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itch.ioRank 10212026-10-12

The Valley Rule

by Raiyumi

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

The Valley Rule 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 2026-10-12. 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 Valley Rule, 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: 95 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 cared95950
  • 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 1395
Sep 1495
Sep 1595
Sep 1695
Sep 1795
Sep 1895
Sep 1995
Sep 2095
Sep 2195
Sep 2295
Sep 2395
Sep 2495
Sep 2595
Sep 2695
Sep 2795
Sep 2895
Sep 2995
Sep 3095
Oct 195
Oct 295
Oct 395
Oct 495
Oct 595
Oct 695
Oct 795
Oct 895
Oct 995
Oct 1095
Oct 1195
Oct 1295
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-12
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion9500

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 · Platformer367+1-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · Platformer chart across 45 readings: slipping, #363 to #367 (best #361, worst #368).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated5,232+42-83Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 54 readings: slipping, #5085 to #5232 (best #5085, worst #5287).
On 2 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #metroidvania68+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #metroidvania chart across 34 readings: holding, #68 to #68 (best #68, worst #69).
Top rated · #exploration243+2-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #exploration chart across 35 readings: slipping, #240 to #243 (best #239, worst #248).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.61 / 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.