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itch.ioRank 9362026-10-17

The Gray Ascendancy

by grayascendancy

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Velocity

+0.003

The Gray Ascendancy Velocity, last 14 days: rising 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 The Gray Ascendancy, 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: 373 to 375, up 2, the change came at a steady pace.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 cared373375+2
  • 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 18373
Sep 19373
Sep 20373
Sep 21373
Sep 22373
Sep 23373
Sep 24374
Sep 25374
Sep 26374
Sep 27374
Sep 28374
Sep 29374
Sep 30374
Oct 1374
Oct 2374
Oct 3374
Oct 4374
Oct 5374
Oct 6374
Oct 7374
Oct 8374
Oct 9374
Oct 10374
Oct 11374
Oct 12375
Oct 13375
Oct 14375
Oct 15375
Oct 16375
Oct 17375
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion375+1+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

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated686-9-26Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #631 to #686 (best #630, worst #686).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #magic1000Position on itch.io's Top rated · #magic chart across 39 readings: slipping, #9 to #10 (best #9, worst #10).
Top rated · #dark-fantasy1900Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark-fantasy chart across 41 readings: slipping, #18 to #19 (best #18, worst #19).
Top rated · #text-based3200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #text-based chart across 39 readings: holding, #32 to #32 (best #31, worst #32).
Top rated · #meaningful-choices3800Position on itch.io's Top rated · #meaningful-choices chart across 39 readings: slipping, #36 to #38 (best #35, worst #38).
Top rated · #mystery5600Position on itch.io's Top rated · #mystery chart across 39 readings: holding, #56 to #56 (best #55, worst #56).
Top rated · #fantasy103-2-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fantasy chart across 40 readings: slipping, #95 to #103 (best #91, worst #103).
Top rated · #story-rich121-2-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 39 readings: slipping, #119 to #121 (best #118, worst #121).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction136-1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 39 readings: slipping, #127 to #136 (best #124, worst #136).
Top rated · #romance221-3-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 39 readings: slipping, #208 to #221 (best #204, worst #221).
Top rated · #no-ai302-7-21Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #275 to #302 (best #271, worst #302).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.76 / 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.