GIE Radar · Pricing — Free Intel, x402 API, Weekly Reports

Mobile + Steam Game Intelligence · Indie-native Pricing

SensorTower intel at 1/1000th the price.
Free radar. Pay-per-call API.

The GIE engine tracks 20K+ mobile titles/day across 5 countries, 4 signal layers. SensorTower charges $42K–$150K/yr for comparable data. We publish the radar free and charge $0.10/call for machine-readable access.

One missed BUILD NOW signal = one wasted dev cycle — typically $15K–$60K in eng time on a mechanic that's already cooling. The free radar costs nothing to check.

Free Tier

FOREVER · NO CREDIT CARD

Full radar access, updated daily. Everything a solo dev needs to validate a mechanic before building.

Daily GameTrend Radar (mobile)
Steam × Mobile Crossover
Publisher Heat Map
Rising Stars (title velocity)
28-day verdict history
4 signal layers (charts + discourse + fast-movers + bloom)
API access (use web UI)
Weekly PDF deliverable

Open Radar →

AI AGENT NATIVE

x402 API

$0.10

PER CALL · USDC · BASE NETWORK

No subscription. No account. No API key provisioning. Your AI agent pays per call in crypto. Integrates with any x402-capable client or MCP host.

GET /gie/trends — full mechanic heat table
GET /gie/mechanic_heat — per-mechanic dossier
GET /gie/rising_stars — title velocity feed
GET /steam/mechanic_heat — Steam tag data
MCP server (Smithery-listed)
JSON responses, no rate limit
Pay-per-call, no monthly floor
Weekly PDF deliverable

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Weekly Report

PER MONTH · OR $79/yr (save $29) · GUMROAD

Monday delivery. Standalone HTML report with full dossiers, downloadable for offline review and team sharing.

Everything in Free
Per-mechanic full dossier (climbers, titles, lead time)
Engine track record — self-graded accuracy
Week-over-week movement analysis
Design intelligence (paradigm, loops, virality)
Downloadable HTML artifact
Monday morning delivery
API access (buy separately)

Coming Soon

01 Feature Comparison GIE vs. SensorTower · VGInsights · GameDev Reports

Feature	GIE Free	GIE API	SensorTower	VGInsights
Mobile mechanic heat ranking	✓ Free	✓ $0.10/call	$42K–$150K/yr	✗ Mobile only
Steam mechanic intelligence	✓ Free	✓ $0.10/call	Addon	$14.50/mo
Mobile × Steam crossover	✓ Free	✓ $0.10/call	?	✗
Publisher velocity heat map	✓ Free	✓ $0.10/call	Paid	✗
Rising Stars (title velocity)	✓ Free	✓ $0.10/call	Paid	✗ Steam only
AI-agent native (x402 MCP)	✗	✓ Included	✗	✗
Historical verdict ledger	✓ 28-day	✓ Full history	Paid	Partial
Account required	No	No	Yes	Yes
Monthly cost floor	$0	$0	$3,500+	$14.50

02 API Reference x402 payment protocol · Base network · No account required

ENDPOINT	PRICE	AUTH	DESCRIPTION
GET /gie/trends	$0.10 USDC	x402 · Base	Full mechanic heat table — posture, score, signals, stability for all tracked mechanics
GET /gie/mechanic_heat	$0.10 USDC	x402 · Base	Per-mechanic deep dossier — chart climbers, title names, fast-mover data, directional posture
GET /gie/rising_stars	FREE	No auth	Title velocity feed — fastest-climbing games in Apple App Store by category, 6-day window
GET /steam/mechanic_heat	$0.10 USDC	x402 · Base	Steam top-100 mechanic tag frequency, crossover detection, discourse signal

How x402 works

Call any paid endpoint — the server returns 402 Payment Required with a payment address. Your x402-capable client pays $0.10 USDC on Base, retries with the receipt, gets the data. No account, no key, no dashboard. Your AI agent handles it automatically with any x402-enabled HTTP client.

MCP server: /.well-known/mcp/server-card.json · Smithery listing coming soon

03 Why Not SensorTower? $42K–$150K/yr vs. free — what you actually need as an indie

SensorTower

✗ $42K–$150K/yr enterprise contract
✗ Built for UA teams, not founders
✗ Raw download/revenue data, no mechanic synthesis
✗ No AI-agent native access
✗ No Steam correlation
✗ No discourse / bloom signal

GIE Radar

✓ Free web access, $0.10/call API
✓ Built for indie devs who need build signals
✓ Mechanic posture + evidence, not raw numbers
✓ x402 · MCP · AI-agent native
✓ Mobile × Steam crossover detection
✓ 4 signal layers: charts + discourse + fast-movers + bloom