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itch.ioRank 20002026-10-08

Darling, Darling... Dead?$12

by Chthonic Chrome Studio

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.006

Darling, Darling... Dead? 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 2026-10-08. 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 Darling, Darling... Dead?, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-10 to 2026-10-09, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 160 to 163, up 3, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Sep 10Oct 9Ratings

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 10 to Oct 9

  • Ratings — people finished and cared160163+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 10160
Sep 11161
Sep 12161
Sep 13161
Sep 14161
Sep 15161
Sep 16161
Sep 17162
Sep 18162
Sep 19162
Sep 20162
Sep 21162
Sep 22162
Sep 23162
Sep 24162
Sep 25162
Sep 26162
Sep 27162
Sep 28162
Sep 29162
Sep 30163
Oct 1163
Oct 2163
Oct 3163
Oct 4163
Oct 5163
Oct 6163
Oct 7163
Oct 8163
Oct 9163
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-09
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion1630+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 sellers · Visual Novel79+254+198Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 42 readings: climbing, #284 to #79 (best #29, worst #438).
Top rated · Visual Novel392-30Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 42 readings: slipping, #388 to #392 (best #386, worst #394).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers399+1,905+1,607Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 51 readings: climbing, #546 to #399 (best #117, worst #2831).
Top rated932-4+11Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 51 readings: climbing, #944 to #932 (best #927, worst #951).
On 6 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #dark-fantasy2700Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark-fantasy chart across 33 readings: slipping, #26 to #27 (best #26, worst #27).
Top rated · #yandere73+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yandere chart across 31 readings: slipping, #72 to #73 (best #72, worst #74).
Top rated · #amare970-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #amare chart across 50 readings: slipping, #94 to #97 (best #94, worst #97).
Top rated · #story-rich1590+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 31 readings: climbing, #160 to #159 (best #157, worst #160).
Top rated · #romance285-1+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 31 readings: climbing, #287 to #285 (best #284, worst #289).
Top rated · #no-ai419-4-9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 31 readings: slipping, #407 to #419 (best #406, worst #419).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
paid
Average rating
4.87 / 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.