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itch.ioRank 19412026-10-10

I Wish I Were the Moon

by Daniel Benmergui

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.005

I Wish I Were the Moon Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.00 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 I Wish I Were the Moon, 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: 186 to 187, up 1, most of that change came late 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 cared186187+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 11186
Sep 12186
Sep 13186
Sep 14186
Sep 15186
Sep 16186
Sep 17186
Sep 18186
Sep 19186
Sep 20186
Sep 21186
Sep 22186
Sep 23186
Sep 24186
Sep 25186
Sep 26186
Sep 27186
Sep 28186
Sep 29186
Sep 30186
Oct 1186
Oct 2186
Oct 3187
Oct 4187
Oct 5187
Oct 6187
Oct 7187
Oct 8187
Oct 9187
Oct 10187
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-10
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion1870+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

Categories

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · Puzzle198+3+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · Puzzle chart across 43 readings: climbing, #202 to #198 (best #198, worst #204).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,549-1-5Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 52 readings: climbing, #1550 to #1549 (best #1541, worst #1566).
On 3 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #artgame39+1+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #artgame chart across 50 readings: climbing, #40 to #39 (best #39, worst #41).
Top rated · #short283+50Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 32 readings: climbing, #286 to #283 (best #282, worst #288).
Top rated · #pixel-art349+30Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 32 readings: climbing, #354 to #349 (best #348, worst #354).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.73 / 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.