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itch.ioRank 11612026-10-16

The Lesser Evil

by Jon Topielski

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

The Lesser Evil Velocity, last 14 days: flat 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 2026-10-16. 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 Lesser Evil, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-17 to 2026-10-16, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 349 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 17Oct 16Ratings

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 17 to Oct 16

  • Ratings — people finished and cared3493490
  • 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 17349
Sep 18349
Sep 19349
Sep 20349
Sep 21349
Sep 22348
Sep 23348
Sep 24348
Sep 25348
Sep 26349
Sep 27349
Sep 28349
Sep 29349
Sep 30349
Oct 1349
Oct 2349
Oct 3349
Oct 4349
Oct 5349
Oct 6349
Oct 7349
Oct 8349
Oct 9349
Oct 10349
Oct 11349
Oct 12349
Oct 13349
Oct 14349
Oct 15349
Oct 16349
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-16
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion3490+1

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 · Shooter310-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · Shooter chart across 49 readings: slipping, #29 to #31 (best #29, worst #31).
Top rated · Action7700Position on itch.io's Top rated · Action chart across 49 readings: slipping, #76 to #77 (best #76, worst #78).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,158-2-19Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 58 readings: slipping, #1135 to #1158 (best #1132, worst #1159).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #ludum-dare-49100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #ludum-dare-49 chart across 38 readings: holding, #1 to #1 (best #1, worst #1).
Top rated · #twin-stick-shooter300Position on itch.io's Top rated · #twin-stick-shooter chart across 38 readings: holding, #3 to #3 (best #3, worst #3).
Top rated · #1-bit900Position on itch.io's Top rated · #1-bit chart across 58 readings: holding, #9 to #9 (best #9, worst #9).
Top rated · #top-down1500Position on itch.io's Top rated · #top-down chart across 38 readings: holding, #15 to #15 (best #15, worst #15).
Top rated · #spooky2600Position on itch.io's Top rated · #spooky chart across 38 readings: holding, #26 to #26 (best #26, worst #27).
Top rated · #arcade320-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #arcade chart across 56 readings: slipping, #30 to #32 (best #30, worst #32).
Top rated · #roguelike4200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #roguelike chart across 38 readings: holding, #42 to #42 (best #42, worst #42).
Top rated · #retro1070-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #retro chart across 38 readings: slipping, #103 to #107 (best #103, worst #107).
Top rated · #pixel-art258+1-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 38 readings: slipping, #255 to #258 (best #254, worst #259).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.67 / 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.