Tidebound
“Simulation tests written by the agent caught most balance problems before players did.”| # | Game | Trend | 12 wk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paper Kingdoms | 90 | n/a |
| 2 | Skyline Courier | 88 | n/a |
| 3 | Dungeon Ledger | 85 | -9% |
| 4 | Signal Lost: Relay | 82 | n/a |
| 5 | Glyph Runner | 76 | n/a |
| 6 | Orbit Gardener | 73 | +100% |
| 7 | Lantern Drift | 71 | -31% |
| 8 | Tidebound | 69 | -11% |
| 9 | Byte Brawlers | 66 | n/a |
| 10 | Hexfall Tactics | 64 | +9% |
| # | Game | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tidebound | Claude Code | 8.9 |
| 2 | Signal Lost: Relay | Claude Code | 8.5 |
| 3 | Lantern Drift | Claude Code | 8.4 |
| 4 | Glyph Runner | Codex | 8.0 |
| 5 | Dungeon Ledger | Cursor | 8.0 |
| 6 | Quarry Mind | Windsurf | 7.7 |
| 7 | Skyline Courier | Cursor | 7.6 |
| 8 | Hexfall Tactics | Claude Code | 7.6 |
| 9 | Orbit Gardener | Codex | 7.5 |
| 10 | Moss & Mortar | Gemini CLI | 7.4 |
| # | Game | Latest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tidebound | 838 | 3,120 |
| 2 | Dungeon Ledger | 1,105 | 2,650 |
| 3 | Lantern Drift | 301 | 1,840 |
| 4 | Hexfall Tactics | 279 | 960 |
| 5 | Riftline Racer | 232 | 780 |
| 6 | Moss & Mortar | 108 | 520 |
| 7 | Paper Kingdoms | n/a | 410 |
| # | Game | Price | Released | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caldra | Steam | Free | |
| 2 | AREA 51 – A Pumpkin's Journey | itch.io | Free | |
| 3 | Sunderbound | itch.io | Free | |
| 4 | 戦う情報システム部 | Steam | $3.00 | |
| 5 | ELbab | Steam | $6.99 | |
| 6 | Battle Drones | Browser, GitHub | Free | |
| 7 | Chirp Pong | Browser | Free | |
| 8 | Paper Kingdoms | Steam | Free demo | |
| 9 | Hex Reverse | Steam | Free | |
| 10 | 1 in 8 Billion | Browser | Free |
“Simulation tests written by the agent caught most balance problems before players did.”“I wrote every line of dialogue. The agent wrote the radio.”“The agent wrote most of the code; I spent my time on how the water feels.”| Tool | Games | Share | Median dev time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | 29 | 41% | 3 months |
| Codex | 21 | 30% | 4.5 weeks |
| Claude | 13 | 19% | 2.5 weeks |
| Cursor | 9 | 13% | 5 months |
| GitHub Copilot | 2 | 3% | 5 months |
| Windsurf | 1 | 1% | 2 weeks |
| Gemini CLI | 1 | 1% | 7 months |
| AICodeWith | 1 | 1% | Not disclosed |