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itch.ioRank 2792026-10-17

You Have to Win the Game

by J. Kyle Pittman

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.017

You Have to Win the Game Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, 0.00 to 0.02 (low 0.00, high 0.02).

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 You Have to Win the Game, 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: 58 to 59, up 1, 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 cared5859+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 1858
Sep 1958
Sep 2058
Sep 2158
Sep 2258
Sep 2358
Sep 2458
Sep 2558
Sep 2658
Sep 2758
Sep 2858
Sep 2958
Sep 3058
Oct 158
Oct 258
Oct 358
Oct 458
Oct 558
Oct 658
Oct 758
Oct 858
Oct 958
Oct 1058
Oct 1159
Oct 1259
Oct 1359
Oct 1459
Oct 1559
Oct 1659
Oct 1759
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion59+1+1

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 sellers · Platformer348-17-11Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Platformer chart across 50 readings: slipping, #311 to #348 (best #308, worst #363).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers3,914-282-380Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 59 readings: slipping, #3521 to #3914 (best #3359, worst #3914).
On 6 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #gamepad50+1+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #gamepad chart across 39 readings: climbing, #53 to #50 (best #49, worst #53).
Top rated · #controller87+1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #controller chart across 41 readings: climbing, #92 to #87 (best #85, worst #92).
Top rated · #open-world109-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #open-world chart across 39 readings: climbing, #121 to #109 (best #107, worst #121).
Top rated · #cats212+30Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cats chart across 41 readings: climbing, #223 to #212 (best #210, worst #223).
Top rated · #difficult280+4+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #difficult chart across 41 readings: climbing, #311 to #280 (best #279, worst #311).
Top rated · #exploration740+14+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #exploration chart across 40 readings: climbing, #792 to #740 (best #736, worst #792).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.44 / 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.