Viral games: Shareable output

Cases
22
Median Spread Score
36
Most started on
Open web64%
First post to peak
20 days

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Rocket League

66
Cover art for the video game en:Rocket League

$110M revenue

Wordle

63
Wordle #196 solved in four guesses: the green, yellow and grey gridOpen

2M players

Content Warning

61
Save 38% on Content Warning on Steam

2.2M sold

Connections

60
Very excited to share the game I've been working on, Connections! I've loved making it, and hope you enjoy playing. Huge thanks to Heidi Erwin @oatmemo, Bella Virgilio, and the @NYTGames team 😍🥳

20M players

Taylordle

52
Holy Swift

Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator

51
Official Dream Daddy gameplay screenshot from the Steam store.

$3.3M revenue

Opus Magnum

46
Official Steam screenshot of an alchemical machine and its instruction timeline

6.9K derivatives

Brain Dots

45
「Brain Dots」の模倣アプリは付き合いのある広告プラットフォーム企業によって支援されていた・・・ - matsukaz's blog

Peaked at #1

Poeltl

43
Mathematically Optimizing an NBA Player Guessing Game - The Spax

Worldle

43
Okay, Wordle is fun, but what about WorLdle? 🌍 Everyday, guess a new country! :D Worldle #3 X/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜

2M players

Besiege

36
Introduction to Besiege news

1M sold

Mekorama

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Official Mekorama screenshot showing the robot in a mechanical diorama.

Peaked at #2

Ballz

35
Top iPhone apps around the world: ‘Bitmoji,’ ‘Ballz,’ ‘Waze’ | Malay Mail

Peaked at #1

Lewdle

34
The most successful spin-offs are those that are a ‘unique variation’ on the format, rather than ‘carbon-copy clones’, says one professor. Photograph: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images

880K players

Chinese Parents

32
Chinese Parents on Steam

2.8M sold

Your AI Slop Bores Me

31
Birds Are Dinosaurs (@birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social)

Heardle

28
Heardle

1M players

Tiny Glade

27
Official Steam artwork and screenshots of Tiny Glade.

616K sold

Immaculate Grid

26
Immaculate Grid Is The Game Sweeping Through MLB Clubhouses

200K players

Waffle

24
Waffle: How James Robinson Built the Swap-Word Hit

475K players

Alphabear

15
Alphabear: Hardcover Edition on Steam

Nerdle

14
The story of nerdle: the first popular math wordle

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