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Middle of the pack
Beat 58% of Show HN launches that day
#55 of 137 on Nov 9
#3 of 4 Games & Entertainment launches on Show HN on Nov 9. 4.3% of Games & Entertainment launches (2 of 47) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Games & Entertainment →
points · traction gained Nov 12, 10:31 UTC → Nov 13, 10:27 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 16, 12:29 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Nov 9, 12:29 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 3points
- Comments
- 0
- Rank in GAME this week
- #10of 59 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #204of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 4.3%2/47 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 3Nov 10, 10:45 UTC
- Last reading
- 3Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 4over 94h
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Top on Nov 9 · 137 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1Every satellite that passed over any place this week, and its photos486 points
- #2FlideMake Jev-like decision models up to 9.5x faster124 points
- #3DBDelveOpen-Source DB Client Made with Rust and GPUI124 points
- #4MeowDisplay Is iPhone Mirroring, but in Reverse120 points
- #5Someone Was HereFind out who used your Mac while you were away115 points
More in Games & Entertainment · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- Ghanaian street games you can play in the browser115 points0
- Fable52.gamesPlay and inspect Fable 5.2 single-file HTML games68 points▲ +68
- My daily word puzzle Jointter revisited9 points0
- Jigwise, free jigsaw puzzles in the browser8 points▲ +8
- Totle, daily math puzzle game; Saturday puzzles have the fewest answers7 points0
Grades · each graded against other Games & Entertainment launches from the same source
Momentum
C+0 points
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Better than 47% · vs 38 still-tracked Games & Entertainment · Show HN launches
Velocity
B0.06 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 67% · vs 248 Games & Entertainment · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
——
Comments per 10 points
Needs 10+ points; below that the ratio is mostly noise
Staying Power
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Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Needs 10+ points and readings from two runs
Launch-day race · #55 of 137 Show HN launches on 2026-11-09
- #53Kiiwi3 points
- #54Pay-as-you-go Windows workstations for solo developers3 points
- #55Sortaballs v23 points
- #56MyBox3 points
- #57NekoTrail3 points
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