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itch.ioRank 22412026-10-16

Rusty Lake: Roots$2.99

by Rusty Lake

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.010

Rusty Lake: Roots Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 14 days, -0.01 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 2026-10-16. 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 Rusty Lake: Roots, 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: 102 to 104, up 2, the change came at a steady pace.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 cared102104+2
  • 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 18102
Sep 19102
Sep 20102
Sep 21102
Sep 22102
Sep 23102
Sep 24102
Sep 25102
Sep 26103
Sep 27103
Sep 28103
Sep 29103
Sep 30103
Oct 1103
Oct 2103
Oct 3103
Oct 4103
Oct 5103
Oct 6103
Oct 7103
Oct 8104
Oct 9104
Oct 10104
Oct 11104
Oct 12104
Oct 13104
Oct 14104
Oct 15104
Oct 16104
Oct 17104
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion1040+2

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 · Adventure124+142+38Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Adventure chart across 50 readings: holding, #121 to #124 (best #18, worst #584).
Top rated · Adventure505+1+11Position on itch.io's Top rated · Adventure chart across 50 readings: slipping, #499 to #505 (best #499, worst #522).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers568+906+402Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 59 readings: slipping, #287 to #568 (best #112, worst #2468).
Top rated2,686-22+59Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #2645 to #2686 (best #2644, worst #2766).
On 2 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #point-and-click1630-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #point-and-click chart across 39 readings: slipping, #160 to #163 (best #160, worst #166).
Top rated · #horror613-7+6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 39 readings: climbing, #616 to #613 (best #606, worst #627).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
paid
Average rating
4.74 / 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.