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itch.ioRank 16712026-10-09

What Lurks Below

by JamesKelly

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.003

What Lurks Below Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, -0.00 to -0.00 (low -0.01, 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 2026-10-09. 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 What Lurks Below, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-10 to 2026-10-09, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 335 to 339, up 4, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Sep 10Oct 9Ratings

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 10 to Oct 9

  • Ratings — people finished and cared335339+4
  • 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 10335
Sep 11335
Sep 12336
Sep 13336
Sep 14336
Sep 15337
Sep 16337
Sep 17337
Sep 18337
Sep 19337
Sep 20337
Sep 21338
Sep 22338
Sep 23338
Sep 24338
Sep 25338
Sep 26338
Sep 27338
Sep 28338
Sep 29339
Sep 30339
Oct 1339
Oct 2339
Oct 3339
Oct 4339
Oct 5339
Oct 6339
Oct 7339
Oct 8339
Oct 9339
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-09
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion3390+4

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 · Simulation15900Position on itch.io's Top rated · Simulation chart across 42 readings: climbing, #162 to #159 (best #159, worst #164).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,730-10+6Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 51 readings: climbing, #1777 to #1730 (best #1717, worst #1796).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #lovecraft700Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lovecraft chart across 31 readings: holding, #7 to #7 (best #7, worst #7).
Top rated · #ludum-dare-5790-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #ludum-dare-57 chart across 31 readings: slipping, #8 to #9 (best #8, worst #9).
Top rated · #clicker160+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #clicker chart across 33 readings: climbing, #17 to #16 (best #16, worst #17).
Top rated · #idle2300Position on itch.io's Top rated · #idle chart across 31 readings: holding, #23 to #23 (best #23, worst #23).
Top rated · #incremental2900Position on itch.io's Top rated · #incremental chart across 31 readings: holding, #29 to #29 (best #28, worst #29).
Top rated · #spooky46-2+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #spooky chart across 31 readings: climbing, #50 to #46 (best #44, worst #50).
Top rated · #short3130+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 31 readings: climbing, #317 to #313 (best #312, worst #320).
Top rated · #horror408-3-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 31 readings: climbing, #409 to #408 (best #403, worst #409).
Top rated · #no-ai752-8-12Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 31 readings: slipping, #743 to #752 (best #739, worst #755).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.60 / 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.