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itch.ioRank 5432026-10-14

Side Hustle

by Wastyr

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.006

Side Hustle Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.02 to 0.01 (low -0.02, high 0.02).

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 2026-10-14. 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 Side Hustle, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-15 to 2026-10-14, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 160 to 164, up 4, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%Sep 15Oct 14Ratings

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 15 to Oct 14

  • Ratings — people finished and cared160164+4
  • 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 15160
Sep 16160
Sep 17160
Sep 18160
Sep 19160
Sep 20160
Sep 21160
Sep 22160
Sep 23160
Sep 24160
Sep 25160
Sep 26160
Sep 27160
Sep 28161
Sep 29161
Sep 30163
Oct 1163
Oct 2163
Oct 3163
Oct 4163
Oct 5163
Oct 6163
Oct 7163
Oct 8163
Oct 9163
Oct 10164
Oct 11164
Oct 12164
Oct 13164
Oct 14164
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-14
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion164+1+4

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 · Adventure536-171Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Adventure chart across 11 readings: slipping, #173 to #536 (best #102, worst #536).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers5,919-101-200Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 55 readings: slipping, #5727 to #5919 (best #534, worst #5919).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #psx222+6+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psx chart across 36 readings: slipping, #212 to #222 (best #210, worst #228).
Top rated · #dark453+30-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark chart across 38 readings: slipping, #422 to #453 (best #417, worst #483).
Top rated · #creepy554+31+8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #creepy chart across 38 readings: slipping, #524 to #554 (best #517, worst #587).
Top rated · #first-person602+42+12Position on itch.io's Top rated · #first-person chart across 37 readings: slipping, #566 to #602 (best #554, worst #644).
Top rated · #3d813+54+17Position on itch.io's Top rated · #3d chart across 56 readings: slipping, #775 to #813 (best #750, worst #869).
Top rated · #retro1,065+52-70Position on itch.io's Top rated · #retro chart across 31 readings: slipping, #997 to #1065 (best #988, worst #1120).
Top rated · #atmospheric1,223+79+7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 54 readings: slipping, #1164 to #1223 (best #1120, worst #1302).
Top rated · #horror1,833+129-115Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 30 readings: slipping, #1725 to #1833 (best #1705, worst #1962).
Top rated · #short1,938+88-159Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 20 readings: slipping, #1784 to #1938 (best #1765, worst #2029).
Top rated · #singleplayer2,188-167Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 12 readings: slipping, #2023 to #2188 (best #2002, worst #2188).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.38 / 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.