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itch.ioRank 1932026-10-17

Kenzu: Shadow and Light

by lambdaforge

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.025

Kenzu: Shadow and Light Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, 0.01 to 0.03 (low -0.01, high 0.03).

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 Kenzu: Shadow and Light, 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: 117 to 121, up 4, 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 cared117121+4
  • 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 18117
Sep 19117
Sep 20117
Sep 21117
Sep 22117
Sep 23117
Sep 24117
Sep 25117
Sep 26117
Sep 27117
Sep 28117
Sep 29117
Sep 30117
Oct 1118
Oct 2118
Oct 3118
Oct 4118
Oct 5118
Oct 6118
Oct 7118
Oct 8118
Oct 9118
Oct 10118
Oct 11118
Oct 12118
Oct 13118
Oct 14118
Oct 15119
Oct 16121
Oct 17121
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion121+3+5

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 · Platformer41-1-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · Platformer chart across 50 readings: slipping, #36 to #41 (best #36, worst #42).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
New & popular14Position on itch.io's New & popular chart across 3 readings: slipping, #9 to #14 (best #9, worst #14).
Top rated820-8-71Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #709 to #820 (best #708, worst #838).
Newest3,864Position on itch.io's Newest chart across 3 readings: slipping, #370 to #3864 (best #370, worst #3864).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #controller300Position on itch.io's Top rated · #controller chart across 41 readings: holding, #3 to #3 (best #3, worst #3).
Top rated · #souls-like300Position on itch.io's Top rated · #souls-like chart across 39 readings: holding, #3 to #3 (best #3, worst #3).
Top rated · #action-adventure700Position on itch.io's Top rated · #action-adventure chart across 59 readings: holding, #7 to #7 (best #7, worst #7).
Top rated · #metroidvania70-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #metroidvania chart across 39 readings: slipping, #6 to #7 (best #6, worst #7).
Top rated · #exploration280-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #exploration chart across 40 readings: slipping, #27 to #28 (best #27, worst #30).
Top rated · #atmospheric103-2-13Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 57 readings: slipping, #86 to #103 (best #86, worst #105).
Top rated · #story-rich146-1-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 39 readings: slipping, #136 to #146 (best #133, worst #147).
Top rated · #singleplayer165-1-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 39 readings: slipping, #155 to #165 (best #151, worst #166).
Top rated · #2d212-4-21Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 59 readings: slipping, #183 to #212 (best #183, worst #213).
Top rated · #no-ai368-3-36Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #329 to #368 (best #328, worst #372).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.96 / 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.