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itch.ioRank 10312026-10-09

Within a Dead City

by Joshua Galecki

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

Within a Dead City Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.03 to 0.00 (low -0.03, 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 2026-10-09. Topic views and comments did not. We also have itch.io chart positions for it, which is the fourth component. It was observed on 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 Within a Dead City, 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: 36 to 35, down 1, the change came at a steady pace.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 cared3635-1
  • 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 1036
Sep 1136
Sep 1236
Sep 1336
Sep 1436
Sep 1536
Sep 1636
Sep 1736
Sep 1836
Sep 1936
Sep 2036
Sep 2136
Sep 2236
Sep 2335
Sep 2435
Sep 2535
Sep 2635
Sep 2735
Sep 2835
Sep 2935
Sep 3035
Oct 135
Oct 235
Oct 335
Oct 435
Oct 535
Oct 635
Oct 735
Oct 835
Oct 935
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-09
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion350-1

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 · Strategy237-3+11Position on itch.io's Top rated · Strategy chart across 42 readings: climbing, #244 to #237 (best #234, worst #252).
Top rated · Simulation561-90Position on itch.io's Top rated · Simulation chart across 42 readings: slipping, #551 to #561 (best #534, worst #562).
On 8 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #real-time-strategy210+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #real-time-strategy chart across 31 readings: holding, #21 to #21 (best #21, worst #22).
Top rated · #management66-1+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #management chart across 31 readings: climbing, #69 to #66 (best #64, worst #70).
Top rated · #exploration325-5+9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #exploration chart across 32 readings: climbing, #333 to #325 (best #314, worst #337).
Top rated · #fantasy675-8-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fantasy chart across 32 readings: slipping, #665 to #675 (best #657, worst #675).
Top rated · #atmospheric923-140Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 49 readings: slipping, #920 to #923 (best #888, worst #929).
Top rated · #short1,385-15+20Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 31 readings: climbing, #1403 to #1385 (best #1353, worst #1418).
Top rated · #pixel-art1,574-5+32Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 31 readings: climbing, #1606 to #1574 (best #1553, worst #1626).
Top rated · #2d1,821-8+31Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 51 readings: climbing, #1831 to #1821 (best #1781, worst #1877).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.77 / 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.