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itch.ioRank 25552026-10-09

Desert Comets

by jeroz

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.038

Desert Comets Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.04 to -0.04 (low -0.04, high 0.04).

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 2026-10-09. 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 Desert Comets, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-11 to 2026-10-10, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 25 to 27, up 2, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%Sep 11Oct 10Ratings

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 11 to Oct 10

  • Ratings — people finished and cared2527+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 1125
Sep 1225
Sep 1325
Sep 1425
Sep 1525
Sep 1625
Sep 1725
Sep 1825
Sep 1926
Sep 2026
Sep 2126
Sep 2226
Sep 2326
Sep 2426
Sep 2526
Sep 2626
Sep 2726
Sep 2826
Sep 2927
Sep 3027
Oct 127
Oct 227
Oct 327
Oct 427
Oct 527
Oct 627
Oct 727
Oct 827
Oct 927
Oct 1027
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-10
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion270+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

On 8 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #lesbian373-3+14Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lesbian chart across 32 readings: climbing, #387 to #373 (best #370, worst #389).
Top rated · #yuri474-5+8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yuri chart across 32 readings: climbing, #483 to #474 (best #466, worst #484).
Top rated · #slice-of-life4760+17Position on itch.io's Top rated · #slice-of-life chart across 32 readings: climbing, #492 to #476 (best #475, worst #493).
Top rated · #science-fiction736-4+53Position on itch.io's Top rated · #science-fiction chart across 32 readings: climbing, #788 to #736 (best #730, worst #792).
Top rated · #anime918+7+46Position on itch.io's Top rated · #anime chart across 49 readings: climbing, #961 to #918 (best #914, worst #966).
Top rated · #female-protagonist1,419-5+88Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 33 readings: climbing, #1508 to #1419 (best #1411, worst #1511).
Top rated · #lgbt1,672+2+67Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 32 readings: climbing, #1736 to #1672 (best #1661, worst #1750).
Top rated · #romance2,171-4+37Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 31 readings: climbing, #2206 to #2171 (best #2145, worst #2217).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-21
Price
free
Average rating
4.48 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-08-21. 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.