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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

The Morning Star

by Ronove

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

The Morning Star Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.01 to 0.00 (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 The Morning Star, 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: 170 to 171, up 1, 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 cared170171+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 18170
Sep 19170
Sep 20170
Sep 21170
Sep 22170
Sep 23170
Sep 24170
Sep 25170
Sep 26170
Sep 27170
Sep 28170
Sep 29170
Sep 30170
Oct 1170
Oct 2171
Oct 3171
Oct 4171
Oct 5171
Oct 6171
Oct 7171
Oct 8171
Oct 9171
Oct 10171
Oct 11171
Oct 12171
Oct 13171
Oct 14171
Oct 15171
Oct 16171
Oct 17171
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion1710+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 rated · Visual Novel431-5-16Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: slipping, #410 to #431 (best #409, worst #431).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,032-6-10Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #1004 to #1032 (best #1002, worst #1034).
On 9 tag charts
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Top rated · #renpy64-2-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #renpy chart across 39 readings: slipping, #62 to #64 (best #62, worst #64).
Top rated · #narrative84-1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 39 readings: slipping, #80 to #84 (best #79, worst #84).
Top rated · #atmospheric132-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 57 readings: slipping, #129 to #132 (best #128, worst #133).
Top rated · #lgbt174-3-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 39 readings: slipping, #167 to #174 (best #167, worst #174).
Top rated · #short1750-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 39 readings: slipping, #174 to #175 (best #173, worst #176).
Top rated · #story-rich177-2-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 39 readings: slipping, #170 to #177 (best #170, worst #178).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction204-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 39 readings: slipping, #202 to #204 (best #202, worst #205).
Top rated · #2d265-2-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 59 readings: slipping, #258 to #265 (best #258, worst #267).
Top rated · #no-ai462-5-20Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #435 to #462 (best #435, worst #462).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.84 / 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.