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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

return to sender

by kindanice

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Velocity

0.000

return to sender Velocity, last 14 days: falling 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 2026-10-17. 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 return to sender, 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: 261 to 260, down 1, most of that change came early 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 cared261260-1
  • 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 18261
Sep 19261
Sep 20261
Sep 21261
Sep 22260
Sep 23260
Sep 24260
Sep 25260
Sep 26260
Sep 27260
Sep 28260
Sep 29260
Sep 30260
Oct 1260
Oct 2260
Oct 3260
Oct 4260
Oct 5260
Oct 6260
Oct 7260
Oct 8260
Oct 9260
Oct 10260
Oct 11260
Oct 12260
Oct 13260
Oct 14260
Oct 15260
Oct 16260
Oct 17260
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion2600-1

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 · Shooter62-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · Shooter chart across 50 readings: slipping, #61 to #62 (best #61, worst #62).
Top rated · Action167+1+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · Action chart across 50 readings: holding, #167 to #167 (best #164, worst #168).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated2,139-10-20Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #2087 to #2139 (best #2087, worst #2139).
On 8 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #bullet-hell140+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #bullet-hell chart across 41 readings: holding, #14 to #14 (best #14, worst #16).
Top rated · #minimalist41+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #minimalist chart across 39 readings: climbing, #42 to #41 (best #41, worst #42).
Top rated · #arcade71-2-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #arcade chart across 57 readings: slipping, #68 to #71 (best #68, worst #71).
Top rated · #retro2010-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #retro chart across 39 readings: slipping, #197 to #201 (best #196, worst #201).
Top rated · #short4030-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 39 readings: slipping, #392 to #403 (best #391, worst #404).
Top rated · #singleplayer4730-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 39 readings: slipping, #465 to #473 (best #465, worst #482).
Top rated · #pixel-art475-2-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 39 readings: slipping, #468 to #475 (best #468, worst #475).
Top rated · #2d551-3-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 59 readings: slipping, #541 to #551 (best #539, worst #552).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.60 / 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.