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itch.ioRank 10212026-10-12

A Firm Handshake$2.99

by Torfi

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Velocity

0.000

A Firm Handshake 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 2026-10-12. 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 A Firm Handshake, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-14 to 2026-10-13, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 333 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 14Oct 13Ratings

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 14 to Oct 13

  • Ratings — people finished and cared3333330
  • 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 14333
Sep 15333
Sep 16333
Sep 17333
Sep 18333
Sep 19333
Sep 20333
Sep 21333
Sep 22333
Sep 23333
Sep 24333
Sep 25333
Sep 26333
Sep 27333
Sep 28333
Sep 29333
Sep 30333
Oct 1333
Oct 2333
Oct 3333
Oct 4333
Oct 5333
Oct 6333
Oct 7333
Oct 8333
Oct 9333
Oct 10333
Oct 11333
Oct 12333
Oct 13333
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-13
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion33300

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 · Action88+66+337Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Action chart across 46 readings: climbing, #107 to #88 (best #88, worst #442).
Top rated · Action187+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · Action chart across 46 readings: slipping, #185 to #187 (best #185, worst #189).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers687+522+2,271Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 55 readings: climbing, #1816 to #687 (best #612, worst #3134).
Top rated2,332+10-35Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 55 readings: slipping, #2267 to #2332 (best #2260, worst #2342).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #physics3500Position on itch.io's Top rated · #physics chart across 34 readings: holding, #35 to #35 (best #34, worst #35).
Top rated · #top-down490-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #top-down chart across 34 readings: slipping, #47 to #49 (best #47, worst #49).
Top rated · #artgame5100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #artgame chart across 52 readings: slipping, #50 to #51 (best #50, worst #51).
Top rated · #weird5800Position on itch.io's Top rated · #weird chart across 34 readings: slipping, #57 to #58 (best #57, worst #58).
Top rated · #low-poly6000Position on itch.io's Top rated · #low-poly chart across 34 readings: holding, #60 to #60 (best #60, worst #60).
Top rated · #surreal6900Position on itch.io's Top rated · #surreal chart across 34 readings: slipping, #68 to #69 (best #68, worst #69).
Top rated · #funny1100-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #funny chart across 34 readings: slipping, #109 to #110 (best #109, worst #111).
Top rated · #atmospheric308-1-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 52 readings: slipping, #300 to #308 (best #299, worst #310).
Top rated · #short437-2-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 34 readings: slipping, #427 to #437 (best #426, worst #437).
Top rated · #singleplayer522+3-8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 34 readings: slipping, #515 to #522 (best #514, worst #533).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
paid
Average rating
4.54 / 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.