Plays1,229Sessions started

Players433Counted once per account or guest browser

Play time87 hoursAcross the quarter

Games played46Of 72 in the arcade when this was generated

Returning players17%75 of 433, seen on 2 or more days

Guest plays53%656 of 1,229, with no account

Plays by week

Each column starts on the day under it. The last runs eight days.

Each column is one week. The last runs eight days.

Between 0 and 122 plays a week through July and August, then 96 to 237 a week in September.

Show the 13 weeks as a table

Week	Plays	Players	Hours
1 to 7 Jul	0	0	0.0
8 to 14 Jul	76	37	5.9
15 to 21 Jul	29	18	1.3
22 to 28 Jul	49	20	7.3
29 Jul to 4 Aug	122	53	5.4
5 to 11 Aug	55	17	5.9
12 to 18 Aug	45	20	3.9
19 to 25 Aug	52	25	1.6
26 Aug to 1 Sep	90	31	4.0
2 to 8 Sep	96	49	7.5
9 to 15 Sep	196	92	11.6
16 to 22 Sep	182	81	14.5
23 to 30 Sep	237	116	18.4

How long a play lasts

Median play1m 9sHalf of all plays were shorter

Under 30s

36129%

30s to 2m

41634%

2 to 5m

22018%

5 to 15m

15112%

15m and over

817%

Share of play time by genre

Puzzle

42%

537 plays, 253 players, 11 games23 players a game, 4m 7s a play

Action

36%

364 plays, 160 players, 12 games13 players a game, 5m 7s a play

Everything else

22%

328 plays, 143 players, 23 games in 5 genres6 players a game, 3m 32s a play

Puzzle42%

537 plays, 253 players, 11 games23 players a game, 4m 7s a play

Action36%

364 plays, 160 players, 12 games13 players a game, 5m 7s a play

Everything else22%

328 plays, 143 players, 23 games in 5 genres6 players a game, 3m 32s a play

Across the arcade: 9 players a game, 4m 16s a play.

Where plays came from

The tag on the link that started each play.

No tag

1,20098%

Search, typed addresses and untagged links

Other

292%

Smaller tags, and any a visitor typed

A tag needs 40 plays for its own bar; the rest fold into Other.

How play spread across the arcade

46 of 72 games were played

Top 5 games: 668 plays, 54%
Next 5 games: 199 plays, 16%
36 other played games: 362 plays, 30%
26 games had no plays

Most played

Ranked by plays

Q3 2026

1STNymble 2220 plays
2NDMemory Lane171 plays
3RDMECHA REDLINE104 plays
4THCountdown Cavern97 plays
5THTOPPLE76 plays
6THElysian54 plays
7THCLASHROIDS40 plays
8THFlappy Sharkini39 plays
9THOhio Jumper33 plays
9THOutrider33 plays

A game's players and minutes stay private to its studio.

SDK games vs plain embeds

Minutes a play

On the SDK

4m 5s

28 games, 364 players

Plain embeds

5m 2s

18 games, 120 players

Returning rate

On the SDK

17%

Plain embeds

21%

A game is on the SDK when it posted a score or a save in the quarter; every other game is a plain embed.

Shown when each side has 3 or more games and 40 or more players.

Phone or desktop

Not recorded this quarter.

What the quarter shows

Method

A play is one session started in our own player. Preview plays by a studio testing its own game are excluded, the same as in every other arcade count.
A player is counted once per account, and once per browser for a guest.
Play time is measured while the game is open, added up in steps of 45 seconds at most, so it is time present rather than time claimed.
Quarters are UTC, and a quarter is published only after it ends.
A genre is one of the 11 genres the creator directories use, taken from the game's own genre chips, one per game. A game outside them is in the everything else row.
A genre gets its own row at 150 plays, 40 players and 3 games in the quarter. Everything under that is one row, so the shares still add up to 100 percent.
A quarter is published at 500 plays and 100 players. A quarter under that is named on the index with its count and gets no report.
The arcade opened in 2026, so early quarters cover a smaller catalog.
A week is seven UTC days from the quarter's first day, and the last week takes what's left.
A returning player was seen on 2 or more UTC days in the quarter. A guest play starts with no account signed in.
A play's length is its play time, in five steps: under 30 seconds, 30 seconds to 2 minutes, 2 to 5 minutes, 5 to 15 minutes, and 15 minutes and over. The median is taken over plays.
Players a game is a row's players over its games, and minutes a play is its play time over its plays.
Where a play came from is the tag on the link that started it. A tag Bounty Board hands out gets its own bar at 40 plays; every other tag is in Other.
The spread ranks games by plays in the quarter; the top two groups hold five games each.
Most played names the ten games with the most plays, ties at tenth included.
A game is on the SDK when it posted a score or a save in the quarter; every other game is a plain embed. The compare prints when each side has 3 or more games and 40 or more players.
Not here: money, creator earnings, and any game's players or minutes.

Cite this report

Bounty Board. "Bounty Board Arcade play report, Q3 2026." Bounty Board, 18 October 2026. https://www.bountyboard.gg/data/arcade/2026-q3

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