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itch.ioRank 20022026-10-15

These Heavenly Bodies

by ToothandClaw

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.005

These Heavenly Bodies Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.01 to -0.00 (low -0.00, high 0.01).

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 2026-10-15. 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 These Heavenly Bodies, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-17 to 2026-10-16, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 208 to 207, down 1, most of that change came early in the window.200%100%50%0%Sep 17Oct 16Ratings

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. The axis runs past its ends because a counter went beyond its final value inside the window and came back — a deleted comment, a withdrawn rating. The scale is widened rather than the curve clipped, so the round trip stays visible.

Series — over Sep 17 to Oct 16

  • Ratings — people finished and cared208207-1
  • 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 17208
Sep 18208
Sep 19207
Sep 20207
Sep 21207
Sep 22206
Sep 23206
Sep 24206
Sep 25206
Sep 26206
Sep 27206
Sep 28206
Sep 29206
Sep 30206
Oct 1206
Oct 2206
Oct 3207
Oct 4207
Oct 5207
Oct 6207
Oct 7207
Oct 8207
Oct 9207
Oct 10207
Oct 11207
Oct 12207
Oct 13208
Oct 14207
Oct 15207
Oct 16207
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-16
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion2070-1

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

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated5,497-85-160Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 49 readings: slipping, #5275 to #5497 (best #5266, worst #5497).
On 4 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #point-and-click324-12-16Position on itch.io's Top rated · #point-and-click chart across 37 readings: slipping, #305 to #324 (best #302, worst #324).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction901-23-21Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 37 readings: slipping, #876 to #901 (best #867, worst #901).
Top rated · #short1,069-16-30Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 37 readings: slipping, #1038 to #1069 (best #1026, worst #1069).
Top rated · #horror1,146+25-36Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 37 readings: slipping, #1108 to #1146 (best #1097, worst #1173).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-22
Price
free
Average rating
4.45 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-08-22. 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.