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itch.ioRank 25682026-10-17

The Lost Borealis Expedition

by darqwerful

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Velocity

-0.031

The Lost Borealis Expedition Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.05 to -0.03 (low -0.05, high 0.06).

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 The Lost Borealis Expedition, 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: 62 to 69, up 7, 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 cared6269+7
  • 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 1862
Sep 1962
Sep 2062
Sep 2163
Sep 2263
Sep 2363
Sep 2463
Sep 2564
Sep 2664
Sep 2765
Sep 2865
Sep 2965
Sep 3065
Oct 165
Oct 265
Oct 365
Oct 465
Oct 565
Oct 665
Oct 765
Oct 865
Oct 966
Oct 1068
Oct 1168
Oct 1269
Oct 1369
Oct 1469
Oct 1569
Oct 1669
Oct 1769
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion69+1+7

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 · Puzzle813-9-20Position on itch.io's Top rated · Puzzle chart across 50 readings: climbing, #895 to #813 (best #793, worst #895).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated5,866-136-143Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 31 readings: climbing, #5972 to #5866 (best #5721, worst #6113).
On 6 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #detective80-2-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #detective chart across 41 readings: climbing, #81 to #80 (best #76, worst #81).
Top rated · #mouse-only103-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #mouse-only chart across 39 readings: climbing, #108 to #103 (best #101, worst #108).
Top rated · #point-and-click340-6-16Position on itch.io's Top rated · #point-and-click chart across 39 readings: climbing, #341 to #340 (best #324, worst #346).
Top rated · #indie362-6-17Position on itch.io's Top rated · #indie chart across 39 readings: climbing, #366 to #362 (best #345, worst #392).
Top rated · #mystery378-6-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #mystery chart across 39 readings: climbing, #390 to #378 (best #368, worst #391).
Top rated · #2d1,553-36-50Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 59 readings: climbing, #1808 to #1553 (best #1503, worst #1809).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.65 / 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.