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How to Crab to Zero (GMTK 2026)

by Four Quarters team

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Velocity

This game has no Velocity yet. The scoring pass only ranks games that clear an audience floor and have enough history to measure acceleration over — everything below that line is collected but not scored, which is most of the catalogue.

Which counter moved first

Lead and lag

29 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 How to Crab to Zero (GMTK 2026), 29 daysLead and lag over 29 days, 2026-09-19 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: 8 to 24, up 16, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Sep 19Oct 17Ratings

Each line is scaled to its own change across these 29 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 19 to Oct 17

  • Ratings — people finished and cared824+16
  • 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 198
Sep 209
Sep 2111
Sep 2213
Sep 2316
Sep 2416
Sep 2517
Sep 2617
Sep 2718
Sep 2819
Sep 2920
Sep 3021
Oct 121
Oct 221
Oct 322
Oct 422
Oct 522
Oct 622
Oct 722
Oct 822
Oct 922
Oct 1022
Oct 1122
Oct 1223
Oct 1323
Oct 1424
Oct 1524
Oct 1624
Oct 1724
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion24+2

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 · Puzzle829-93Position on itch.io's Top rated · Puzzle chart across 17 readings: climbing, #986 to #829 (best #736, worst #986).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated5,994-577Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 12 readings: slipping, #5662 to #5994 (best #5375, worst #5994).
New & popular7,045-6,684Position on itch.io's New & popular chart across 14 readings: slipping, #15 to #7045 (best #15, worst #7045).
Newest7,167-6,254Position on itch.io's Newest chart across 9 readings: slipping, #249 to #7167 (best #249, worst #7167).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #sokoban127-67Position on itch.io's Top rated · #sokoban chart across 28 readings: climbing, #283 to #127 (best #60, worst #283).
Top rated · #indie551-220Position on itch.io's Top rated · #indie chart across 27 readings: climbing, #1249 to #551 (best #331, worst #1249).
Top rated · #retro1,034-456Position on itch.io's Top rated · #retro chart across 28 readings: climbing, #2788 to #1034 (best #577, worst #2788).
Top rated · #atmospheric1,185-449Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 28 readings: climbing, #2206 to #1185 (best #736, worst #2206).
Top rated · #short1,876-827Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 24 readings: slipping, #1605 to #1876 (best #1049, worst #1877).
Top rated · #singleplayer2,118-881Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 24 readings: slipping, #1815 to #2118 (best #1237, worst #2119).
Top rated · #pixel-art2,131-897Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 24 readings: slipping, #1844 to #2131 (best #1233, worst #2132).
Top rated · #2d2,444-1,023Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 25 readings: slipping, #2119 to #2444 (best #1421, worst #2444).
Top rated · #no-ai2,489-222Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 15 readings: climbing, #2629 to #2489 (best #2224, worst #2643).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-09-19
Price
free
Average rating
4.79 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-09-19. itch.io publishes only the most recent devlog date, so anything posted before then leaves no trace here.

Go to the source

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