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itch.ioRank 6902026-10-14

ARD: Anomalous Research Department (DEMO)

by Modus Interactive

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.004

ARD: Anomalous Research Department (DEMO) Velocity, last 14 days: rising 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 2026-10-14. 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 ARD: Anomalous Research Department (DEMO), 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-15 to 2026-10-14, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 240 to 243, up 3, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%Sep 15Oct 14Ratings

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 15 to Oct 14

  • Ratings — people finished and cared240243+3
  • 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 15240
Sep 16240
Sep 17240
Sep 18240
Sep 19240
Sep 20240
Sep 21240
Sep 22240
Sep 23241
Sep 24241
Sep 25241
Sep 26241
Sep 27241
Sep 28242
Sep 29242
Sep 30242
Oct 1242
Oct 2242
Oct 3242
Oct 4242
Oct 5242
Oct 6242
Oct 7242
Oct 8242
Oct 9242
Oct 10242
Oct 11242
Oct 12243
Oct 13243
Oct 14243
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-14
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion243+1+3

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 · Simulation97+2-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · Simulation chart across 47 readings: slipping, #91 to #97 (best #90, worst #100).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,080+22-30Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 56 readings: slipping, #1037 to #1080 (best #1036, worst #1102).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #lo-fi1100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lo-fi chart across 36 readings: holding, #11 to #11 (best #11, worst #11).
Top rated · #psx20+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psx chart across 36 readings: holding, #20 to #20 (best #20, worst #21).
Top rated · #spooky24+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #spooky chart across 36 readings: holding, #24 to #24 (best #24, worst #25).
Top rated · #exploration4300Position on itch.io's Top rated · #exploration chart across 37 readings: holding, #43 to #43 (best #43, worst #43).
Top rated · #first-person57+2-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #first-person chart across 37 readings: slipping, #55 to #57 (best #55, worst #60).
Top rated · #mystery80+2-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #mystery chart across 36 readings: slipping, #75 to #80 (best #75, worst #82).
Top rated · #short186+4-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 36 readings: slipping, #180 to #186 (best #180, worst #192).
Top rated · #singleplayer226+4-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 36 readings: slipping, #217 to #226 (best #217, worst #232).
Top rated · #horror257+6-14Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 36 readings: slipping, #243 to #257 (best #243, worst #263).
Top rated · #2d278+7-9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 56 readings: slipping, #269 to #278 (best #268, worst #286).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.75 / 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.