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itch.ioRank 12422026-10-19

The Show Must Go Out

by Floramisu

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Velocity

0.000

The Show Must Go Out Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.02 to 0.00 (low -0.07, 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 2026-10-19. 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 Show Must Go Out, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-20 to 2026-10-19, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 46 to 48, up 2, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%-50%Sep 20Oct 19Ratings

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. The axis runs past its ends because a counter went beyond its final value inside the window and came back — a deleted comment, a withdrawn rating. The scale is widened rather than the curve clipped, so the round trip stays visible.

Series — over Sep 20 to Oct 19

  • Ratings — people finished and cared4648+2
  • 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 2046
Sep 2146
Sep 2245
Sep 2345
Sep 2445
Sep 2546
Sep 2647
Sep 2747
Sep 2847
Sep 2947
Sep 3048
Oct 148
Oct 248
Oct 348
Oct 448
Oct 548
Oct 648
Oct 748
Oct 848
Oct 948
Oct 1048
Oct 1148
Oct 1248
Oct 1348
Oct 1448
Oct 1548
Oct 1648
Oct 1748
Oct 1848
Oct 1948
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-19
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion480+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

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated5,520-38-375Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 48 readings: climbing, #5748 to #5520 (best #4945, worst #5748).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
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Top rated · #amare256+5-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #amare chart across 60 readings: climbing, #282 to #256 (best #248, worst #282).
Top rated · #otome427+1-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #otome chart across 41 readings: slipping, #422 to #427 (best #405, worst #443).
Top rated · #multiple-endings440-6-39Position on itch.io's Top rated · #multiple-endings chart across 41 readings: slipping, #415 to #440 (best #390, worst #445).
Top rated · #dating-sim558-2-27Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 43 readings: slipping, #540 to #558 (best #513, worst #565).
Top rated · #story-rich734-3-30Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 41 readings: slipping, #715 to #734 (best #688, worst #760).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction912-8-66Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 41 readings: slipping, #880 to #912 (best #821, worst #935).
Top rated · #romance1,045-10-57Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 39 readings: slipping, #1014 to #1045 (best #960, worst #1060).
Top rated · #no-ai2,304-27-212Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 41 readings: slipping, #2163 to #2304 (best #2016, worst #2379).
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

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.