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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

Sticky Zeitgeist: Episode 3: A Trick With Ants

by xrafstar

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Velocity

0.000

Sticky Zeitgeist: Episode 3: A Trick With Ants 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 2026-10-17. 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 Sticky Zeitgeist: Episode 3: A Trick With Ants, 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: 34 throughout, no change at all.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 cared34340
  • 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 1834
Sep 1934
Sep 2034
Sep 2134
Sep 2234
Sep 2334
Sep 2434
Sep 2534
Sep 2634
Sep 2734
Sep 2834
Sep 2934
Sep 3034
Oct 134
Oct 234
Oct 334
Oct 434
Oct 534
Oct 634
Oct 734
Oct 834
Oct 934
Oct 1034
Oct 1134
Oct 1234
Oct 1334
Oct 1434
Oct 1534
Oct 1634
Oct 1734
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion3400

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 · Rpg327+12-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · Rpg chart across 50 readings: slipping, #321 to #327 (best #321, worst #340).
Top sellers · Rpg423-17-7Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Rpg chart across 50 readings: slipping, #381 to #423 (best #373, worst #423).
Top sellers · Visual Novel624+6-38Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: slipping, #580 to #624 (best #579, worst #638).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated3,998-25-78Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #3867 to #3998 (best #3864, worst #4031).
Top sellers4,402-282-385Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 59 readings: slipping, #3993 to #4402 (best #3845, worst #4402).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #16-bit35-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #16-bit chart across 59 readings: slipping, #34 to #35 (best #34, worst #35).
Top rated · #furry142+1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #furry chart across 39 readings: slipping, #141 to #142 (best #140, worst #146).
Top rated · #gay181-2-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #gay chart across 39 readings: slipping, #177 to #181 (best #176, worst #181).
Top rated · #dark209-2-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark chart across 41 readings: slipping, #201 to #209 (best #200, worst #220).
Top rated · #female-protagonist387+1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 40 readings: slipping, #385 to #387 (best #384, worst #391).
Top rated · #atmospheric540-6-12Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 57 readings: slipping, #527 to #540 (best #526, worst #554).
Top rated · #cute584-1-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cute chart across 41 readings: slipping, #571 to #584 (best #571, worst #587).
Top rated · #horror860-4-21Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 39 readings: slipping, #832 to #860 (best #832, worst #913).
Top rated · #pixel-art927-4-18Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 39 readings: slipping, #907 to #927 (best #906, worst #927).
Top rated · #no-ai1,662-27-73Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #1569 to #1662 (best #1569, worst #1692).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.91 / 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

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