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itch.ioRank 3012026-10-18

Photon Highway

by Sirnic

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.016

Photon Highway Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, 0.00 to 0.02 (low -0.02, 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 2026-10-18. Topic views and comments did not. We also have itch.io chart positions for it, which is the fourth component. It was observed on 13 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 Photon Highway, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-19 to 2026-10-18, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 62 to 61, down 1, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 19Oct 18Ratings

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 19 to Oct 18

  • Ratings — people finished and cared6261-1
  • 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 1962
Sep 2062
Sep 2162
Sep 2262
Sep 2362
Sep 2462
Sep 2562
Sep 2662
Sep 2762
Sep 2862
Sep 2962
Sep 3062
Oct 162
Oct 262
Oct 362
Oct 462
Oct 562
Oct 662
Oct 762
Oct 862
Oct 962
Oct 1061
Oct 1161
Oct 1261
Oct 1361
Oct 1461
Oct 1561
Oct 1661
Oct 1761
Oct 1861
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-18
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion610-1

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 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #driving42-2-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #driving chart across 42 readings: slipping, #41 to #42 (best #40, worst #42).
Top rated · #high-score720-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #high-score chart across 40 readings: slipping, #71 to #72 (best #71, worst #73).
Top rated · #racing80-3-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #racing chart across 40 readings: slipping, #78 to #80 (best #77, worst #80).
Top rated · #abstract11200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #abstract chart across 60 readings: slipping, #111 to #112 (best #111, worst #113).
Top rated · #space164-1-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #space chart across 40 readings: slipping, #161 to #164 (best #161, worst #165).
Top rated · #fast-paced174-5-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fast-paced chart across 41 readings: slipping, #171 to #174 (best #169, worst #174).
Top rated · #roguelike3700+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #roguelike chart across 40 readings: slipping, #366 to #370 (best #365, worst #382).
Top rated · #science-fiction4080+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #science-fiction chart across 40 readings: climbing, #416 to #408 (best #407, worst #419).
Top rated · #arcade470-9-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #arcade chart across 58 readings: slipping, #457 to #470 (best #455, worst #472).
Top rated · #atmospheric1,404-14-8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 55 readings: slipping, #1381 to #1404 (best #1376, worst #1448).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.54 / 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.