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itch.ioRank 5272026-10-17

The Case of the Serialized Killer

by AlexisRoyce

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.008

The Case of the Serialized Killer Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 14 days, 0.01 to 0.01 (low -0.01, 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 2026-10-17. 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 Case of the Serialized Killer, 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: 129 to 132, up 3, most of that change came late 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 cared129132+3
  • 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 18129
Sep 19129
Sep 20129
Sep 21129
Sep 22129
Sep 23129
Sep 24129
Sep 25129
Sep 26129
Sep 27129
Sep 28129
Sep 29129
Sep 30129
Oct 1129
Oct 2129
Oct 3129
Oct 4130
Oct 5130
Oct 6130
Oct 7130
Oct 8130
Oct 9130
Oct 10130
Oct 11130
Oct 12130
Oct 13130
Oct 14131
Oct 15131
Oct 16132
Oct 17132
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion132+2+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 rated · Visual Novel715-11-13Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: slipping, #691 to #715 (best #691, worst #716).
Top sellers · Visual Novel902+2-48Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 49 readings: slipping, #849 to #902 (best #845, worst #914).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,885-24-19Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #1850 to #1885 (best #1839, worst #1889).
Top sellers6,530-247-399Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 58 readings: slipping, #2125 to #6530 (best #2125, worst #6530).
On 8 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #bara2500Position on itch.io's Top rated · #bara chart across 55 readings: holding, #25 to #25 (best #25, worst #25).
Top rated · #transgender260-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #transgender chart across 39 readings: slipping, #25 to #26 (best #25, worst #27).
Top rated · #yaoi370-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yaoi chart across 39 readings: slipping, #36 to #37 (best #36, worst #37).
Top rated · #gay97-2-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #gay chart across 39 readings: slipping, #96 to #97 (best #95, worst #97).
Top rated · #mystery147-1+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #mystery chart across 39 readings: climbing, #148 to #147 (best #144, worst #149).
Top rated · #multiple-endings173-4-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #multiple-endings chart across 39 readings: slipping, #168 to #173 (best #168, worst #173).
Top rated · #lgbt299-3-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 39 readings: slipping, #294 to #299 (best #293, worst #299).
Top rated · #no-ai820-14-24Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #786 to #820 (best #786, worst #821).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.77 / 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.