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itch.ioRank 17022026-10-08

Something Bad is on the Moon

by Matthew Ager

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.003

Something Bad is on the Moon Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.00 to -0.00 (low -0.00, high 0.00).

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 2026-10-08. 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 Something Bad is on the Moon, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-10 to 2026-10-09, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 338 to 339, up 1, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 10Oct 9Ratings

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 10 to Oct 9

  • Ratings — people finished and cared338339+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 10338
Sep 11338
Sep 12338
Sep 13338
Sep 14338
Sep 15338
Sep 16338
Sep 17338
Sep 18338
Sep 19338
Sep 20338
Sep 21338
Sep 22338
Sep 23338
Sep 24338
Sep 25338
Sep 26338
Sep 27338
Sep 28338
Sep 29339
Sep 30339
Oct 1339
Oct 2339
Oct 3339
Oct 4339
Oct 5339
Oct 6339
Oct 7339
Oct 8339
Oct 9339
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-09
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion3390+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 sellers · Adventure805-619+7Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Adventure chart across 42 readings: slipping, #763 to #805 (best #186, worst #851).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers3,440-2,461-70Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 51 readings: slipping, #3308 to #3440 (best #695, worst #3440).
On 7 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #psx635-14-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psx chart across 31 readings: slipping, #621 to #635 (best #620, worst #635).
Top rated · #unity1,138-23-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #unity chart across 31 readings: slipping, #1130 to #1138 (best #1110, worst #1138).
Top rated · #creepy1,388-43-22Position on itch.io's Top rated · #creepy chart across 33 readings: slipping, #1365 to #1388 (best #1339, worst #1388).
Top rated · #first-person1,717-47-39Position on itch.io's Top rated · #first-person chart across 31 readings: slipping, #1675 to #1717 (best #1664, worst #1717).
Top rated · #3d2,317+14Position on itch.io's Top rated · #3d chart across 16 readings: holding, #2317 to #2317 (best #2305, worst #2346).
Top rated · #retro2,799Position on itch.io's Top rated · #retro chart across 8 readings: slipping, #2764 to #2799 (best #2735, worst #2799).
Top rated · #atmospheric3,035Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 2 readings: slipping, #2984 to #3035 (best #2984, worst #3035).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
3.95 / 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.