GAME2+2IPO—16h ago
27Nox Hall - New Game Mahjong!

Your browser game hall. New game have arrived, Mahjong!

GAME2+2IPO—16h ago
28Clubs, Events and Esports

Play. Host. Belong - One Home

GAME2+2IPO—16h ago
29Twosies

A guessing game for couples who think they know each other

GAME2+2IPO—16h ago
30meowblast - cat puzzle block

Place tiles, blast lines, and rescue adorable cats!

GAME2+2IPO—16h ago
31Wordsicle

The daily dice crossword. Same twelve dice for everyone.

GAME20—030h ago
32PLAYUS

Play short games. Earn travel eSIM data.

GAME20—030h ago
33Glaze Daily

A 60-second color puzzle, new every day, same for everyone

GAME20—030h ago
34Tooleek

Free browser tools & games. No sign-up, files stay local

GAME20—030h ago
35Valley Run

New Game for iPhone/iPhone Duo! Fold. Tilt. Survive!

GAME20—030h ago
36Our Console

Turn any screen into a game console

GAME20—030h ago
37PinDrop

Free interactive maps & databases for 7 survival games

GAME20—030h ago
38Sudoku Corner

Ranked 1v1 sudoku with Elo, a monthly league and no ads

GAME2+1—030h ago
39Vaguely Right

Jev-based daily game - name something that lands on target

GAME20—030h ago
40Missing Link

A free daily word-chain puzzle to find the 5 missing links!

GAME20—030h ago
41Little Light

Five-minute Bible stories and games for kids 5 to 7

GAME20—030h ago
42Arrow Escape 3D: Logic Puzzle

A 3D arrow puzzle game: tap arrows, empty the cube

GAME20—030h ago
43HelpForMan

Guides, tools and games for everyday life

GAME2frozen——2d ago
44ScoresWise

Build, backtest, and explore football predictions with data

GAME2frozen——2d ago
45lookchess

Watch & Learn Chess. Jump in anytime.

GAME2frozen——2d ago
46Kuvatom

Free 3D Roblox PFP, Discord Animated Banner

GAME2frozen——2d ago
47GameShelf: Games & Tier Lists

The free, ad-free Letterboxd for gamers

GAME2frozen——2d ago
48Beast Brawl

The kid-safe fighting game where kids design the fighters

GAME2frozen——2d ago
49Chess Arena

Build a chess agent. Change its harness. Inspect every game.

GAME2frozen——3d ago
50Vitral

Turn your Windows PC into a game console

GAME2frozen——3d 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

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