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itch.ioRank 872026-10-10

Apex Sweeper

by Team JPDE

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Velocity

+0.042

Apex Sweeper Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 6 days, -0.00 to 0.04 (low -0.00, 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 2026-10-10. Topic views and comments did not. We also have itch.io chart positions for it, which is the fourth component. It was observed on 13 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 Apex Sweeper, 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: 23 to 25, up 2, most of that change came late in the window.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 cared2325+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 1123
Sep 1223
Sep 1323
Sep 1423
Sep 1523
Sep 1623
Sep 1723
Sep 1823
Sep 1923
Sep 2023
Sep 2123
Sep 2223
Sep 2323
Sep 2423
Sep 2523
Sep 2624
Sep 2724
Sep 2824
Sep 2924
Oct 124
Oct 224
Oct 324
Oct 424
Oct 525
Oct 625
Oct 725
Oct 825
Oct 925
Oct 1025
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-10
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion25+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

On 4 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #characters37-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #characters chart across 7 readings: slipping, #36 to #37 (best #36, worst #37).
Top rated · #narrative917+57+99Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 31 readings: climbing, #1015 to #917 (best #917, worst #1024).
Top rated · #story-rich1,299+66+102Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 32 readings: climbing, #1403 to #1299 (best #1299, worst #1418).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction1,775+103Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 18 readings: climbing, #1871 to #1775 (best #1771, worst #1878).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-09-07
Price
free
Average rating
4.72 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-09-07. 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.