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itch.ioRank 21872026-10-16

Project Aether

by Verrial

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.008

Project Aether Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.03 to -0.01 (low -0.03, 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 Project Aether, 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: 113 to 122, up 9, 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 cared113122+9
  • 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 18113
Sep 19113
Sep 20114
Sep 21116
Sep 22117
Sep 23117
Sep 24117
Sep 25117
Sep 26118
Sep 27118
Sep 28118
Sep 29118
Sep 30118
Oct 1118
Oct 2120
Oct 3120
Oct 4120
Oct 5120
Oct 6120
Oct 7120
Oct 8120
Oct 9121
Oct 10121
Oct 11121
Oct 12121
Oct 13121
Oct 14121
Oct 15121
Oct 16121
Oct 17122
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion1220+9

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 · Shooter9-7-7Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Shooter chart across 50 readings: slipping, #3 to #9 (best #1, worst #9).
Top rated · Shooter2800Position on itch.io's Top rated · Shooter chart across 50 readings: climbing, #32 to #28 (best #27, worst #32).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers153-93-93Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 59 readings: slipping, #11 to #153 (best #11, worst #166).
Top rated1,078+12+23Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: climbing, #1492 to #1078 (best #1046, worst #1492).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #endless600Position on itch.io's Top rated · #endless chart across 41 readings: holding, #6 to #6 (best #6, worst #6).
Top rated · #zombies80+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #zombies chart across 39 readings: climbing, #9 to #8 (best #8, worst #9).
Top rated · #fps1000Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fps chart across 39 readings: holding, #10 to #10 (best #10, worst #11).
Top rated · #unreal-engine1100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #unreal-engine chart across 39 readings: climbing, #12 to #11 (best #11, worst #12).
Top rated · #survival2900Position on itch.io's Top rated · #survival chart across 39 readings: climbing, #31 to #29 (best #29, worst #31).
Top rated · #first-person58-1+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #first-person chart across 40 readings: climbing, #72 to #58 (best #55, worst #72).
Top rated · #3d830+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #3d chart across 59 readings: climbing, #126 to #83 (best #81, worst #126).
Top rated · #singleplayer229-2+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 39 readings: climbing, #257 to #229 (best #218, worst #257).
Top rated · #no-ai485-1-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: climbing, #516 to #485 (best #455, worst #517).
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.