itch.ioRank 612026-09-06

BACKROOMS: PRIMAL

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.050

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 2026-09-06. 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

17 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 BACKROOMS: PRIMAL, 17 daysLead and lag over 17 days, 2026-08-21 to 2026-09-06, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 5 to 25, up 20, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%Aug 21Sep 6Ratings

Each line is scaled to its own change across these 17 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 Aug 21 to Sep 6

  • Ratingspeople finished and cared5 to 25up +20
  • 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.

Daily counters for BACKROOMS: PRIMAL across the charted window
DayRatings
Aug 215
Aug 236
Aug 246
Aug 258
Aug 2610
Aug 2711
Aug 2811
Aug 2914
Aug 3015
Aug 3118
Sep 120
Sep 222
Sep 324
Sep 424
Sep 524
Sep 625
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-09-06
Current counters for BACKROOMS: PRIMAL, with their 7- and 30-day changes
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion25up +10no comparable reading thirty days back

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

All of itch.io

All of itch.io: where itch.io's own charts have placed BACKROOMS: PRIMAL
ChartNow7d30dHistory
New & popularposition 6,576down -5,088not listed thirty days agoPosition on itch.io's New & popular chart across 11 readings: slipping, #129 to #6576 (best #129, worst #6576).
Newestposition 6,609down -5,374not listed thirty days agoPosition on itch.io's Newest chart across 8 readings: slipping, #1235 to #6609 (best #1235, worst #6609).
On 3 tag charts
Tag charts: where itch.io's own charts have placed BACKROOMS: PRIMAL
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #backroomsposition 17unchanged 0not listed thirty days agoPosition on itch.io's Top rated · #backrooms chart across 15 readings: climbing, #74 to #17 (best #15, worst #75).
Top rated · #3dposition 1,468up +414not listed thirty days agoPosition on itch.io's Top rated · #3d chart across 8 readings: climbing, #1803 to #1468 (best #1374, worst #1882).
Top rated · #atmosphericposition 1,992up +398not listed thirty days agoPosition on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 5 readings: climbing, #2390 to #1992 (best #1898, worst #2390).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
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.

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.