Methodology

Explainable rankings, visible confidence

Game Trend Radar is designed to show why a game appears, where the signal comes from, and how much trust to put in the result.

Score model

Hot Score

Combines log-scaled current players, 1h/24h/7d growth, rank velocity, and rating quality. Growth is clamped to avoid tiny baselines dominating the radar.

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New Score

Weights first-seen recency, Roblox created date, recent updates, 24h growth, and a non-saturation factor that lowers long-running evergreen games.

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Tool Opportunity

Looks for repeat lookup mechanics such as trading, value lists, stock rotations, mutations, codes, tier lists, raids, pets, and crafting.

Score model

Confidence

Uses source freshness, number of confirming sources, consistency, history depth, and recent source success rate. Missing history lowers confidence instead of hiding the game.

Source Boundary

Production collection uses Roblox web APIs and feature-flagged discovery sources. Third-party Roblox analytics sites are product references only and are not automatically scraped.