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itch.ioRank 24602026-10-17

The Dandy Effect

by Crazybear Games

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.019

The Dandy Effect Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.00 to -0.02 (low -0.02, high 0.02).

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 The Dandy Effect, 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: 54 to 55, up 1, most of that change came late in the window.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 cared5455+1
  • 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 1854
Sep 1954
Sep 2054
Sep 2154
Sep 2254
Sep 2354
Sep 2454
Sep 2554
Sep 2654
Sep 2754
Sep 2854
Sep 2954
Sep 3054
Oct 154
Oct 254
Oct 354
Oct 454
Oct 554
Oct 655
Oct 755
Oct 855
Oct 955
Oct 1055
Oct 1155
Oct 1255
Oct 1355
Oct 1455
Oct 1555
Oct 1655
Oct 1755
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion550+1

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 · Simulation672+17+20Position on itch.io's Top rated · Simulation chart across 50 readings: slipping, #601 to #672 (best #600, worst #716).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #lo-fi830+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lo-fi chart across 39 readings: climbing, #85 to #83 (best #83, worst #86).
Top rated · #clicker86-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #clicker chart across 41 readings: slipping, #83 to #86 (best #83, worst #86).
Top rated · #idle111-2-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #idle chart across 39 readings: slipping, #108 to #111 (best #107, worst #112).
Top rated · #incremental1290-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #incremental chart across 39 readings: slipping, #122 to #129 (best #122, worst #130).
Top rated · #cozy279-30Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cozy chart across 41 readings: slipping, #276 to #279 (best #275, worst #285).
Top rated · #relaxing291-4+6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #relaxing chart across 39 readings: climbing, #296 to #291 (best #286, worst #300).
Top rated · #casual445-3+16Position on itch.io's Top rated · #casual chart across 41 readings: climbing, #460 to #445 (best #440, worst #466).
Top rated · #short1,714+7+64Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 26 readings: climbing, #1761 to #1714 (best #1704, worst #1811).
Top rated · #pixel-art1,953-9+58Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 34 readings: climbing, #2001 to #1953 (best #1941, worst #2052).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-29
Price
free
Average rating
4.62 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-08-29. 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.