Ship browser apps.
Earn revenue. Zero infrastructure.
Launch Arcade gives your app a built-in audience, cloud backend, and revenue — all without running a server.
Become a creator496+
Apps in catalog
2
Creators
224
Total plays
Your app gets superpowers
Every app on Launch Arcade gets a full backend — identity, cloud saves, leaderboards, galleries, curated reference data, and social sharing — with zero configuration.
Identity
Know who's playing. Stable user ID and display name, available instantly.
await LaunchArcade.getPlayer()Cloud Saves
Private key-value storage per user. Save progress, preferences, achievements.
await LaunchArcade.storage.set(key, val)Collections
Shared leaderboards and galleries. Rank users, display community content.
await LaunchArcade.collections.put(...)Data API
Curated datasets — Pokémon, periodic table, countries, words — ready to query.
await LaunchArcade.data.query(...)Share
Branded social cards with OG previews. Drive traffic from X, Facebook, Instagram.
await LaunchArcade.share.card(...)Start building in 5 minutes
Download a starter template. Open index.html. Start coding.
How it works
1. Submit
Upload your app as a .zip with an index.html. Add a cover image, description, and testing notes.
2. We Review
Our team tests your app and approves it. Once live, subscribers discover it instantly.
3. Get Paid
Earn 60% of net revenue, split by your share of total unlocks. Paid monthly via PayPal.
Revenue example
Say Launch Arcade has $10,000 in net subscription revenue this month. 60% ($6,000) goes to the creator pool.
Your app got 500 unlocks out of 50,000 totalunlocks platform-wide. That's a 1% share.
Your payout: $60 — for a single app, with no payment integration, no pricing decisions, no checkout flows.
Why Launch Arcade?
| Launch Arcade | itch.io | Self-hosted | |
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| Built-in audience | |||
| Cloud saves | |||
| Leaderboards | |||
| User identity | |||
| Revenue share | |||
| No server needed |
Built with the SDK
6 apps
What we're looking for
- •Static web apps — HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. No server-side code needed.
- •Self-contained — Everything in a single .zip with an index.html at the root.
- •Games, tools, utilities, creative apps — anything users would enjoy coming back to.
- •Original or open-source — You must have the right to distribute the app.
Ready to build?
Download a starter template, build something cool, and submit it. Your app could be live and earning within days.
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