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itch.ioRank 20892026-10-17

Cheese is the Reason

by Studio Laaya

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.006

Cheese is the Reason Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.00 to -0.01 (low -0.01, 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 Cheese is the Reason, 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: 540 to 544, up 4, the change came at a steady pace.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 cared540544+4
  • 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 18540
Sep 19540
Sep 20540
Sep 21540
Sep 22540
Sep 23540
Sep 24540
Sep 25540
Sep 26540
Sep 27540
Sep 28541
Sep 29541
Sep 30541
Oct 1541
Oct 2541
Oct 3541
Oct 4542
Oct 5542
Oct 6542
Oct 7543
Oct 8543
Oct 9544
Oct 10544
Oct 11544
Oct 12544
Oct 13544
Oct 14544
Oct 15544
Oct 16544
Oct 17544
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion5440+4

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 · Adventure670-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · Adventure chart across 50 readings: slipping, #63 to #67 (best #63, worst #67).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated467+1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #442 to #467 (best #442, worst #472).
On 8 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #noir200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #noir chart across 39 readings: holding, #2 to #2 (best #2, worst #2).
Top rated · #ludum-dare-57400Position on itch.io's Top rated · #ludum-dare-57 chart across 39 readings: holding, #4 to #4 (best #4, worst #4).
Top rated · #voice-acting400Position on itch.io's Top rated · #voice-acting chart across 39 readings: holding, #4 to #4 (best #4, worst #4).
Top rated · #godot700Position on itch.io's Top rated · #godot chart across 39 readings: holding, #7 to #7 (best #7, worst #7).
Top rated · #3d270-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #3d chart across 59 readings: slipping, #25 to #27 (best #25, worst #27).
Top rated · #point-and-click330-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #point-and-click chart across 39 readings: slipping, #31 to #33 (best #31, worst #33).
Top rated · #narrative460-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 39 readings: slipping, #44 to #46 (best #44, worst #46).
Top rated · #no-ai210+1-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #202 to #210 (best #200, worst #212).
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.