Ship It: Idle Dev Tycoon
Notable signalThe idle game where App Review can reject you
Launched 8h ago
Signal
60
Velocity
0
What this means
-36%Category cooling: Indie Games.
Launches down 36% week-over-week.
17Founder Conviction Index: 17 — low signal.
Few of the conviction sub-signals (reputation, velocity, buyer-intent, tagline clarity) are firing yet.
Prediction
Top-5 finish probability
21%
today
Projected end-of-day votes
79range 59–107
Trajectory
stable
Not enough snapshots yet to detect trajectory.
About
A pixel-art idle game about running an app studio. Ship updates, put out fires and survive App Review. Recruit 68 suspiciously familiar advisers, then sell your studio and do it all again. New in 2.0: App Review rejections, eight incidents, a Hall of Fame and a Game Center fortune leaderboard. Free on iPhone.
AI Summary
Ship It: Idle Dev Tycoon is a pixel-art idle game where players manage an app studio, navigating challenges like App Review rejections. The latest update introduces new incidents, a Hall of Fame, and a Game Center leaderboard, and the game is available for free on iPhone.
Attention & discussion velocity
Performance
Velocity0
Vote pace vs average
Momentum0
Sustained over 6h
Virality0
Spread × engagement
Engagement10
Discussion per unit of attention
Editorial read
Ship It: Idle Dev Tycoon scores a notable 60 in its launch signal.
InvestigateRanks high on little evidence. Worth a look, but verify before committing.
225/8
Surprising
60 out of 100 signal score, 8 hours after launch.
Timeliness5%100
carried 7%
Novelty15%87
carried 20%
Story20%79
carried 27%
Trend20%31
carried 27%
Business15%5
carried 20%
Not measured · 3 of 8
Revenue10%—
Founder10%—
Cross-platform5%—
Gaps in our data, not findings about the product. Their weight is redistributed across the 5 we did measure.
measuredmeasured, zeronot measured
Full audit →Signal sources
3 of 6 active- Launch tracking2 readings since we picked it up
- AI analysisConsumer App
- Comment intelligencethread not yet analysed
- Outside discussionnot checked — domain is a storefront or shared
- Revenue signalsno match on this domain
- Editorial scoring13% evidence coverage
A source that found nothing is a measurement. A source that has not run is a gap. Neither means the launch lacks the thing.