itch.ioRank 14672026-10-11

Death Spiral

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Velocity

-0.001

Death Spiral Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.01 to -0.00 (low -0.02, high 0.02).

Confidence 50%

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, comments and ratings had a measurable acceleration on 2026-10-11. Topic views 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

Comments are running ahead of ratings.

By the average day in this window, comments had taken 56% of their change and ratings 49%. The shaded band is that gap.

Lead and lag for Death Spiral, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-12 to 2026-10-11, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Comments are running ahead of ratings. Furthest apart on 2026-09-30, 17 points between comments and ratings. Comments: 319 to 352, up 33, the change came at a steady pace. Ratings: 800 to 897, up 97, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%Sep 12Oct 1117 pts apartCommentsRatings

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 12 to Oct 11

  • Comments — people are talking319 to 352up +33
  • Ratings — people finished and cared800 to 897up +97
  • Topic views 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.

Daily counters for Death Spiral across the charted window
DayCommentsRatings
Sep 12319800
Sep 13319804
Sep 14322806
Sep 15325810
Sep 16327817
Sep 17328818
Sep 18328818
Sep 19329818
Sep 20329820
Sep 21329823
Sep 22330825
Sep 23335832
Sep 24337837
Sep 25337841
Sep 26338846
Sep 27339851
Sep 28339854
Sep 29343857
Sep 30344857
Oct 1345862
Oct 2345863
Oct 3346869
Oct 4346873
Oct 5347880
Oct 6347881
Oct 7348887
Oct 8350890
Oct 9350891
Oct 10351895
Oct 11352897
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-11
Current counters for Death Spiral, with their 7- and 30-day changes
CounterNow7d30d
Comments intent352up +6up +35
Ratings conversion897up +24up +99

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

Categories: where itch.io's own charts have placed Death Spiral
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · Actionposition 8up +1up +2Position on itch.io's Top rated · Action chart across 44 readings: climbing, #10 to #8 (best #8, worst #10).

All of itch.io

All of itch.io: where itch.io's own charts have placed Death Spiral
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top ratedposition 184up +6up +25Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 53 readings: climbing, #296 to #184 (best #184, worst #296).
On 7 tag charts
Tag charts: where itch.io's own charts have placed Death Spiral
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #one-buttonposition 1unchanged 0unchanged 0Position on itch.io's Top rated · #one-button chart across 33 readings: holding, #1 to #1 (best #1, worst #1).
Top rated · #godotposition 2unchanged 0unchanged 0Position on itch.io's Top rated · #godot chart across 33 readings: holding, #2 to #2 (best #2, worst #2).
Top rated · #dark-humorposition 7unchanged 0up +1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark-humor chart across 35 readings: climbing, #8 to #7 (best #7, worst #8).
Top rated · #roguelikeposition 8unchanged 0up +1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #roguelike chart across 33 readings: climbing, #9 to #8 (best #8, worst #9).
Top rated · #horrorposition 50up +4up +5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 33 readings: climbing, #56 to #50 (best #50, worst #56).
Top rated · #2dposition 57up +2up +5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 53 readings: climbing, #83 to #57 (best #57, worst #83).
Top rated · #no-aiposition 82up +1up +11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 33 readings: climbing, #95 to #82 (best #82, worst #95).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.81 / 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.

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.