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itch.ioRank 5592026-10-17

Red Embrace (BL Visual Novel)$4.99

by Argent Games

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.007

Red Embrace (BL Visual Novel) Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, 0.00 to 0.01 (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 2026-10-17. 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 Red Embrace (BL Visual Novel), 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: 144 to 145, up 1, 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 cared144145+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 18144
Sep 19144
Sep 20144
Sep 21144
Sep 22144
Sep 23144
Sep 24144
Sep 25144
Sep 26144
Sep 27144
Sep 28144
Sep 29144
Oct 1144
Oct 2144
Oct 3144
Oct 4144
Oct 5144
Oct 6144
Oct 7144
Oct 8144
Oct 9144
Oct 10144
Oct 11144
Oct 12144
Oct 13144
Oct 14144
Oct 15144
Oct 16145
Oct 17145
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion145+1+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

Categories

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers · Visual Novel229+167-144Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: climbing, #361 to #229 (best #85, worst #408).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers1,800+704-1,320Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 59 readings: slipping, #700 to #1800 (best #397, worst #2556).
On 3 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #yaoi147+1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yaoi chart across 39 readings: slipping, #146 to #147 (best #144, worst #149).
Top rated · #renpy4750-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #renpy chart across 39 readings: slipping, #465 to #475 (best #465, worst #478).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction1,424-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 18 readings: slipping, #1412 to #1424 (best #1412, worst #1424).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
paid
Average rating
4.41 / 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.