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itch.ioRank 18642026-10-17

The Children of Clay

by messier

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Velocity

-0.003

The Children of Clay Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, -0.00 to -0.00 (low -0.01, 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 The Children of Clay, 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: 361 to 364, up 3, most of that change came early in the window.133%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. 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runs past its ends because a counter went beyond its final value inside the window and came back — a deleted comment, a withdrawn rating.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 cared361364+3
  • 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 18361
Sep 19361
Sep 20361
Sep 21361
Sep 22361
Sep 23361
Sep 24361
Sep 25361
Sep 26362
Sep 27362
Sep 28362
Sep 29362
Sep 30362
Oct 1363
Oct 2363
Oct 3363
Oct 4364
Oct 5365
Oct 6365
Oct 7365
Oct 8365
Oct 9365
Oct 10364
Oct 11364
Oct 12364
Oct 13364
Oct 14364
Oct 15364
Oct 16364
Oct 17364
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion3640+3

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 · Puzzle165-1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · Puzzle chart across 50 readings: slipping, #163 to #165 (best #161, worst #165).
Top rated · Adventure218-3-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · Adventure chart across 50 readings: slipping, #213 to #218 (best #212, worst #218).
Top sellers · Puzzle5510-20Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Puzzle chart across 50 readings: slipping, #506 to #551 (best #504, worst #557).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,246-3-18Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #1210 to #1246 (best #1206, worst #1247).
Top sellers4,798-249-384Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 59 readings: slipping, #4381 to #4798 (best #4250, worst #4798).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #stop-motion100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #stop-motion chart across 39 readings: holding, #1 to #1 (best #1, worst #1).
Top rated · #spooky3000Position on itch.io's Top rated · #spooky chart across 39 readings: holding, #30 to #30 (best #30, worst #30).
Top rated · #point-and-click78-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #point-and-click chart across 39 readings: slipping, #76 to #78 (best #74, worst #78).
Top rated · #creepy79-2+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #creepy chart across 41 readings: holding, #79 to #79 (best #77, worst #80).
Top rated · #indie82-4-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #indie chart across 39 readings: slipping, #73 to #82 (best #73, worst #82).
Top rated · #atmospheric162-30Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 57 readings: slipping, #159 to #162 (best #158, worst #164).
Top rated · #short219-5-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 39 readings: slipping, #214 to #219 (best #214, worst #219).
Top rated · #horror302-4-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 39 readings: slipping, #297 to #302 (best #294, worst #302).
Top rated · #2d322-5-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 59 readings: slipping, #310 to #322 (best #309, worst #322).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.65 / 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.