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itch.ioRank 20442026-10-17

Before the Ash

by Aviv Levy

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Velocity

-0.005

Before the Ash 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 Before the Ash, 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: 203 to 205, up 2, the change came at a steady pace.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 cared203205+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 18203
Sep 19203
Sep 20203
Sep 21203
Sep 22203
Sep 23203
Sep 24203
Sep 25204
Sep 26204
Sep 27204
Sep 28204
Sep 29204
Sep 30204
Oct 1204
Oct 2204
Oct 3204
Oct 4204
Oct 5204
Oct 6204
Oct 7204
Oct 8205
Oct 9205
Oct 10205
Oct 11205
Oct 12205
Oct 13205
Oct 14205
Oct 15205
Oct 16205
Oct 17205
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion2050+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 · Strategy206+1-8Position on itch.io's Top rated · Strategy chart across 50 readings: slipping, #194 to #206 (best #194, worst #207).
Top sellers · Strategy915-24-60Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Strategy chart across 48 readings: slipping, #852 to #915 (best #849, worst #915).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated5,928-39-198Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 43 readings: slipping, #5723 to #5928 (best #5696, worst #5953).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #hex-based600Position on itch.io's Top rated · #hex-based chart across 39 readings: holding, #6 to #6 (best #6, worst #6).
Top rated · #city-builder3100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #city-builder chart across 41 readings: holding, #31 to #31 (best #31, worst #31).
Top rated · #historical600-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #historical chart across 39 readings: holding, #60 to #60 (best #57, worst #61).
Top rated · #incremental93+3-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #incremental chart across 39 readings: slipping, #85 to #93 (best #85, worst #96).
Top rated · #card-game1000-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #card-game chart across 41 readings: slipping, #97 to #100 (best #92, worst #100).
Top rated · #mouse-only106-1-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #mouse-only chart across 39 readings: slipping, #103 to #106 (best #101, worst #106).
Top rated · #pixel-art1,353-5-43Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 39 readings: slipping, #1317 to #1353 (best #1304, worst #1353).
Top rated · #singleplayer1,363-8-43Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 39 readings: slipping, #1327 to #1363 (best #1315, worst #1410).
Top rated · #no-ai2,482-32-141Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #2343 to #2482 (best #2317, worst #2507).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-22
Price
free
Average rating
4.44 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-08-22. 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.