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itch.ioRank 24032026-10-17

Hickory

by Daniel Graves

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.015

Hickory Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, -0.01 to -0.01 (low -0.02, 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 2026-10-17. 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 Hickory, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-18 to 2026-10-17, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 141 to 158, up 17, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%Sep 18Oct 17Ratings

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 18 to Oct 17

  • Ratings — people finished and cared141158+17
  • 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 18141
Sep 19142
Sep 20142
Sep 21144
Sep 22144
Sep 23144
Sep 24144
Sep 25144
Sep 26146
Sep 27146
Sep 28146
Sep 29147
Sep 30148
Oct 1148
Oct 2148
Oct 3148
Oct 4149
Oct 5150
Oct 6151
Oct 7151
Oct 8153
Oct 9154
Oct 10154
Oct 11155
Oct 12156
Oct 13156
Oct 14156
Oct 15157
Oct 16157
Oct 17158
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion158+4+17

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 · Action97+1+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · Action chart across 50 readings: climbing, #107 to #97 (best #96, worst #110).
Top rated · Simulation1260+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · Simulation chart across 50 readings: climbing, #130 to #126 (best #125, worst #135).
Top rated · Puzzle179+3+5Position on itch.io's Top rated · Puzzle chart across 50 readings: climbing, #189 to #179 (best #179, worst #192).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,358+29+69Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: climbing, #1670 to #1358 (best #1358, worst #1670).
New & popular6,615Position on itch.io's New & popular chart across 6 readings: slipping, #2499 to #6615 (best #2499, worst #6615).
On 8 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #gmtkjam1000Position on itch.io's Top rated · #gmtkjam chart across 39 readings: holding, #10 to #10 (best #10, worst #10).
Top rated · #minigames160+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #minigames chart across 39 readings: climbing, #17 to #16 (best #16, worst #17).
Top rated · #top-down200+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #top-down chart across 39 readings: climbing, #21 to #20 (best #20, worst #21).
Top rated · #hand-drawn35-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #hand-drawn chart across 39 readings: holding, #35 to #35 (best #34, worst #36).
Top rated · #arcade40+1+5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #arcade chart across 57 readings: climbing, #55 to #40 (best #40, worst #55).
Top rated · #unity48+1+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #unity chart across 39 readings: climbing, #54 to #48 (best #48, worst #54).
Top rated · #cute218+2+12Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cute chart across 41 readings: climbing, #231 to #218 (best #218, worst #234).
Top rated · #no-ai589+7+13Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: climbing, #614 to #589 (best #589, worst #623).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.80 / 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.