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itch.ioRank 22212026-10-17

My Friends the Monster Trainers

by Celia

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Velocity

-0.008

My Friends the Monster Trainers Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, -0.00 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 My Friends the Monster Trainers, 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: 490 to 510, up 20, the change came at a steady pace.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 cared490510+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 18490
Sep 19490
Sep 20490
Sep 21492
Sep 22493
Sep 23493
Sep 24493
Sep 25495
Sep 26495
Sep 27495
Sep 28495
Sep 29496
Sep 30496
Oct 1496
Oct 2497
Oct 3498
Oct 4499
Oct 5500
Oct 6500
Oct 7501
Oct 8504
Oct 9505
Oct 10506
Oct 11507
Oct 12507
Oct 13507
Oct 14509
Oct 15509
Oct 16510
Oct 17510
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion510+4+20

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 · Puzzle510+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · Puzzle chart across 50 readings: climbing, #57 to #51 (best #51, worst #57).
Top sellers · Puzzle190Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Puzzle chart across 12 readings: slipping, #45 to #190 (best #45, worst #268).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated3710+3Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: climbing, #400 to #371 (best #368, worst #406).
Top sellers1,753Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 17 readings: slipping, #1020 to #1753 (best #594, worst #3451).
On 6 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #ludum-dare-58100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #ludum-dare-58 chart across 39 readings: holding, #1 to #1 (best #1, worst #1).
Top rated · #detective1200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #detective chart across 41 readings: slipping, #11 to #12 (best #11, worst #12).
Top rated · #narrative38-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 39 readings: holding, #38 to #38 (best #37, worst #38).
Top rated · #cute73+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cute chart across 41 readings: climbing, #78 to #73 (best #73, worst #78).
Top rated · #story-rich7800Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 39 readings: climbing, #82 to #78 (best #78, worst #82).
Top rated · #no-ai171-4-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: climbing, #178 to #171 (best #166, worst #178).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.80 / 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.