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itch.ioRank 25652026-10-16

Swap Wand User

by Passerine

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Velocity

-0.030

Swap Wand User Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.07 to -0.03 (low -0.07, 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 2026-10-16. 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 Swap Wand User, 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: 29 to 34, up 5, most of that change came early in the window.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 cared2934+5
  • 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 1829
Sep 1929
Sep 2030
Sep 2130
Sep 2230
Sep 2330
Sep 2431
Sep 2532
Sep 2632
Sep 2732
Sep 2832
Sep 2932
Sep 3032
Oct 133
Oct 233
Oct 333
Oct 433
Oct 533
Oct 633
Oct 733
Oct 833
Oct 934
Oct 1034
Oct 1134
Oct 1234
Oct 1334
Oct 1434
Oct 1534
Oct 1634
Oct 1734
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion340+5

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 · Puzzle608+2-29Position on itch.io's Top rated · Puzzle chart across 50 readings: climbing, #673 to #608 (best #577, worst #673).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated4,519-21-213Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: climbing, #4672 to #4519 (best #4281, worst #4978).
On 6 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #word-game1000Position on itch.io's Top rated · #word-game chart across 39 readings: climbing, #11 to #10 (best #10, worst #11).
Top rated · #science-fiction181+3-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #science-fiction chart across 39 readings: climbing, #182 to #181 (best #172, worst #190).
Top rated · #text-based210-2-8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #text-based chart across 39 readings: climbing, #212 to #210 (best #200, worst #218).
Top rated · #narrative361+1-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 39 readings: slipping, #360 to #361 (best #346, worst #389).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction755-4-21Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 39 readings: slipping, #754 to #755 (best #731, worst #791).
Top rated · #no-ai1,870-19-122Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #1808 to #1870 (best #1728, worst #1974).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.88 / 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.