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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

discomfort zone

by alex tomkow

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Velocity

0.000

discomfort zone Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 14 days, 0.00 to 0.00 (low 0.00, high 0.00).

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 discomfort zone, 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: 226 throughout, no change at all.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 cared2262260
  • 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 18226
Sep 19226
Sep 20226
Sep 21226
Sep 22226
Sep 23226
Sep 24226
Sep 25226
Sep 26226
Sep 27226
Sep 28226
Sep 29226
Sep 30226
Oct 1226
Oct 2226
Oct 3226
Oct 4226
Oct 5226
Oct 6226
Oct 7226
Oct 8226
Oct 9226
Oct 10226
Oct 11226
Oct 12226
Oct 13226
Oct 14226
Oct 15226
Oct 16226
Oct 17226
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion22600

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 · Other8400Position on itch.io's Top rated · Other chart across 50 readings: holding, #84 to #84 (best #84, worst #84).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,555-5-22Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #1547 to #1555 (best #1525, worst #1555).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #maze200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #maze chart across 39 readings: holding, #2 to #2 (best #2, worst #2).
Top rated · #altgame700Position on itch.io's Top rated · #altgame chart across 58 readings: holding, #7 to #7 (best #7, worst #7).
Top rated · #coming-of-age11-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #coming-of-age chart across 41 readings: slipping, #10 to #11 (best #10, worst #11).
Top rated · #bitsy1600Position on itch.io's Top rated · #bitsy chart across 50 readings: climbing, #18 to #16 (best #16, worst #18).
Top rated · #minimalist28+1+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #minimalist chart across 39 readings: climbing, #29 to #28 (best #28, worst #30).
Top rated · #artgame400-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #artgame chart across 57 readings: slipping, #39 to #40 (best #38, worst #40).
Top rated · #dark85-1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark chart across 41 readings: slipping, #79 to #85 (best #79, worst #85).
Top rated · #narrative125-1-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 39 readings: slipping, #119 to #125 (best #119, worst #125).
Top rated · #singleplayer3480-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 39 readings: slipping, #342 to #348 (best #342, worst #349).
Top rated · #pixel-art349+1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 39 readings: slipping, #343 to #349 (best #343, worst #350).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.69 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-08-20. 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.