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itch.ioRank 25282026-10-15

Hayato's Journey (SEGA Mega Drive & Genesis)

by Master Linkuei

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.027

Hayato's Journey (SEGA Mega Drive & Genesis) Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.03 to -0.03 (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 2026-10-15. 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 Hayato's Journey (SEGA Mega Drive & Genesis), 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-16 to 2026-10-15, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 36 to 38, up 2, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%Sep 16Oct 15Ratings

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 16 to Oct 15

  • Ratings — people finished and cared3638+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 1636
Sep 1736
Sep 1836
Sep 1936
Sep 2036
Sep 2136
Sep 2236
Sep 2336
Sep 2436
Sep 2536
Sep 2636
Sep 2736
Sep 2837
Sep 2937
Sep 3037
Oct 137
Oct 237
Oct 337
Oct 437
Oct 537
Oct 637
Oct 738
Oct 838
Oct 938
Oct 1038
Oct 1138
Oct 1238
Oct 1338
Oct 1438
Oct 1538
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-15
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion380+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 rated · Action286+2+22Position on itch.io's Top rated · Action chart across 48 readings: climbing, #315 to #286 (best #286, worst #316).
Top sellers · Action478-300-37Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Action chart across 48 readings: slipping, #412 to #478 (best #48, worst #478).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers620+915+2,502Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 57 readings: climbing, #1661 to #620 (best #461, worst #3370).
Top rated3,396+16+222Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 57 readings: climbing, #3706 to #3396 (best #3379, worst #3721).
On 4 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #mega-drive200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #mega-drive chart across 37 readings: holding, #2 to #2 (best #2, worst #2).
Top rated · #sega-genesis200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #sega-genesis chart across 37 readings: holding, #2 to #2 (best #2, worst #2).
Top rated · #homebrew90+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #homebrew chart across 37 readings: climbing, #10 to #9 (best #9, worst #10).
Top rated · #retro332+1+38Position on itch.io's Top rated · #retro chart across 37 readings: climbing, #369 to #332 (best #331, worst #371).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.92 / 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.