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HOW MANY DUDES? Pre-Alpha Demo

by Butterscotch Shenanigans

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Velocity

+0.004

HOW MANY DUDES? Pre-Alpha Demo Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.02 to 0.00 (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 2026-10-16. 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 HOW MANY DUDES? Pre-Alpha Demo, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-17 to 2026-10-16, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 219 to 231, up 12, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Sep 17Oct 16Ratings

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 17 to Oct 16

  • Ratings — people finished and cared219231+12
  • 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 17219
Sep 18219
Sep 19221
Sep 20222
Sep 21222
Sep 22225
Sep 23225
Sep 24225
Sep 25226
Sep 26226
Sep 27226
Sep 28226
Sep 29226
Sep 30226
Oct 1226
Oct 2226
Oct 3226
Oct 4226
Oct 5226
Oct 6227
Oct 7228
Oct 8228
Oct 9228
Oct 10229
Oct 11230
Oct 12230
Oct 13230
Oct 14230
Oct 15230
Oct 16231
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-16
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion231+3+12

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 · Simulation1700-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · Simulation chart across 49 readings: slipping, #168 to #170 (best #165, worst #174).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,790+43+16Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 58 readings: climbing, #1865 to #1790 (best #1790, worst #1877).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #clicker18+1+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #clicker chart across 40 readings: climbing, #19 to #18 (best #17, worst #19).
Top rated · #gmtkjam1800Position on itch.io's Top rated · #gmtkjam chart across 38 readings: climbing, #19 to #18 (best #18, worst #19).
Top rated · #incremental320-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #incremental chart across 38 readings: slipping, #30 to #32 (best #29, worst #32).
Top rated · #roguelike64+1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #roguelike chart across 38 readings: slipping, #63 to #64 (best #63, worst #66).
Top rated · #funny80+20Position on itch.io's Top rated · #funny chart across 38 readings: climbing, #81 to #80 (best #79, worst #85).
Top rated · #comedy136-1-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #comedy chart across 40 readings: slipping, #133 to #136 (best #131, worst #140).
Top rated · #singleplayer394+7+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 38 readings: climbing, #398 to #394 (best #392, worst #415).
Top rated · #2d460+4+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 58 readings: climbing, #479 to #460 (best #457, worst #482).
Top rated · #no-ai789+5-14Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 38 readings: slipping, #775 to #789 (best #772, worst #811).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.66 / 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.