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itch.ioRank 22522026-10-17

Thirstiest Time of the Year

by ElThundercloud

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.009

Thirstiest Time of the Year 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 Thirstiest Time of the Year, 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: 112 to 113, up 1, most of that change came late in the window.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 cared112113+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 18112
Sep 19112
Sep 20112
Sep 21112
Sep 22112
Sep 23112
Sep 24112
Sep 25112
Sep 26112
Sep 27112
Sep 28112
Sep 29112
Sep 30112
Oct 1112
Oct 2112
Oct 3112
Oct 4112
Oct 5112
Oct 6113
Oct 7113
Oct 8113
Oct 9113
Oct 10113
Oct 11113
Oct 12113
Oct 13113
Oct 14113
Oct 15113
Oct 16113
Oct 17113
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion1130+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
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Top rated · #horror2,783+32Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 18 readings: slipping, #2754 to #2783 (best #2754, worst #2831).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-29
Price
free
Average rating
4.32 / 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.