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itch.ioRank 10402026-10-08

What Lives Below

by st3b

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

What Lives Below 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 2026-10-08. 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 What Lives Below, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-10 to 2026-10-09, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 237 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 10Oct 9Ratings

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 10 to Oct 9

  • Ratings — people finished and cared2372370
  • 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 10237
Sep 11237
Sep 12237
Sep 13237
Sep 14237
Sep 15237
Sep 16237
Sep 17237
Sep 18237
Sep 19237
Sep 20237
Sep 21237
Sep 22237
Sep 23237
Sep 24237
Sep 25237
Sep 26237
Sep 27237
Sep 28237
Sep 29237
Sep 30237
Oct 1237
Oct 2237
Oct 3237
Oct 4237
Oct 5237
Oct 6237
Oct 7237
Oct 8237
Oct 9237
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-09
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion23700

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 · Action201-1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · Action chart across 42 readings: slipping, #198 to #201 (best #197, worst #202).
Top rated · Simulation222-3-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · Simulation chart across 42 readings: slipping, #211 to #222 (best #211, worst #223).
Top sellers · Simulation249+79+61Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Simulation chart across 42 readings: climbing, #290 to #249 (best #91, worst #333).
Top sellers · Action324+62+56Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Action chart across 42 readings: climbing, #337 to #324 (best #86, worst #397).
Top rated · Adventure452-6-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · Adventure chart across 42 readings: slipping, #435 to #452 (best #434, worst #452).
Top sellers · Adventure504+132+118Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Adventure chart across 42 readings: climbing, #559 to #504 (best #159, worst #655).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers2,256-1,656+464Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 51 readings: climbing, #2643 to #2256 (best #600, worst #2748).
Top rated2,484-15-56Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 51 readings: slipping, #2388 to #2484 (best #2386, worst #2485).
On 8 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #boss-battle900Position on itch.io's Top rated · #boss-battle chart across 33 readings: holding, #9 to #9 (best #9, worst #9).
Top rated · #monsters610-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #monsters chart across 30 readings: slipping, #60 to #61 (best #60, worst #61).
Top rated · #unity95-2-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #unity chart across 30 readings: slipping, #94 to #95 (best #93, worst #95).
Top rated · #first-person152-1+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #first-person chart across 31 readings: climbing, #153 to #152 (best #150, worst #153).
Top rated · #3d211-2-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #3d chart across 50 readings: slipping, #203 to #211 (best #203, worst #211).
Top rated · #fantasy302-2-8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fantasy chart across 31 readings: slipping, #294 to #302 (best #294, worst #302).
Top rated · #atmospheric326-1-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 48 readings: slipping, #314 to #326 (best #314, worst #327).
Top rated · #singleplayer570-4-22Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 30 readings: slipping, #548 to #570 (best #547, worst #570).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.59 / 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.