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#game case studies
2 sourced case studies tagged #game. Every number links inline to the page it came from; self-reported figures are labelled as such.
- Wordle: a free side project for one person that the New York Times bought
- fly.pieter.com: a vibe-coded game that hit '$1M ARR' in 17 days, then $0
Consumer apps2 sources · 2 min
Wordle: a free side project for one person that the New York Times bought
Josh Wardle made a five-letter word game for his partner. It went from 90 players to millions in about three months, stayed free, and sold to the New York Times for a low-seven-figure price.
side-projectconsumergame
Vibe-coded3 sources · 2 min
fly.pieter.com: a vibe-coded game that hit '$1M ARR' in 17 days, then $0
Pieter Levels built a browser flight simulator with AI and sold in-game ads and planes. The headline was $1M ARR in 17 days. The follow-up shows why one-off revenue is not ARR.
vibe-codingcursorgame
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