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itch.ioRank 25772026-10-19

For the Love of Christmas

by Foleso

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.028

For the Love of Christmas Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.00 to -0.03 (low -0.03, high 0.03).

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 For the Love of Christmas, 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: 36 to 37, up 1, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%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.

Series — over Sep 20 to Oct 19

  • Ratings — people finished and cared3637+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 2036
Sep 2136
Sep 2236
Sep 2336
Sep 2436
Sep 2536
Sep 2636
Sep 2736
Sep 2836
Sep 2936
Sep 3036
Oct 136
Oct 236
Oct 336
Oct 436
Oct 536
Oct 636
Oct 736
Oct 836
Oct 936
Oct 1037
Oct 1137
Oct 1237
Oct 1337
Oct 1437
Oct 1537
Oct 1637
Oct 1737
Oct 1837
Oct 1937
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-19
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion3700

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 rated5,558-39-112Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 48 readings: slipping, #5370 to #5558 (best #5370, worst #5847).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #christmas38-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #christmas chart across 43 readings: slipping, #37 to #38 (best #37, worst #42).
Top rated · #male-protagonist4800Position on itch.io's Top rated · #male-protagonist chart across 41 readings: holding, #48 to #48 (best #47, worst #54).
Top rated · #boys-love94-1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #boys-love chart across 43 readings: slipping, #93 to #94 (best #92, worst #96).
Top rated · #yaoi1080-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yaoi chart across 41 readings: slipping, #106 to #108 (best #106, worst #109).
Top rated · #gay237-20Position on itch.io's Top rated · #gay chart across 41 readings: slipping, #236 to #237 (best #234, worst #251).
Top rated · #anime338+30Position on itch.io's Top rated · #anime chart across 58 readings: slipping, #336 to #338 (best #334, worst #374).
Top rated · #dating-sim560-2-13Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 43 readings: slipping, #545 to #560 (best #545, worst #574).
Top rated · #lgbt713-2-13Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 41 readings: slipping, #702 to #713 (best #698, worst #742).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction918-9-20Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 41 readings: slipping, #892 to #918 (best #892, worst #951).
Top rated · #romance1,050-9-22Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 41 readings: slipping, #1026 to #1050 (best #1026, worst #1087).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-21
Price
free
Average rating
4.81 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-08-21. 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.