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itch.ioRank 5022026-10-10

the mountain is as it always was

by christine mi

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Velocity

+0.006

the mountain is as it always was Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.01 to 0.01 (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 2026-10-10. 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 the mountain is as it always was, 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: 155 to 158, up 3, the change came at a steady pace.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 cared155158+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 11155
Sep 12155
Sep 13156
Sep 14156
Sep 15156
Sep 16156
Sep 17156
Sep 18156
Sep 19156
Sep 20157
Sep 21157
Sep 22157
Sep 23157
Sep 24157
Sep 25157
Sep 26157
Sep 27157
Sep 28157
Sep 29157
Sep 30157
Oct 1157
Oct 2157
Oct 3157
Oct 4157
Oct 5157
Oct 6157
Oct 7157
Oct 8157
Oct 9158
Oct 10158
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-10
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion158+1+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 Novel3530-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 43 readings: slipping, #343 to #353 (best #343, worst #355).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated813+4+11Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 52 readings: holding, #813 to #813 (best #810, worst #825).
On 7 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #bitsy600Position on itch.io's Top rated · #bitsy chart across 43 readings: holding, #6 to #6 (best #6, worst #6).
Top rated · #1-bit700Position on itch.io's Top rated · #1-bit chart across 52 readings: holding, #7 to #7 (best #7, worst #7).
Top rated · #minimalist800Position on itch.io's Top rated · #minimalist chart across 32 readings: holding, #8 to #8 (best #8, worst #8).
Top rated · #indie48+1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #indie chart across 32 readings: slipping, #45 to #48 (best #45, worst #49).
Top rated · #narrative650-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 32 readings: slipping, #64 to #65 (best #64, worst #65).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction1630+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 32 readings: holding, #163 to #163 (best #163, worst #165).
Top rated · #pixel-art174+3+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 32 readings: climbing, #183 to #174 (best #174, worst #185).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.90 / 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.