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itch.ioRank 21912026-09-22

Norman's Sky

by nothke

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.008

Norman's Sky Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 2 days, -0.01 to -0.01 (low -0.01, high -0.01).

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 2026-09-22. 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

16 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 Norman's Sky, 16 daysLead and lag over 16 days, 2026-09-07 to 2026-09-22, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 118 to 119, up 1, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Sep 7Sep 22Ratings

Each line is scaled to its own change across these 16 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 7 to Sep 22

  • Ratings — people finished and cared118119+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 7118
Sep 8118
Sep 9118
Sep 10119
Sep 11119
Sep 12119
Sep 13119
Sep 14119
Sep 15119
Sep 16119
Sep 17119
Sep 18119
Sep 19119
Sep 20119
Sep 21119
Sep 22119
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-09-22
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion1190

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 5 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #space-sim390Position on itch.io's Top rated · #space-sim chart across 15 readings: holding, #39 to #39 (best #39, worst #39).
Top rated · #lowrezjam500Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lowrezjam chart across 15 readings: slipping, #49 to #50 (best #49, worst #50).
Top rated · #procedural281-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #procedural chart across 15 readings: slipping, #279 to #281 (best #279, worst #281).
Top rated · #space373+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #space chart across 15 readings: climbing, #374 to #373 (best #373, worst #375).
Top rated · #exploration1,012-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #exploration chart across 16 readings: slipping, #998 to #1012 (best #998, worst #1012).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-09-07
Price
free
Average rating
4.15 / 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.