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itch.ioRank 10032026-10-10

Thing-in-Itself$2.49

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Velocity

0.000

Thing-in-Itself Velocity, last 14 days: flat 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 2026-10-10. 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 Thing-in-Itself, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-11 to 2026-10-10, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 80 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 11Oct 10Ratings

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 11 to Oct 10

  • Ratings — people finished and cared80800
  • 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 1180
Sep 1280
Sep 1380
Sep 1480
Sep 1580
Sep 1680
Sep 1780
Sep 1880
Sep 1980
Sep 2080
Sep 2180
Sep 2280
Sep 2380
Sep 2480
Sep 2580
Sep 2680
Sep 2780
Sep 2880
Sep 2980
Sep 3080
Oct 180
Oct 280
Oct 380
Oct 480
Oct 580
Oct 680
Oct 780
Oct 880
Oct 980
Oct 1080
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-10
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion8000

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 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #abstract254-1-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #abstract chart across 52 readings: slipping, #251 to #254 (best #247, worst #254).
Top rated · #music377-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #music chart across 32 readings: holding, #377 to #377 (best #376, worst #378).
Top rated · #slice-of-life518+1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #slice-of-life chart across 32 readings: slipping, #514 to #518 (best #512, worst #521).
Top rated · #artgame551+1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #artgame chart across 50 readings: slipping, #541 to #551 (best #541, worst #552).
Top rated · #experimental767-1-12Position on itch.io's Top rated · #experimental chart across 33 readings: slipping, #753 to #767 (best #753, worst #767).
Top rated · #casual1,224+1-26Position on itch.io's Top rated · #casual chart across 34 readings: slipping, #1195 to #1224 (best #1195, worst #1230).
Top rated · #first-person1,667-1-29Position on itch.io's Top rated · #first-person chart across 32 readings: slipping, #1635 to #1667 (best #1635, worst #1678).
Top rated · #story-rich2,149-51Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 24 readings: slipping, #2096 to #2149 (best #2096, worst #2152).
Top rated · #romance2,366-9-68Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 31 readings: slipping, #2295 to #2366 (best #2295, worst #2380).
Top rated · #atmospheric2,966Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 4 readings: slipping, #2916 to #2966 (best #2916, worst #2968).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
paid
Average rating
4.16 / 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.