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itch.ioRank 10272026-10-11

Life’s Too Short (Playdate)$2

by Pixel Ghost

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Velocity

0.000

Life’s Too Short (Playdate) Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 14 days, 0.00 to 0.00 (low 0.00, 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 2026-10-11. 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 Life’s Too Short (Playdate), 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-13 to 2026-10-12, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 32 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 13Oct 12Ratings

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 13 to Oct 12

  • Ratings — people finished and cared32320
  • 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 1332
Sep 1432
Sep 1532
Sep 1632
Sep 1732
Sep 1832
Sep 1932
Sep 2032
Sep 2132
Sep 2232
Sep 2332
Sep 2432
Sep 2532
Sep 2632
Sep 2732
Sep 2832
Sep 2932
Sep 3032
Oct 132
Oct 232
Oct 332
Oct 432
Oct 532
Oct 632
Oct 732
Oct 832
Oct 932
Oct 1032
Oct 1132
Oct 1232
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-12
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion3200

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 sellers · Puzzle305+2-36Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Puzzle chart across 45 readings: slipping, #257 to #305 (best #253, worst #307).
Top sellers · Adventure545+95+18Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Adventure chart across 45 readings: slipping, #527 to #545 (best #527, worst #641).
Top rated · Puzzle585-2-13Position on itch.io's Top rated · Puzzle chart across 45 readings: slipping, #569 to #585 (best #569, worst #587).
Top rated · Adventure805+28-15Position on itch.io's Top rated · Adventure chart across 45 readings: slipping, #790 to #805 (best #788, worst #839).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers2,665+25-111Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 54 readings: slipping, #2545 to #2665 (best #2368, worst #2703).
Top rated4,321+48-73Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 54 readings: slipping, #4211 to #4321 (best #4209, worst #4385).
On 6 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #playdate900Position on itch.io's Top rated · #playdate chart across 33 readings: holding, #9 to #9 (best #9, worst #9).
Top rated · #ghosts520-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #ghosts chart across 33 readings: slipping, #50 to #52 (best #50, worst #52).
Top rated · #spooky980+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #spooky chart across 33 readings: climbing, #99 to #98 (best #98, worst #100).
Top rated · #point-and-click266-2-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #point-and-click chart across 33 readings: slipping, #257 to #266 (best #256, worst #266).
Top rated · #short850+7-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 33 readings: slipping, #840 to #850 (best #840, worst #858).
Top rated · #horror933+47-21Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 33 readings: slipping, #909 to #933 (best #909, worst #992).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
paid
Average rating
4.91 / 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

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