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itch.ioRank 21422026-10-13

IF - The Shadows Are Watching

by Darkpetal16

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Velocity

-0.008

IF - The Shadows Are Watching Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 14 days, -0.01 to -0.01 (low -0.01, 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 IF - The Shadows Are Watching, 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: 119 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 cared1191190
  • 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 15119
Sep 16119
Sep 17119
Sep 18119
Sep 19119
Sep 20120
Sep 21120
Sep 22120
Sep 23120
Sep 24120
Sep 25120
Sep 26120
Sep 27120
Sep 28120
Sep 29120
Sep 30120
Oct 1120
Oct 2120
Oct 3120
Oct 4120
Oct 5120
Oct 6120
Oct 7120
Oct 8120
Oct 9120
Oct 10119
Oct 11119
Oct 12119
Oct 13119
Oct 14119
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-14
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion119-10

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 rated2,260-48-42Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 56 readings: climbing, #2265 to #2260 (best #2186, worst #2280).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
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Top rated · #monsters580-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #monsters chart across 35 readings: slipping, #57 to #58 (best #56, worst #58).
Top rated · #character-customization68-2-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #character-customization chart across 37 readings: climbing, #70 to #68 (best #65, worst #70).
Top rated · #creepy153-2-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #creepy chart across 37 readings: slipping, #148 to #153 (best #148, worst #153).
Top rated · #multiple-endings203-10-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #multiple-endings chart across 35 readings: slipping, #196 to #203 (best #186, worst #203).
Top rated · #dating-sim316-6-8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 37 readings: holding, #316 to #316 (best #306, worst #317).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction416-6-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 35 readings: climbing, #421 to #416 (best #410, worst #421).
Top rated · #singleplayer501-13-8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 35 readings: climbing, #513 to #501 (best #487, worst #513).
Top rated · #horror532-11-16Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 35 readings: slipping, #529 to #532 (best #515, worst #532).
Top rated · #romance556-10-17Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 35 readings: slipping, #552 to #556 (best #538, worst #556).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.75 / 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

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