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itch.ioRank 19042026-10-17

Starcatcher

by Escada Games

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.003

Starcatcher Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 14 days, -0.00 to -0.00 (low -0.00, 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 Starcatcher, 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: 314 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 cared3143140
  • 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 18314
Sep 19314
Sep 20314
Sep 21314
Sep 22314
Sep 23314
Sep 24314
Sep 25314
Sep 26314
Sep 27314
Sep 28314
Sep 29314
Sep 30314
Oct 1314
Oct 2314
Oct 3313
Oct 4313
Oct 5313
Oct 6314
Oct 7314
Oct 8314
Oct 9314
Oct 10314
Oct 11314
Oct 12314
Oct 13314
Oct 14314
Oct 15314
Oct 16314
Oct 17314
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion31400

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 · Platformer143-1-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · Platformer chart across 50 readings: slipping, #137 to #143 (best #137, worst #143).
Top rated · Puzzle311-3-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · Puzzle chart across 50 readings: slipping, #299 to #311 (best #298, worst #311).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated2,393-12-42Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #2283 to #2393 (best #2278, worst #2394).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #one-button1100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #one-button chart across 39 readings: holding, #11 to #11 (best #11, worst #11).
Top rated · #open-source13-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #open-source chart across 39 readings: slipping, #11 to #13 (best #11, worst #13).
Top rated · #space2800Position on itch.io's Top rated · #space chart across 39 readings: climbing, #29 to #28 (best #28, worst #29).
Top rated · #puzzle-platformer36-2-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #puzzle-platformer chart across 39 readings: slipping, #34 to #36 (best #33, worst #36).
Top rated · #godot41+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #godot chart across 39 readings: slipping, #40 to #41 (best #40, worst #42).
Top rated · #cute387-2-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cute chart across 41 readings: slipping, #380 to #387 (best #379, worst #387).
Top rated · #singleplayer533+2-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 39 readings: slipping, #531 to #533 (best #525, worst #544).
Top rated · #pixel-art534-3-9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 39 readings: slipping, #528 to #534 (best #525, worst #534).
Top rated · #2d630-4-12Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 59 readings: slipping, #595 to #630 (best #593, worst #630).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.55 / 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.