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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

Return of the SLIMEPIRES!

by Sophie Houlden

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Velocity

0.000

Return of the SLIMEPIRES! Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.01 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 Return of the SLIMEPIRES!, 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: 83 to 84, up 1, most of that change came early in the window.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 cared8384+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 1883
Sep 1983
Sep 2083
Sep 2183
Sep 2283
Sep 2383
Sep 2483
Sep 2583
Sep 2683
Sep 2783
Sep 2883
Sep 2984
Sep 3084
Oct 184
Oct 284
Oct 384
Oct 484
Oct 584
Oct 684
Oct 784
Oct 884
Oct 984
Oct 1084
Oct 1184
Oct 1284
Oct 1384
Oct 1484
Oct 1584
Oct 1684
Oct 1784
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion840+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

Categories

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · Platformer387-3+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · Platformer chart across 50 readings: slipping, #384 to #387 (best #380, worst #389).
Top sellers · Platformer538-418-9Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Platformer chart across 50 readings: slipping, #515 to #538 (best #56, worst #552).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated5,433-33+14Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 50 readings: climbing, #5580 to #5433 (best #5384, worst #5589).
Top sellers5,689-4,249-370Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 58 readings: slipping, #5282 to #5689 (best #605, worst #5689).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #gamepad170-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #gamepad chart across 39 readings: slipping, #16 to #17 (best #16, worst #17).
Top rated · #post-apocalyptic440+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #post-apocalyptic chart across 39 readings: climbing, #45 to #44 (best #44, worst #46).
Top rated · #side-scroller440-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #side-scroller chart across 39 readings: slipping, #43 to #44 (best #43, worst #47).
Top rated · #action-adventure5300Position on itch.io's Top rated · #action-adventure chart across 59 readings: climbing, #59 to #53 (best #53, worst #59).
Top rated · #metroidvania710+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #metroidvania chart across 39 readings: holding, #71 to #71 (best #70, worst #72).
Top rated · #pico-893+1+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pico-8 chart across 39 readings: climbing, #97 to #93 (best #93, worst #97).
Top rated · #monsters115-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #monsters chart across 39 readings: holding, #115 to #115 (best #111, worst #118).
Top rated · #multiple-endings432-6-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #multiple-endings chart across 39 readings: slipping, #424 to #432 (best #424, worst #435).
Top rated · #short1,064-9+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 39 readings: climbing, #1066 to #1064 (best #1052, worst #1076).
Top rated · #pixel-art1,250-7-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 39 readings: slipping, #1236 to #1250 (best #1236, worst #1267).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.63 / 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.