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itch.ioRank 10212026-10-12

Shadow King$4.95

by Johan Peitz

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Velocity

0.000

Shadow King Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 14 days, 0.00 to 0.00 (low 0.00, 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 2026-10-12. 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 Shadow King, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-13 to 2026-10-12, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 28 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 13Oct 12Ratings

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 13 to Oct 12

  • Ratings — people finished and cared28280
  • 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 1328
Sep 1428
Sep 1528
Sep 1628
Sep 1728
Sep 1828
Sep 1928
Sep 2028
Sep 2128
Sep 2228
Sep 2328
Sep 2428
Sep 2528
Sep 2628
Sep 2728
Sep 2828
Sep 2928
Sep 3028
Oct 128
Oct 228
Oct 328
Oct 428
Oct 528
Oct 628
Oct 728
Oct 828
Oct 928
Oct 1028
Oct 1128
Oct 1228
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-12
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion2800

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 · Platformer60+200+204Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Platformer chart across 45 readings: climbing, #236 to #60 (best #31, worst #273).
Top sellers · Adventure154+551+470Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Adventure chart across 45 readings: climbing, #599 to #154 (best #80, worst #705).
Top rated · Platformer532+2-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · Platformer chart across 45 readings: slipping, #523 to #532 (best #523, worst #535).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers1,059+1,857+1,716Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 54 readings: climbing, #2137 to #1059 (best #452, worst #2918).
On 8 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #lo-fi680-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lo-fi chart across 34 readings: slipping, #67 to #68 (best #66, worst #68).
Top rated · #metroidvania880-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #metroidvania chart across 34 readings: slipping, #87 to #88 (best #87, worst #88).
Top rated · #pico-811900Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pico-8 chart across 34 readings: holding, #119 to #119 (best #119, worst #120).
Top rated · #retro769+4-15Position on itch.io's Top rated · #retro chart across 34 readings: slipping, #752 to #769 (best #752, worst #775).
Top rated · #pixel-art1,6050-33Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 34 readings: slipping, #1568 to #1605 (best #1567, worst #1609).
Top rated · #singleplayer1,608+46-27Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 34 readings: slipping, #1575 to #1608 (best #1575, worst #1674).
Top rated · #2d1,843+17-32Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 54 readings: slipping, #1786 to #1843 (best #1785, worst #1866).
Top rated · #no-ai2,908-75Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 13 readings: slipping, #2784 to #2908 (best #2784, worst #2908).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
paid
Average rating
4.82 / 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.