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itch.ioRank 10312026-10-09

Paper Cages

by Placeholder Gameworks

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

Paper Cages Velocity, last 14 days: falling 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 2026-10-09. 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 Paper Cages, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-10 to 2026-10-09, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 511 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 10Oct 9Ratings

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 10 to Oct 9

  • Ratings — people finished and cared5115110
  • 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 10511
Sep 11511
Sep 12511
Sep 13511
Sep 14511
Sep 15511
Sep 16511
Sep 17510
Sep 18510
Sep 19510
Sep 20510
Sep 21510
Sep 22510
Sep 23511
Sep 24511
Sep 25511
Sep 26511
Sep 27511
Sep 28511
Sep 29511
Sep 30511
Oct 1511
Oct 2511
Oct 3511
Oct 4511
Oct 5511
Oct 6511
Oct 7511
Oct 8511
Oct 9511
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-09
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion51100

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 · Puzzle404-1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · Puzzle chart across 42 readings: slipping, #399 to #404 (best #399, worst #407).
Top rated · Adventure596-5-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · Adventure chart across 42 readings: slipping, #591 to #596 (best #587, worst #597).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated3,137-25-42Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 51 readings: slipping, #3086 to #3137 (best #3083, worst #3137).
On 9 tag charts
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Top rated · #artgame66+1+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #artgame chart across 49 readings: holding, #66 to #66 (best #66, worst #68).
Top rated · #point-and-click180-2-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #point-and-click chart across 31 readings: slipping, #177 to #180 (best #177, worst #182).
Top rated · #psychological-horror257-6-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 31 readings: slipping, #246 to #257 (best #245, worst #259).
Top rated · #atmospheric421-6-9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 49 readings: slipping, #412 to #421 (best #411, worst #422).
Top rated · #short603-2-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 31 readings: slipping, #592 to #603 (best #592, worst #603).
Top rated · #horror703-15-24Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 31 readings: slipping, #680 to #703 (best #678, worst #705).
Top rated · #pixel-art718-4-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 31 readings: slipping, #712 to #718 (best #712, worst #719).
Top rated · #singleplayer731-18-26Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 31 readings: slipping, #707 to #731 (best #703, worst #732).
Top rated · #2d829-7-15Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 51 readings: slipping, #812 to #829 (best #809, worst #829).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.41 / 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.