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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

The Simpler Times

by goobst

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Velocity

0.000

The Simpler Times Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.05 to 0.00 (low -0.05, 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 2026-10-17. 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 Simpler Times, 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: 38 to 40, up 2, most of that change came early in the window.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 cared3840+2
  • 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 1838
Sep 1938
Sep 2038
Sep 2138
Sep 2238
Sep 2339
Sep 2439
Sep 2539
Sep 2640
Sep 2740
Sep 2840
Sep 2940
Sep 3040
Oct 140
Oct 240
Oct 340
Oct 440
Oct 540
Oct 640
Oct 740
Oct 840
Oct 940
Oct 1040
Oct 1140
Oct 1240
Oct 1340
Oct 1440
Oct 1540
Oct 1640
Oct 1740
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion400+2

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 · Other997-8-87Position on itch.io's Top rated · Other chart across 50 readings: slipping, #949 to #997 (best #880, worst #998).
On 2 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #simple82-1-14Position on itch.io's Top rated · #simple chart across 39 readings: slipping, #68 to #82 (best #67, worst #82).
Top rated · #physics2300-28Position on itch.io's Top rated · #physics chart across 39 readings: slipping, #201 to #230 (best #200, worst #232).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-29
Price
free
Average rating
4.47 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-08-29. 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.