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itch.ioRank 16762026-10-09

HIKEBACK

by CLOWN

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.003

HIKEBACK Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.00 to -0.00 (low -0.01, 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 2026-10-09. 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 HIKEBACK, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-11 to 2026-10-10, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 333 to 336, up 3, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Sep 11Oct 10Ratings

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 11 to Oct 10

  • Ratings — people finished and cared333336+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 11333
Sep 12333
Sep 13333
Sep 14333
Sep 15333
Sep 16333
Sep 17333
Sep 18334
Sep 19334
Sep 20334
Sep 21334
Sep 22334
Sep 23334
Sep 24334
Sep 25335
Sep 26336
Sep 27336
Sep 28336
Sep 29336
Sep 30336
Oct 1336
Oct 2336
Oct 3336
Oct 4336
Oct 5336
Oct 6336
Oct 7336
Oct 8336
Oct 9336
Oct 10336
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-10
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion3360+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 · Visual Novel191-1+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 42 readings: holding, #191 to #191 (best #189, worst #195).
Top sellers · Visual Novel777-21-35Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 42 readings: slipping, #127 to #777 (best #127, worst #781).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated412-1+5Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 52 readings: climbing, #413 to #412 (best #409, worst #420).
Top sellers5,259+13-166Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 52 readings: slipping, #5099 to #5259 (best #721, worst #5277).
On 8 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #time-travel30+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #time-travel chart across 31 readings: climbing, #4 to #3 (best #3, worst #4).
Top rated · #renpy260+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #renpy chart across 31 readings: climbing, #27 to #26 (best #26, worst #27).
Top rated · #dark270+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark chart across 33 readings: climbing, #28 to #27 (best #27, worst #28).
Top rated · #psychological-horror37-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 31 readings: slipping, #36 to #37 (best #35, worst #37).
Top rated · #narrative4000Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 31 readings: holding, #40 to #40 (best #40, worst #41).
Top rated · #atmospheric4800Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 49 readings: holding, #48 to #48 (best #47, worst #49).
Top rated · #short650+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 31 readings: climbing, #68 to #65 (best #65, worst #68).
Top rated · #horror112-2-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 31 readings: climbing, #113 to #112 (best #109, worst #113).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.87 / 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.