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itch.ioRank 6542026-10-17

Handshakes

by Pet Pumpkin

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.005

Handshakes Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, 0.00 to 0.01 (low -0.00, 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 2026-10-17. 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 Handshakes, 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: 555 to 564, up 9, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%-11%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runs past its ends because a counter went beyond its final value inside the window and came back — a deleted comment, a withdrawn rating.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 cared555564+9
  • 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 18555
Sep 19555
Sep 20555
Sep 21555
Sep 22554
Sep 23555
Sep 24555
Sep 25555
Sep 26556
Sep 27556
Sep 28556
Sep 29557
Sep 30557
Oct 1558
Oct 2558
Oct 3559
Oct 4559
Oct 5559
Oct 6560
Oct 7560
Oct 8560
Oct 9560
Oct 10560
Oct 11560
Oct 12562
Oct 13562
Oct 14562
Oct 15562
Oct 16563
Oct 17564
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion564+4+9

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 · Puzzle610-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · Puzzle chart across 50 readings: slipping, #60 to #61 (best #60, worst #61).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated459-20-26Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #434 to #459 (best #433, worst #459).
On 8 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #sokoban200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #sokoban chart across 39 readings: holding, #2 to #2 (best #2, worst #2).
Top rated · #unity1600Position on itch.io's Top rated · #unity chart across 39 readings: holding, #16 to #16 (best #16, worst #16).
Top rated · #casual2600Position on itch.io's Top rated · #casual chart across 41 readings: holding, #26 to #26 (best #26, worst #26).
Top rated · #short73-2-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 39 readings: slipping, #70 to #73 (best #70, worst #73).
Top rated · #cute88-2-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cute chart across 41 readings: slipping, #85 to #88 (best #85, worst #88).
Top rated · #pixel-art89-4-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 39 readings: slipping, #85 to #89 (best #84, worst #89).
Top rated · #singleplayer100-4-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 39 readings: slipping, #95 to #100 (best #95, worst #100).
Top rated · #2d121-5-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 59 readings: slipping, #112 to #121 (best #112, worst #121).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.75 / 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.