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itch.ioRank 6422026-10-17

Like roots in the soil

by SpaceBackyard

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Velocity

+0.006

Like roots in the soil 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 2026-10-17. 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 Like roots in the soil, 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: 180 to 181, up 1, most of that change came late 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 cared180181+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 18180
Sep 19180
Sep 20180
Sep 21180
Sep 22180
Sep 23180
Sep 24180
Sep 25180
Sep 26180
Sep 27180
Sep 28180
Sep 29180
Sep 30180
Oct 1180
Oct 2180
Oct 3180
Oct 4180
Oct 5180
Oct 6180
Oct 7180
Oct 8180
Oct 9180
Oct 10180
Oct 11180
Oct 12180
Oct 13180
Oct 14180
Oct 15180
Oct 16181
Oct 17181
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion181+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

Categories

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · Other365+15+11Position on itch.io's Top rated · Other chart across 50 readings: climbing, #373 to #365 (best #364, worst #381).
Top sellers · Other410-6-22Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Other chart across 50 readings: slipping, #387 to #410 (best #386, worst #416).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated6,293Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 2 readings: slipping, #6287 to #6293 (best #6287, worst #6293).
Top sellers6,451-246-390Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 58 readings: slipping, #6010 to #6451 (best #5885, worst #6451).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #post-apocalyptic510-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #post-apocalyptic chart across 39 readings: slipping, #48 to #51 (best #48, worst #53).
Top rated · #minigames68+2+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #minigames chart across 39 readings: holding, #68 to #68 (best #68, worst #71).
Top rated · #mouse-only112+1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #mouse-only chart across 39 readings: holding, #112 to #112 (best #111, worst #113).
Top rated · #artgame133+2+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #artgame chart across 57 readings: climbing, #135 to #133 (best #133, worst #137).
Top rated · #low-poly175+4+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #low-poly chart across 39 readings: climbing, #177 to #175 (best #175, worst #181).
Top rated · #experimental189+9+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #experimental chart across 40 readings: holding, #189 to #189 (best #189, worst #198).
Top rated · #3d540+14+9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #3d chart across 59 readings: slipping, #538 to #540 (best #538, worst #567).
Top rated · #atmospheric833+20+12Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 57 readings: climbing, #844 to #833 (best #831, worst #884).
Top rated · #singleplayer1,445+30+5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 39 readings: holding, #1445 to #1445 (best #1443, worst #1536).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.45 / 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.