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itch.ioRank 23372026-10-09

Picokaiju

by spoike

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Velocity

-0.016

Picokaiju Velocity, last 14 days: falling 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 2026-10-09. 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 Picokaiju, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-11 to 2026-10-10, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 62 to 63, up 1, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 11Oct 10Ratings

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 11 to Oct 10

  • Ratings — people finished and cared6263+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 1162
Sep 1262
Sep 1362
Sep 1462
Sep 1562
Sep 1662
Sep 1762
Sep 1862
Sep 1962
Sep 2062
Sep 2162
Sep 2262
Sep 2362
Sep 2462
Sep 2562
Sep 2662
Sep 2762
Sep 2862
Sep 2963
Sep 3063
Oct 163
Oct 263
Oct 363
Oct 463
Oct 563
Oct 663
Oct 763
Oct 863
Oct 963
Oct 1063
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-10
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion630+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

Categories

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · Action374+31+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · Action chart across 43 readings: climbing, #392 to #374 (best #373, worst #406).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated4,233+388+87Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 52 readings: climbing, #4439 to #4233 (best #4233, worst #4637).
On 7 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #strategy-rpg700Position on itch.io's Top rated · #strategy-rpg chart across 32 readings: holding, #7 to #7 (best #7, worst #7).
Top rated · #turn-based-strategy1400Position on itch.io's Top rated · #turn-based-strategy chart across 32 readings: holding, #14 to #14 (best #14, worst #15).
Top rated · #pico-878+3-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pico-8 chart across 32 readings: slipping, #75 to #78 (best #75, worst #81).
Top rated · #roguelite78+9+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #roguelite chart across 32 readings: climbing, #81 to #78 (best #78, worst #88).
Top rated · #monsters94+7+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #monsters chart across 32 readings: climbing, #98 to #94 (best #94, worst #102).
Top rated · #roguelike138+17+8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #roguelike chart across 32 readings: climbing, #143 to #138 (best #138, worst #156).
Top rated · #retro450+30+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #retro chart across 32 readings: slipping, #448 to #450 (best #448, worst #481).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.75 / 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.