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itch.ioRank 5162026-10-17

Barbotine

by Alex Rassloff

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.008

Barbotine Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 14 days, 0.01 to 0.01 (low -0.01, high 0.01).

Confidence 20%

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, ratings had a measurable acceleration on 2026-10-17. Topic views and 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

Not enough of the ladder to compare.

Only ratings could be plotted, so there is no second counter to compare the timing against.

Lead and lag for Barbotine, 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. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 126 to 128, up 2, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 18Oct 17Ratings

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.

Series — over Sep 18 to Oct 17

  • Ratings — people finished and cared126128+2
  • Topic views are not recorded for this game, so that rung is unmeasured — not zero.
  • 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.

DayRatings
Sep 18126
Sep 19126
Sep 20126
Sep 21126
Sep 22126
Sep 23126
Sep 24126
Sep 25126
Sep 26126
Sep 27126
Sep 28126
Sep 29126
Sep 30126
Oct 1126
Oct 2126
Oct 3127
Oct 4127
Oct 5127
Oct 6127
Oct 7127
Oct 8127
Oct 9127
Oct 10127
Oct 11127
Oct 12128
Oct 13128
Oct 14128
Oct 15128
Oct 16128
Oct 17128
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion128+1+2

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

Categories

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · Other391-29-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · Other chart across 50 readings: slipping, #377 to #391 (best #359, worst #391).
Top sellers · Other715-10-20Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Other chart across 50 readings: slipping, #696 to #715 (best #693, worst #719).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated6,243+41Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 6 readings: climbing, #6284 to #6243 (best #6243, worst #6315).
On 11 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #psx156-40Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psx chart across 39 readings: holding, #156 to #156 (best #152, worst #157).
Top rated · #low-poly180-5-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #low-poly chart across 39 readings: slipping, #179 to #180 (best #175, worst #182).
Top rated · #surreal188-13-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #surreal chart across 39 readings: slipping, #182 to #188 (best #174, worst #188).
Top rated · #experimental205-14-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #experimental chart across 40 readings: slipping, #193 to #205 (best #189, worst #205).
Top rated · #indie410-28-27Position on itch.io's Top rated · #indie chart across 39 readings: slipping, #382 to #410 (best #382, worst #410).
Top rated · #creepy411-27-19Position on itch.io's Top rated · #creepy chart across 41 readings: slipping, #391 to #411 (best #384, worst #411).
Top rated · #psychological-horror472-30-28Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 39 readings: slipping, #441 to #472 (best #440, worst #472).
Top rated · #retro719-45-28Position on itch.io's Top rated · #retro chart across 39 readings: slipping, #687 to #719 (best #673, worst #719).
Top rated · #atmospheric875-46-20Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 57 readings: slipping, #858 to #875 (best #829, worst #875).
Top rated · #horror1,359-65-55Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 39 readings: slipping, #1298 to #1359 (best #1293, worst #1361).
Top rated · #no-ai2,783-199-161Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #2584 to #2783 (best #2584, worst #2783).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-21
Price
free
Average rating
4.50 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-08-21. itch.io publishes only the most recent devlog date, so anything posted before then leaves no trace here.

Go to the source

We hold counters and metadata only. Nothing on the game’s own page — its description, its screenshots, its build — is republished here, and everything worth reading about it is behind those links.