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itch.ioRank 20392026-10-17

A Simple Test

by BenBonk

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Velocity

-0.005

A Simple Test Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.01 to -0.00 (low -0.01, 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 2026-10-17. 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 A Simple Test, 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: 205 to 208, up 3, 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 cared205208+3
  • 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 18205
Sep 19205
Sep 20205
Sep 21205
Sep 22205
Sep 23205
Sep 24205
Sep 25205
Sep 26205
Sep 27205
Sep 28205
Sep 29206
Sep 30206
Oct 1206
Oct 2207
Oct 3207
Oct 4208
Oct 5208
Oct 6208
Oct 7208
Oct 8208
Oct 9208
Oct 10208
Oct 11208
Oct 12208
Oct 13208
Oct 14208
Oct 15208
Oct 16208
Oct 17208
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion2080+3

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 · Simulation389+11+5Position on itch.io's Top rated · Simulation chart across 50 readings: slipping, #381 to #389 (best #381, worst #409).
Top rated · Adventure892+25+14Position on itch.io's Top rated · Adventure chart across 50 readings: climbing, #894 to #892 (best #883, worst #943).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated4,821-30+36Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #4740 to #4821 (best #4740, worst #4939).
On 8 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #dark-humor840+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark-humor chart across 41 readings: climbing, #86 to #84 (best #84, worst #87).
Top rated · #unity200-2+5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #unity chart across 39 readings: climbing, #203 to #200 (best #198, worst #209).
Top rated · #comedy333-1+5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #comedy chart across 41 readings: climbing, #335 to #333 (best #332, worst #339).
Top rated · #narrative394-2-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 39 readings: slipping, #389 to #394 (best #388, worst #399).
Top rated · #story-rich6720+9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 39 readings: climbing, #675 to #672 (best #671, worst #694).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction806-50Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 39 readings: slipping, #802 to #806 (best #798, worst #817).
Top rated · #pixel-art1,086-7+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 39 readings: slipping, #1083 to #1086 (best #1078, worst #1116).
Top rated · #2d1,273-10+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 59 readings: slipping, #1235 to #1273 (best #1235, worst #1315).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.48 / 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.