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itch.ioRank 13432026-10-17

Ascent

by Johan Peitz

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

Ascent 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 Ascent, 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: 304 to 306, up 2, 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 cared304306+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 18304
Sep 19304
Sep 20304
Sep 21304
Sep 22304
Sep 23304
Sep 24304
Sep 25304
Sep 26304
Sep 27304
Sep 28304
Sep 29304
Sep 30304
Oct 1304
Oct 2304
Oct 3304
Oct 4304
Oct 5304
Oct 6304
Oct 7304
Oct 8305
Oct 9305
Oct 10305
Oct 11305
Oct 12306
Oct 13306
Oct 14306
Oct 15306
Oct 16306
Oct 17306
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion306+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

Categories

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · Platformer53-3-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · Platformer chart across 50 readings: slipping, #52 to #53 (best #50, worst #53).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated910-16-23Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #889 to #910 (best #877, worst #910).
On 8 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #lowrezjam200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lowrezjam chart across 39 readings: holding, #2 to #2 (best #2, worst #2).
Top rated · #lo-fi800Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lo-fi chart across 39 readings: holding, #8 to #8 (best #8, worst #8).
Top rated · #metroidvania1000Position on itch.io's Top rated · #metroidvania chart across 39 readings: holding, #10 to #10 (best #10, worst #10).
Top rated · #pico-81700Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pico-8 chart across 39 readings: holding, #17 to #17 (best #17, worst #17).
Top rated · #retro75-1+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #retro chart across 39 readings: climbing, #76 to #75 (best #74, worst #76).
Top rated · #singleplayer185-3-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 39 readings: slipping, #181 to #185 (best #181, worst #185).
Top rated · #pixel-art202-3-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 39 readings: slipping, #198 to #202 (best #198, worst #203).
Top rated · #no-ai411-10-21Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #382 to #411 (best #382, worst #411).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.74 / 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.