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itch.ioRank 4302026-10-11

Soft Earth

by rudeghost

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Velocity

+0.008

Soft Earth Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, 0.00 to 0.01 (low 0.00, 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 Soft Earth, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-13 to 2026-10-12, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 123 to 124, up 1, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 13Oct 12Ratings

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 13 to Oct 12

  • Ratings — people finished and cared123124+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 13123
Sep 14123
Sep 15123
Sep 16123
Sep 17123
Sep 18123
Sep 19123
Sep 20123
Sep 21123
Sep 22123
Sep 23123
Sep 24123
Sep 25123
Sep 26123
Sep 27123
Sep 28123
Sep 29123
Sep 30123
Oct 1123
Oct 2123
Oct 3123
Oct 4123
Oct 5124
Oct 6124
Oct 7124
Oct 8124
Oct 9124
Oct 10124
Oct 11124
Oct 12124
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-12
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion124+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

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,051-5-14Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 54 readings: slipping, #1027 to #1051 (best #1027, worst #1060).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #ghosts140-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #ghosts chart across 34 readings: slipping, #13 to #14 (best #13, worst #14).
Top rated · #mouse-only210-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #mouse-only chart across 34 readings: slipping, #20 to #21 (best #20, worst #21).
Top rated · #artgame2400Position on itch.io's Top rated · #artgame chart across 52 readings: slipping, #23 to #24 (best #23, worst #24).
Top rated · #queer30+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #queer chart across 34 readings: climbing, #31 to #30 (best #29, worst #31).
Top rated · #twine4600Position on itch.io's Top rated · #twine chart across 34 readings: holding, #46 to #46 (best #46, worst #46).
Top rated · #atmospheric138+2-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 52 readings: slipping, #135 to #138 (best #135, worst #140).
Top rated · #lgbt175+3-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 34 readings: holding, #175 to #175 (best #172, worst #178).
Top rated · #short180+1-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 34 readings: slipping, #177 to #180 (best #177, worst #181).
Top rated · #story-rich1810-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 34 readings: slipping, #174 to #181 (best #174, worst #181).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction207+2-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 34 readings: slipping, #206 to #207 (best #206, worst #209).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.90 / 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.