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itch.ioRank 11412026-10-16

A Short Hike$7.99

by adamgryu

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Velocity

0.000

A Short Hike Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.00 to 0.00 (low -0.00, high 0.00).

Confidence 60%

Confidence is the share of Velocity’s four components that could be measured for this game, scaled down again when there is less than a fortnight to measure over. Here, topic views and ratings had a measurable acceleration on 2026-10-16. Comments did not. We also have itch.io chart positions for it, which is the fourth component. It was observed on 14 of the last 14 days. How this is computed.

Which counter moved first

Lead and lag

30 days

No ordering to read here.

Across this window, topic views moved by 761; ratings moved by 12, under its floor of 20. Timing two counters against each other needs both of them to have risen, by more than the floor this page sets for that counter so a handful of events cannot read as an ordering, and to have stayed between their own start and end values — a counter that went past one of those and came back has no share of its change to time. The shapes are drawn; which of them moved first is not claimed.

Lead and lag for A Short Hike, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-18 to 2026-10-17, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. No ordering to read here. Topic views: 33,722 to 34,483, up 761, the change came at a steady pace. Ratings: 4,382 to 4,394, up 12, the change came at a steady pace.108%100%50%0%Sep 18Oct 17Topic viewsRatings

Each line is scaled to its own change across these 30 days, so counters that differ by orders of magnitude can be compared by shape. The vertical gap is what matters: a line higher on the left took its change earlier. The real counts are in the legend, and the day-by-day numbers are below. The axis runs past its ends because a counter went beyond its final value inside the window and came back — a deleted comment, a withdrawn rating. The scale is widened rather than the curve clipped, so the round trip stays visible.

Series — over Sep 18 to Oct 17

  • Topic views — people are looking33,72234,483+761
  • Ratings — people finished and cared4,3824,394+12
  • Comments are not recorded for this game, so that rung is unmeasured — not zero.
The numbers behind the chart

The counter as we recorded it that day, and beside it the share of the window’s change it had reached — the value the chart plots.

DayTopic viewsRatings
Sep 1833,7224,382
Sep 1933,7364,382
Sep 2033,7654,382
Sep 2133,7944,382
Sep 2233,8224,383
Sep 2333,8374,384
Sep 2433,8604,384
Sep 2533,8754,384
Sep 2633,8994,385
Sep 2733,9084,385
Sep 2833,9284,387
Sep 2933,9384,387
Sep 3033,9734,387
Oct 134,0014,388
Oct 234,0224,389
Oct 334,0454,389
Oct 434,0634,389
Oct 534,0974,389
Oct 634,1194,390
Oct 734,1864,390
Oct 834,2094,390
Oct 934,2354,392
Oct 1034,2664,393
Oct 1134,2854,393
Oct 1234,3104,394
Oct 1334,3484,394
Oct 1434,3644,395
Oct 1534,3994,394
Oct 1634,4644,394
Oct 1734,4834,394
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Topic views aperture34,483+229+772
Ratings conversion4,394+2+12
Topic replies6500

A blank change is not a zero: the scoring pass refuses a window whose nearest observation is too stale to compare, rather than differencing two points that are not seven days apart.

Not our number

On itch.io's own charts

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All of itch.io

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Top rated1200Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: holding, #12 to #12 (best #12, worst #12).
Top sellers483+1,847+66Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 59 readings: climbing, #1514 to #483 (best #161, worst #2373).
On 8 tag charts
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Top rated · #nature100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #nature chart across 39 readings: holding, #1 to #1 (best #1, worst #1).
Top rated · #short100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 39 readings: holding, #1 to #1 (best #1, worst #1).
Top rated · #walking-simulator100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #walking-simulator chart across 39 readings: holding, #1 to #1 (best #1, worst #1).
Top rated · #3d200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #3d chart across 59 readings: holding, #2 to #2 (best #2, worst #2).
Top rated · #atmospheric200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 57 readings: holding, #2 to #2 (best #2, worst #2).
Top rated · #relaxing200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #relaxing chart across 39 readings: holding, #2 to #2 (best #2, worst #2).
Top rated · #cute300Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cute chart across 41 readings: holding, #3 to #3 (best #3, worst #3).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
paid
Average rating
4.89 / 5
Community topics
21
Last community post
2026-08-18

Last devlog 2021-02-11 — 2074 days ago. That was already the most recent devlog when we started watching on 2026-08-20, so there is no cadence to read from it yet. The platform publishes only the most recent devlog date, so this is a floor rather than the project’s history.

Go to the source

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