Title waves
Theme words in new games’ titles, counted by creation month across every game this register measures — each wave shows when a naming trend began, when it peaked, and how hard. Waves are counted from the titles themselves; the wave labels are written by a language model from the shared title words, not the wider web.
Surging this week
Title words appearing in the last fortnight’s newly-created games at least twice their baseline rate. Early waves look like this before they have a name.
The waves
Speed Clicker“speed” · December 2025 → peak July 2026 · 2.4% of that month’s new games
3,980 gamesKeyboard Escape“keyboard” · May 2026 → peak July 2026 · 2.2% of that month’s new games
857 gamesLucky Blocks“lucky” · January 2026 → peak May 2026 · 1.7% of that month’s new games
1,505 gamesWould You Rather“would rather” · May 2026 → peak May 2026 · 1.5% of that month’s new games
401 gamesWould You Rather“rather” · May 2026 → peak May 2026 · 1.5% of that month’s new games
405 gamesWould You Rather“would” · May 2026 → peak May 2026 · 1.5% of that month’s new games
465 gamesRNG Game“rng” · March 2024 → peak May 2026 · 1.5% of that month’s new games
2,521 gamesBlock Games“block” · January 2026 → peak May 2026 · 1.5% of that month’s new games
1,893 gamesMount Games“mount” · August 2025 → peak March 2026 · 2.1% of that month’s new games
2,483 gamesExperience Theme“experience” · February 2026 → peak March 2026 · 1.4% of that month’s new games
1,735 gamesBrainrots“brainrots” · January 2026 → peak February 2026 · 7.2% of that month’s new games
3,885 gamesSpeed Keyboard Escape“escape” · January 2019 → peak January 2026 · 6.7% of that month’s new games
11,520 gamesTsunami Escape Tycoon“tsunami” · January 2026 → peak January 2026 · 3.7% of that month’s new games
1,526 gamesEscape Tsunami“escape tsunami” · January 2026 → peak January 2026 · 3.0% of that month’s new games
986 gamesModded Game“modded” · May 2025 → peak January 2026 · 1.5% of that month’s new games
3,181 gamesOutfits“outfits” · May 2024 → peak January 2026 · 1.4% of that month’s new games
3,762 gamesBrainrot“brainrot” · July 2025 → peak October 2025 · 4.9% of that month’s new games
5,937 gamesSteal Items“steal” · June 2025 → peak September 2025 · 4.8% of that month’s new games
5,532 gamesSteal Brainrot“steal brainrot” · August 2025 → peak September 2025 · 2.3% of that month’s new games
1,639 gamesBadge List“badge” · July 2025 → peak August 2025 · 1.3% of that month’s new games
647 gamesBadge Chain“badge chain” · August 2025 → peak August 2025 · 1.3% of that month’s new games
319 gamesFluo Badge Chain“fluo badge” · August 2025 → peak August 2025 · 1.3% of that month’s new games
292 gamesFluo Badge Chain“fluo” · August 2025 → peak August 2025 · 1.3% of that month’s new games
292 gamesTroll Tower“troll tower” · May 2025 → peak July 2025 · 1.0% of that month’s new games
1,245 gamesGarden Growth Simulator“grow” · April 2025 → peak June 2025 · 2.1% of that month’s new games
2,023 gamesGarden Tower Defense“garden” · May 2025 → peak June 2025 · 1.7% of that month’s new games
1,837 gamesGrow Garden“grow garden” · May 2025 → peak June 2025 · 1.3% of that month’s new games
851 gamesTower Games“tower” · January 2025 → peak May 2025 · 4.7% of that month’s new games
15,910 gamesQuad Chain“quad chain” · May 2025 → peak May 2025 · 2.0% of that month’s new games
296 gamesquad biking“quad” · May 2025 → peak May 2025 · 2.0% of that month’s new games
310 gamesSparklines show each wave’s monthly share of new game titles. A wave peaking recently is live; a spent wave is a warning, not an invitation.