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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

Fair Squares

by kindanice

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Velocity

0.000

Fair Squares Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.02 to 0.00 (low -0.01, high 0.02).

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 Fair Squares, 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: 165 to 164, down 1, most of that change came early in the window.200%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. The axis runs past its ends because a counter went beyond its final value inside the window and came back — a deleted comment, a withdrawn rating. The scale is widened rather than the curve clipped, so the round trip stays visible.

Series — over Sep 18 to Oct 17

  • Ratings — people finished and cared165164-1
  • 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 18165
Sep 19165
Sep 20165
Sep 21165
Sep 22163
Sep 23163
Sep 24163
Sep 25163
Sep 26163
Sep 27163
Sep 28163
Sep 29164
Sep 30164
Oct 1164
Oct 2164
Oct 3164
Oct 4164
Oct 5164
Oct 6164
Oct 7164
Oct 8164
Oct 9164
Oct 10164
Oct 11164
Oct 12164
Oct 13164
Oct 14164
Oct 15164
Oct 16164
Oct 17164
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion1640-1

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

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All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated2,533-11+136Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: climbing, #2714 to #2533 (best #2508, worst #2714).
On 6 tag charts
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Top rated · #minimalist500+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #minimalist chart across 39 readings: climbing, #52 to #50 (best #50, worst #52).
Top rated · #roguelike88+1+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #roguelike chart across 39 readings: climbing, #91 to #88 (best #88, worst #91).
Top rated · #pixel-art570+4+37Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 39 readings: climbing, #616 to #570 (best #565, worst #616).
Top rated · #2d670-6+37Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 59 readings: climbing, #721 to #670 (best #658, worst #722).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.66 / 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.