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itch.ioRank 10822026-10-13

The Fire Must Be Fed

by artbohr

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Velocity

0.000

The Fire Must Be Fed 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 2026-10-13. 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 Fire Must Be Fed, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-15 to 2026-10-14, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 41 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 15Oct 14Ratings

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 15 to Oct 14

  • Ratings — people finished and cared41410
  • 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 1541
Sep 1641
Sep 1741
Sep 1841
Sep 1941
Sep 2041
Sep 2141
Sep 2241
Sep 2341
Sep 2441
Sep 2541
Sep 2641
Sep 2741
Sep 2841
Sep 2941
Sep 3041
Oct 141
Oct 241
Oct 341
Oct 441
Oct 541
Oct 641
Oct 741
Oct 841
Oct 941
Oct 1041
Oct 1141
Oct 1241
Oct 1341
Oct 1441
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-14
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion4100

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 · Simulation744+18-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · Simulation chart across 47 readings: slipping, #725 to #744 (best #723, worst #763).
On 7 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #upgrades72-1-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #upgrades chart across 35 readings: slipping, #66 to #72 (best #66, worst #72).
Top rated · #idle117-2-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #idle chart across 35 readings: slipping, #113 to #117 (best #113, worst #117).
Top rated · #incremental138-3-9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #incremental chart across 35 readings: slipping, #128 to #138 (best #127, worst #138).
Top rated · #minimalist219+1-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #minimalist chart across 35 readings: slipping, #215 to #219 (best #215, worst #220).
Top rated · #casual491+1-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #casual chart across 37 readings: slipping, #484 to #491 (best #483, worst #494).
Top rated · #indie552+20-20Position on itch.io's Top rated · #indie chart across 35 readings: slipping, #533 to #552 (best #532, worst #576).
Top rated · #pixel-art2,167-1-44Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 30 readings: slipping, #2118 to #2167 (best #2118, worst #2169).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-29
Price
free
Average rating
4.66 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-08-29. 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.