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itch.ioRank 2532026-10-17

The Thing Beneath

by Studio Laaya

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.019

The Thing Beneath Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, 0.01 to 0.02 (low -0.03, 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 2026-10-17. 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 The Thing Beneath, 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: 100 to 107, up 7, most of that change came early in the window.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 cared100107+7
  • 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 18100
Sep 19101
Sep 20102
Sep 21102
Sep 22102
Sep 23102
Sep 24102
Sep 25102
Sep 26103
Sep 27103
Sep 28104
Sep 29105
Sep 30105
Oct 1105
Oct 2105
Oct 3105
Oct 4105
Oct 5105
Oct 6105
Oct 7105
Oct 8105
Oct 9105
Oct 10105
Oct 11105
Oct 12105
Oct 13105
Oct 14104
Oct 15106
Oct 16107
Oct 17107
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion107+2+7

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 sellers · Adventure537-289-129Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Adventure chart across 19 readings: slipping, #336 to #537 (best #78, worst #537).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers4,799-4,379-2,674Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 30 readings: slipping, #430 to #4799 (best #323, worst #4799).
New & popular6,829Position on itch.io's New & popular chart across 3 readings: slipping, #5750 to #6829 (best #5750, worst #6829).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #controller480+7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #controller chart across 41 readings: climbing, #62 to #48 (best #48, worst #62).
Top rated · #psx230-3+32Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psx chart across 39 readings: climbing, #279 to #230 (best #226, worst #279).
Top rated · #first-person639-13+88Position on itch.io's Top rated · #first-person chart across 40 readings: climbing, #760 to #639 (best #624, worst #760).
Top rated · #psychological-horror685-12+72Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 39 readings: climbing, #798 to #685 (best #667, worst #798).
Top rated · #retro1,128-16Position on itch.io's Top rated · #retro chart across 30 readings: climbing, #1336 to #1128 (best #1106, worst #1336).
Top rated · #story-rich1,171-23+88Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 39 readings: climbing, #1306 to #1171 (best #1143, worst #1306).
Top rated · #atmospheric1,284-21+140Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 57 readings: climbing, #1410 to #1284 (best #1260, worst #1524).
Top rated · #horror1,916-25Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 26 readings: climbing, #2079 to #1916 (best #1889, worst #2079).
Top rated · #singleplayer2,312Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 2 readings: holding, #2312 to #2312 (best #2312, worst #2312).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.45 / 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.