Velocity

-0.006

Descent Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.01 to -0.01 (low -0.01, high 0.01).

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 Descent, 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: 178 to 180, up 2, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%-50%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. The axis runs past its ends because a counter went beyond its final value inside the window and came back — a deleted comment, a withdrawn rating. The scale is widened rather than the curve clipped, so the round trip stays visible.

Series — over Sep 18 to Oct 17

  • Ratings — people finished and cared178 to 180up +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.

Daily counters for Descent across the charted window
DayRatings
Sep 18178
Sep 19178
Sep 20178
Sep 21178
Sep 22177
Sep 23177
Sep 24177
Sep 25177
Sep 26177
Sep 27177
Sep 28177
Sep 29177
Sep 30177
Oct 1177
Oct 2177
Oct 3177
Oct 4177
Oct 5177
Oct 6178
Oct 7179
Oct 8179
Oct 9179
Oct 10179
Oct 11179
Oct 12179
Oct 13179
Oct 14180
Oct 15180
Oct 16180
Oct 17180
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
Current counters for Descent, with their 7- and 30-day changes
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion180up +1up +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

All of itch.io

All of itch.io: where itch.io's own charts have placed Descent
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top ratedposition 4,703up +72down -6Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #4544 to #4703 (best #4544, worst #4828).
On 10 tag charts
Tag charts: where itch.io's own charts have placed Descent
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #isometricposition 19up +1unchanged 0Position on itch.io's Top rated · #isometric chart across 39 readings: slipping, #18 to #19 (best #18, worst #20).
Top rated · #aliensposition 27up +1up +1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #aliens chart across 58 readings: holding, #27 to #27 (best #27, worst #29).
Top rated · #non-violentposition 52down -1down -1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #non-violent chart across 39 readings: slipping, #51 to #52 (best #51, worst #52).
Top rated · #spaceposition 64unchanged 0down -2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #space chart across 39 readings: slipping, #61 to #64 (best #61, worst #64).
Top rated · #science-fictionposition 187up +4up +1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #science-fiction chart across 39 readings: slipping, #185 to #187 (best #185, worst #191).
Top rated · #creepyposition 294up +5unchanged 0Position on itch.io's Top rated · #creepy chart across 41 readings: slipping, #291 to #294 (best #290, worst #305).
Top rated · #psychological-horrorposition 352up +1down -12Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 39 readings: slipping, #331 to #352 (best #330, worst #367).
Top rated · #retroposition 495up +6down -4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #retro chart across 39 readings: slipping, #482 to #495 (best #482, worst #502).
Top rated · #interactive-fictionposition 778up +19up +6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 39 readings: slipping, #765 to #778 (best #764, worst #800).
Top rated · #horrorposition 998up +17unchanged 0Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 39 readings: slipping, #974 to #998 (best #972, worst #1068).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.51 / 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.