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itch.ioRank 62026-10-10

sweet instincts

by 3005jin

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Velocity

+0.983

sweet instincts Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 4 days, 0.98 to 0.98 (low 0.98, high 0.99).

Confidence 10%

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. None of its three counters had a measurable acceleration. 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

14 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 sweet instincts, 14 daysLead and lag over 14 days, 2026-09-27 to 2026-10-10, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 7 to 27, up 20, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Sep 27Oct 10Ratings

Each line is scaled to its own change across these 14 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 27 to Oct 10

  • Ratings — people finished and cared727+20
  • 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 277
Sep 2815
Sep 2919
Sep 3021
Oct 122
Oct 224
Oct 324
Oct 424
Oct 524
Oct 624
Oct 725
Oct 826
Oct 927
Oct 1027
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-10
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion27+3

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 · Visual Novel114Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 6 readings: climbing, #156 to #114 (best #94, worst #230).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
New & popular56+3,263Position on itch.io's New & popular chart across 14 readings: holding, #47 to #56 (best #8, worst #4638).
Top sellers638Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 7 readings: climbing, #653 to #638 (best #517, worst #1613).
Newest4,938+2,249Position on itch.io's Newest chart across 13 readings: slipping, #1034 to #4938 (best #381, worst #7187).
On 4 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #creepypasta26+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #creepypasta chart across 14 readings: climbing, #86 to #26 (best #24, worst #86).
Top rated · #female-protagonist756+41Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 13 readings: climbing, #2101 to #756 (best #707, worst #2101).
Top rated · #story-rich1,031
Top rated · #horror1,679+139Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 10 readings: slipping, #1565 to #1679 (best #1565, worst #1848).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-09-27
Price
free
Average rating
4.78 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-09-27. 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.