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itch.ioRank 27462026-10-13

Nova Drift$17.99

by Pixeljam

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.373

Nova Drift Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.06 to -0.37 (low -0.39, high 0.06).

Confidence 30%

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 2026-10-13. 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 Nova Drift, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-14 to 2026-10-13, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 32 to 33, up 1, most of that change came early in the window.200%100%50%0%Sep 14Oct 13Ratings

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runs past its ends because a counter went beyond its final value inside the window and came back — a deleted comment, a withdrawn rating.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 14 to Oct 13

  • Ratings — people finished and cared3233+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 1432
Sep 1532
Sep 1632
Sep 1732
Sep 1832
Sep 1932
Sep 2032
Sep 2132
Sep 2232
Sep 2332
Sep 2432
Sep 2532
Sep 2632
Sep 2732
Sep 2832
Sep 2933
Sep 3034
Oct 134
Oct 234
Oct 334
Oct 434
Oct 534
Oct 634
Oct 734
Oct 834
Oct 934
Oct 1033
Oct 1133
Oct 1233
Oct 1333
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-13
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion33-1+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 · Action431+6-12Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Action chart across 46 readings: slipping, #375 to #431 (best #375, worst #437).
Top rated · Action488+43-50Position on itch.io's Top rated · Action chart across 46 readings: slipping, #435 to #488 (best #434, worst #534).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers3,157-117-230Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 55 readings: slipping, #2935 to #3157 (best #2777, worst #3157).
Top rated5,326+450-471Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 53 readings: slipping, #4788 to #5326 (best #4788, worst #5781).
New & popular7,130-6,904Position on itch.io's New & popular chart across 15 readings: slipping, #2 to #7130 (best #2, worst #7130).
Newest7,189Position on itch.io's Newest chart across 7 readings: slipping, #985 to #7189 (best #985, worst #7189).
On 4 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #vector60-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #vector chart across 35 readings: slipping, #4 to #6 (best #4, worst #6).
Top rated · #shoot-em-up56+7-9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #shoot-em-up chart across 35 readings: slipping, #47 to #56 (best #47, worst #63).
Top rated · #space72+8-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #space chart across 35 readings: slipping, #68 to #72 (best #66, worst #80).
Top rated · #roguelike186+8-21Position on itch.io's Top rated · #roguelike chart across 35 readings: slipping, #164 to #186 (best #164, worst #194).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
paid
Average rating
4.85 / 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.