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itch.ioRank 4992026-10-11

Switchblade

by rubic

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.006

Switchblade Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, 0.00 to 0.01 (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 2026-10-11. 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 Switchblade, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-12 to 2026-10-11, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 153 to 156, up 3, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 12Oct 11Ratings

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 12 to Oct 11

  • Ratings — people finished and cared153156+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 12153
Sep 13153
Sep 14153
Sep 15153
Sep 16153
Sep 17153
Sep 18153
Sep 19153
Sep 20153
Sep 21153
Sep 22153
Sep 23153
Sep 24153
Sep 25153
Sep 26153
Sep 27153
Sep 28153
Sep 29153
Sep 30154
Oct 1154
Oct 2154
Oct 3154
Oct 4154
Oct 5154
Oct 6154
Oct 7154
Oct 8154
Oct 9154
Oct 10154
Oct 11156
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-11
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion156+2+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

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Top rated · #2d2,059-3-13Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 53 readings: climbing, #2089 to #2059 (best #2033, worst #2098).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.43 / 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.