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itch.ioRank 12032026-10-22

Love and Formaldehyde [DEMO]

by arcade party

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

Love and Formaldehyde [DEMO] 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 2026-10-22. 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 Love and Formaldehyde [DEMO], 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-23 to 2026-10-22, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 137 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 23Oct 22Ratings

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 23 to Oct 22

  • Ratings — people finished and cared1371370
  • 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 23137
Sep 24137
Sep 25137
Sep 26137
Sep 27137
Sep 28137
Sep 29137
Sep 30137
Oct 1137
Oct 2137
Oct 3137
Oct 4137
Oct 5137
Oct 6137
Oct 7137
Oct 8137
Oct 9137
Oct 10137
Oct 11137
Oct 12137
Oct 13137
Oct 14137
Oct 15137
Oct 16137
Oct 17137
Oct 18137
Oct 19137
Oct 20137
Oct 21137
Oct 22137
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-22
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion13700

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 rated6,010-123Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 39 readings: slipping, #5788 to #6010 (best #5788, worst #6015).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
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Top rated · #gay258-3-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #gay chart across 44 readings: slipping, #255 to #258 (best #254, worst #258).
Top rated · #renpy336-5-9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #renpy chart across 44 readings: slipping, #325 to #336 (best #323, worst #336).
Top rated · #comedy393-3-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #comedy chart across 46 readings: slipping, #386 to #393 (best #385, worst #393).
Top rated · #dating-sim583-2-9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 46 readings: slipping, #569 to #583 (best #569, worst #585).
Top rated · #lgbt765-9-16Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 44 readings: slipping, #742 to #765 (best #741, worst #765).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction988-6-17Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 44 readings: slipping, #960 to #988 (best #960, worst #990).
Top rated · #romance1,108-13-29Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 44 readings: slipping, #1073 to #1108 (best #1073, worst #1109).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-22
Price
free
Average rating
4.51 / 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.