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itch.ioRank 1522026-10-16

Scam Artist - Demo

by greenpixels_

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Velocity

+0.032

Scam Artist - Demo Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.01 to 0.03 (low -0.02, high 0.03).

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 2026-10-16. 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 Scam Artist - Demo, 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: 89 to 98, up 9, 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 cared8998+9
  • 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 1889
Sep 1990
Sep 2090
Sep 2190
Sep 2291
Sep 2392
Sep 2492
Sep 2593
Sep 2693
Sep 2793
Sep 2893
Sep 2994
Sep 3094
Oct 194
Oct 295
Oct 395
Oct 495
Oct 595
Oct 695
Oct 795
Oct 895
Oct 995
Oct 1095
Oct 1195
Oct 1297
Oct 1398
Oct 1498
Oct 1598
Oct 1698
Oct 1798
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion98+3+10

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 · Other211+24+73Position on itch.io's Top rated · Other chart across 50 readings: climbing, #304 to #211 (best #210, worst #304).
Top rated · Simulation316+34+62Position on itch.io's Top rated · Simulation chart across 50 readings: climbing, #403 to #316 (best #316, worst #405).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated3,844+264+740Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: climbing, #4878 to #3844 (best #3821, worst #5107).
New & popular6,860-5,498Position on itch.io's New & popular chart across 10 readings: slipping, #210 to #6860 (best #210, worst #6860).
Newest6,994Position on itch.io's Newest chart across 4 readings: slipping, #5089 to #6994 (best #5089, worst #6994).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #touch-friendly16+2+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #touch-friendly chart across 39 readings: climbing, #21 to #16 (best #16, worst #21).
Top rated · #management33+3+12Position on itch.io's Top rated · #management chart across 39 readings: climbing, #46 to #33 (best #33, worst #46).
Top rated · #idle56+4+9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #idle chart across 39 readings: climbing, #65 to #56 (best #55, worst #65).
Top rated · #incremental66+4+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #incremental chart across 39 readings: climbing, #75 to #66 (best #64, worst #76).
Top rated · #dark-humor84Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark-humor chart across 5 readings: climbing, #87 to #84 (best #84, worst #87).
Top rated · #comedy272+12+52Position on itch.io's Top rated · #comedy chart across 41 readings: climbing, #336 to #272 (best #272, worst #336).
Top rated · #story-rich661Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 4 readings: climbing, #676 to #661 (best #657, worst #676).
Top rated · #pixel-art887+64+179Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 39 readings: climbing, #1084 to #887 (best #880, worst #1084).
Top rated · #no-ai1,602+89+299Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: climbing, #1938 to #1602 (best #1579, worst #1938).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.67 / 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.