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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

THERE SWINGS A SKULL

by Quinn K.

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

THERE SWINGS A SKULL 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 2026-10-17. 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 THERE SWINGS A SKULL, 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: 114 throughout, no change at all.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 cared1141140
  • 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 18114
Sep 19114
Sep 20114
Sep 21114
Sep 22114
Sep 23114
Sep 24114
Sep 25114
Sep 26114
Sep 27114
Sep 28114
Sep 29114
Sep 30114
Oct 1114
Oct 2114
Oct 3114
Oct 4114
Oct 5114
Oct 6114
Oct 7114
Oct 8114
Oct 9114
Oct 10114
Oct 11114
Oct 12114
Oct 13114
Oct 14114
Oct 15114
Oct 16114
Oct 17114
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion11400

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

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,591-8-21Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #1545 to #1591 (best #1545, worst #1591).
Top sellers7,195-22-129Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 38 readings: slipping, #7146 to #7195 (best #7033, worst #7200).
On 6 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #rpgmaker81-3-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #rpgmaker chart across 39 readings: slipping, #79 to #81 (best #77, worst #81).
Top rated · #lgbt255+1-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 39 readings: slipping, #253 to #255 (best #252, worst #256).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction296-1-8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 39 readings: slipping, #286 to #296 (best #286, worst #296).
Top rated · #horror381-5-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 39 readings: slipping, #368 to #381 (best #366, worst #381).
Top rated · #2d409-3-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 59 readings: slipping, #393 to #409 (best #393, worst #409).
Top rated · #no-ai691-7-21Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #656 to #691 (best #655, worst #691).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.83 / 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.