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itch.ioRank 25062026-10-16

Ball Game

by Blue Coyote Studio

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.023

Ball Game Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.05 to -0.02 (low -0.05, high 0.05).

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 2026-10-16. 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 Ball Game, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-17 to 2026-10-16, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 40 to 44, up 4, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Sep 17Oct 16Ratings

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 17 to Oct 16

  • Ratings — people finished and cared4044+4
  • 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 1740
Sep 1841
Sep 1941
Sep 2041
Sep 2141
Sep 2241
Sep 2341
Sep 2441
Sep 2541
Sep 2641
Sep 2742
Sep 2842
Sep 2943
Sep 3043
Oct 143
Oct 243
Oct 343
Oct 443
Oct 544
Oct 644
Oct 744
Oct 844
Oct 944
Oct 1044
Oct 1144
Oct 1244
Oct 1344
Oct 1444
Oct 1544
Oct 1644
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-16
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion440+5

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 sellers · Other110-54Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Other chart across 16 readings: slipping, #43 to #110 (best #17, worst #130).
Top sellers · Simulation233-116Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Simulation chart across 16 readings: slipping, #106 to #233 (best #49, worst #233).
Top rated · Other547-4+75Position on itch.io's Top rated · Other chart across 49 readings: slipping, #518 to #547 (best #455, worst #674).
Top rated · Simulation701+13+113Position on itch.io's Top rated · Simulation chart across 49 readings: slipping, #673 to #701 (best #593, worst #863).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers679+684Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 18 readings: climbing, #765 to #679 (best #420, worst #2256).
On 3 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #auto-battler21+1+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #auto-battler chart across 56 readings: slipping, #16 to #21 (best #16, worst #27).
Top rated · #roguelite177-5+29Position on itch.io's Top rated · #roguelite chart across 38 readings: slipping, #156 to #177 (best #156, worst #218).
Top rated · #roguelike306-3+38Position on itch.io's Top rated · #roguelike chart across 38 readings: slipping, #276 to #306 (best #276, worst #370).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-21
Price
free
Average rating
4.66 / 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.