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itch.ioRank 26862026-10-16

Backyard$0

by Guilty Roses

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.065

Backyard Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.00 to -0.06 (low -0.06, 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 2026-10-16. Topic views and comments did not. We also have itch.io chart positions for it, which is the fourth component. It was observed on 13 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 Backyard, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-17 to 2026-10-16, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 31 to 33, up 2, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 17Oct 16Ratings

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 17 to Oct 16

  • Ratings — people finished and cared3133+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 1731
Sep 1831
Sep 1931
Sep 2031
Sep 2131
Sep 2231
Sep 2331
Sep 2431
Sep 2531
Sep 2631
Sep 2731
Sep 2831
Sep 2931
Oct 131
Oct 231
Oct 331
Oct 431
Oct 532
Oct 632
Oct 732
Oct 833
Oct 933
Oct 1033
Oct 1133
Oct 1233
Oct 1333
Oct 1433
Oct 1533
Oct 1633
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-16
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion330+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 sellers · Adventure95700Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Adventure chart across 49 readings: slipping, #924 to #957 (best #160, worst #1005).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers4,269-250-356Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 59 readings: slipping, #799 to #4269 (best #594, worst #4269).
On 4 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #psx830-6-74Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psx chart across 34 readings: slipping, #751 to #830 (best #701, worst #830).
Top rated · #psychological-horror1,963-8-172Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 38 readings: slipping, #1782 to #1963 (best #1738, worst #1963).
Top rated · #first-person2,226-7-201Position on itch.io's Top rated · #first-person chart across 21 readings: slipping, #2025 to #2226 (best #1921, worst #2226).
Top rated · #story-rich2,481-167-121Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 17 readings: slipping, #2349 to #2481 (best #2301, worst #2481).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
paid
Average rating
4.15 / 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.