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itch.ioRank 20782026-10-17

Don't Pick Up Stray Aliens!

by YoruBox

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Velocity

-0.005

Don't Pick Up Stray Aliens! Velocity, last 14 days: rising 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 2026-10-17. 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 Don't Pick Up Stray Aliens!, 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: 230 to 257, up 27, 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 cared230257+27
  • 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 18230
Sep 19230
Sep 20231
Sep 21234
Sep 22233
Sep 23233
Sep 24234
Sep 25235
Sep 26236
Sep 27238
Sep 28238
Sep 29238
Sep 30238
Oct 1239
Oct 2239
Oct 3240
Oct 4243
Oct 5243
Oct 6244
Oct 7244
Oct 8244
Oct 9246
Oct 10249
Oct 11253
Oct 12254
Oct 13254
Oct 14254
Oct 15254
Oct 16256
Oct 17257
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion257+8+28

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 · Visual Novel290+6+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: climbing, #344 to #290 (best #279, worst #344).
Top sellers · Visual Novel348Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 7 readings: slipping, #126 to #348 (best #126, worst #348).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated657-7+15Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: climbing, #794 to #657 (best #628, worst #873).
Top sellers2,337-1,750Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 8 readings: slipping, #587 to #2337 (best #587, worst #2337).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #aliens6+1+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #aliens chart across 58 readings: climbing, #8 to #6 (best #6, worst #8).
Top rated · #indie380-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #indie chart across 39 readings: climbing, #39 to #38 (best #36, worst #39).
Top rated · #renpy380+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #renpy chart across 39 readings: climbing, #40 to #38 (best #38, worst #40).
Top rated · #anime51+3+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #anime chart across 57 readings: climbing, #64 to #51 (best #51, worst #64).
Top rated · #female-protagonist76+1+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 40 readings: climbing, #84 to #76 (best #73, worst #84).
Top rated · #otome107+1+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #otome chart across 39 readings: climbing, #116 to #107 (best #100, worst #116).
Top rated · #dating-sim142+1+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 41 readings: climbing, #153 to #142 (best #134, worst #153).
Top rated · #romance212+4+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 39 readings: climbing, #231 to #212 (best #205, worst #231).
Top rated · #no-ai288+4+6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: climbing, #315 to #288 (best #277, worst #315).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.84 / 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

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