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itch.ioRank 17312026-10-08

The Midnight Hours: Shorts

by evertides

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.003

The Midnight Hours: Shorts Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 14 days, -0.00 to -0.00 (low -0.00, 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 The Midnight Hours: Shorts, 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: 318 throughout, no change at all.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 cared3183180
  • 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 10318
Sep 11318
Sep 12318
Sep 13318
Sep 14318
Sep 15318
Sep 16318
Sep 17318
Sep 18318
Sep 19318
Sep 20318
Sep 21318
Sep 22317
Sep 23317
Sep 24317
Sep 25317
Sep 26317
Sep 27317
Sep 28317
Sep 29317
Sep 30317
Oct 1318
Oct 2318
Oct 3318
Oct 4318
Oct 5318
Oct 6318
Oct 7318
Oct 8318
Oct 9318
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-09
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion31800

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 rated356-1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 51 readings: slipping, #347 to #356 (best #347, worst #356).
On 5 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
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Top rated · #dating-sim840-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 33 readings: slipping, #81 to #84 (best #81, worst #84).
Top rated · #romance127-2-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 30 readings: slipping, #125 to #127 (best #123, worst #127).
Top rated · #no-ai161-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 8 readings: slipping, #160 to #161 (best #160, worst #161).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.91 / 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.