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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

Dr. Signal's Strange Machine

by Caramel

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

Dr. Signal's Strange Machine Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.01 to 0.00 (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 Dr. Signal's Strange Machine, 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: 187 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 cared1871870
  • 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 18187
Sep 19187
Sep 20187
Sep 21187
Sep 22186
Sep 23186
Sep 24186
Sep 25186
Sep 26186
Sep 27186
Sep 28187
Sep 29187
Sep 30187
Oct 1187
Oct 2187
Oct 3187
Oct 4187
Oct 5187
Oct 6187
Oct 7187
Oct 8187
Oct 9187
Oct 10187
Oct 11187
Oct 12187
Oct 13187
Oct 14187
Oct 15187
Oct 16187
Oct 17187
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion18700

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 · Adventure340-1+15Position on itch.io's Top rated · Adventure chart across 50 readings: climbing, #350 to #340 (best #338, worst #355).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,868-15+56Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: climbing, #1903 to #1868 (best #1842, worst #1931).
On 6 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #bitsy220+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #bitsy chart across 50 readings: climbing, #27 to #22 (best #22, worst #27).
Top rated · #yuri560+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yuri chart across 39 readings: climbing, #57 to #56 (best #55, worst #59).
Top rated · #narrative142-3+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 39 readings: climbing, #144 to #142 (best #137, worst #146).
Top rated · #atmospheric255-4+7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 57 readings: climbing, #261 to #255 (best #250, worst #263).
Top rated · #pixel-art414-3+14Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 39 readings: climbing, #425 to #414 (best #408, worst #429).
Top rated · #2d476-4+20Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 59 readings: climbing, #490 to #476 (best #467, worst #498).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.70 / 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.