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itch.ioRank 14262026-10-19

The Knife Sharpener

by Puko

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

The Knife Sharpener Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 14 days, 0.00 to -0.00 (low -0.00, high 0.02).

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 2026-10-19. 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 The Knife Sharpener, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-20 to 2026-10-19, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 133 to 135, up 2, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 20Oct 19Ratings

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 20 to Oct 19

  • Ratings — people finished and cared133135+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.

DayRatings
Sep 20133
Sep 21133
Sep 22133
Sep 23133
Sep 24133
Sep 25133
Sep 26133
Sep 27133
Sep 28133
Sep 29133
Sep 30133
Oct 1133
Oct 2133
Oct 3133
Oct 4133
Oct 5133
Oct 6133
Oct 7134
Oct 8134
Oct 9134
Oct 10134
Oct 11134
Oct 12134
Oct 13135
Oct 14135
Oct 15135
Oct 16135
Oct 17135
Oct 18135
Oct 19135
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-19
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion135+1+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

On 8 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #suspense690-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #suspense chart across 41 readings: slipping, #65 to #69 (best #65, worst #69).
Top rated · #psx283+3-17Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psx chart across 41 readings: slipping, #264 to #283 (best #263, worst #286).
Top rated · #first-person777+10-42Position on itch.io's Top rated · #first-person chart across 42 readings: slipping, #727 to #777 (best #726, worst #796).
Top rated · #psychological-horror832+2-69Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 41 readings: slipping, #758 to #832 (best #758, worst #851).
Top rated · #3d1,059+6-70Position on itch.io's Top rated · #3d chart across 61 readings: slipping, #992 to #1059 (best #968, worst #1077).
Top rated · #retro1,3700-71Position on itch.io's Top rated · #retro chart across 32 readings: slipping, #1283 to #1370 (best #1283, worst #1378).
Top rated · #horror2,2490-122Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 20 readings: slipping, #2127 to #2249 (best #2127, worst #2312).
Top rated · #singleplayer2,755
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.36 / 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.