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itch.ioRank 12512026-10-18

Trust the Watchers

by Bad Lights Games

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

Trust the Watchers Velocity, last 14 days: flat 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 2026-10-18. Topic views and comments did not. We also have itch.io chart positions for it, which is the fourth component. It was observed on 13 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 Trust the Watchers, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-19 to 2026-10-18, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 70 to 71, up 1, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Sep 19Oct 18Ratings

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 19 to Oct 18

  • Ratings — people finished and cared7071+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 1970
Sep 2071
Sep 2171
Sep 2271
Sep 2371
Sep 2471
Sep 2571
Sep 2671
Sep 2771
Sep 2871
Sep 2971
Sep 3071
Oct 171
Oct 271
Oct 371
Oct 471
Oct 571
Oct 671
Oct 771
Oct 871
Oct 971
Oct 1071
Oct 1171
Oct 1271
Oct 1371
Oct 1471
Oct 1571
Oct 1671
Oct 1771
Oct 1871
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-18
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion710+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

On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #survival599-12-65Position on itch.io's Top rated · #survival chart across 40 readings: slipping, #531 to #599 (best #530, worst #599).
Top rated · #unity747-12-61Position on itch.io's Top rated · #unity chart across 40 readings: slipping, #684 to #747 (best #683, worst #747).
Top rated · #dark7600-56Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark chart across 42 readings: slipping, #698 to #760 (best #698, worst #775).
Top rated · #creepy992-12-82Position on itch.io's Top rated · #creepy chart across 42 readings: slipping, #909 to #992 (best #909, worst #992).
Top rated · #first-person1,148-8-84Position on itch.io's Top rated · #first-person chart across 40 readings: slipping, #1059 to #1148 (best #1058, worst #1155).
Top rated · #fantasy1,338-9-76Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fantasy chart across 41 readings: slipping, #1256 to #1338 (best #1256, worst #1343).
Top rated · #3d1,592-15-128Position on itch.io's Top rated · #3d chart across 60 readings: slipping, #1449 to #1592 (best #1447, worst #1592).
Top rated · #retro1,985-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #retro chart across 28 readings: slipping, #1833 to #1985 (best #1833, worst #1985).
Top rated · #atmospheric2,148-20-158Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 55 readings: slipping, #1971 to #2148 (best #1969, worst #2158).
Top rated · #horror3,108-30Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 19 readings: slipping, #2868 to #3108 (best #2868, worst #3146).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.35 / 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.