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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

Kentucky Route Zero$25

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Velocity

0.000

Kentucky Route Zero 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 Kentucky Route Zero, 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: 181 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 cared1811810
  • 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 18181
Sep 19181
Sep 20181
Sep 21181
Sep 22181
Sep 23181
Sep 24181
Sep 25181
Sep 26181
Sep 27181
Sep 28181
Sep 29181
Sep 30181
Oct 1181
Oct 2181
Oct 3181
Oct 4181
Oct 5181
Oct 6181
Oct 7181
Oct 8181
Oct 9181
Oct 10181
Oct 11181
Oct 12181
Oct 13181
Oct 14181
Oct 15181
Oct 16181
Oct 17181
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion18100

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 · Adventure152-4-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · Adventure chart across 50 readings: slipping, #146 to #152 (best #144, worst #152).
Top sellers · Adventure543-21-15Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Adventure chart across 50 readings: slipping, #445 to #543 (best #108, worst #583).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated928-10-24Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #896 to #928 (best #894, worst #928).
Top sellers2,680-305-393Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 59 readings: slipping, #2327 to #2680 (best #480, worst #2680).
On 3 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #magical-realism200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #magical-realism chart across 39 readings: holding, #2 to #2 (best #2, worst #2).
Top rated · #exploration380-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #exploration chart across 40 readings: slipping, #36 to #38 (best #36, worst #38).
Top rated · #point-and-click59-4-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #point-and-click chart across 39 readings: slipping, #54 to #59 (best #54, worst #59).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
paid
Average rating
4.85 / 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.