Velocity

+0.012

The Key to Us Velocity, last 14 days: rising 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 2026-10-08. Topic views and comments did not. We also have itch.io chart positions for it, which is the fourth component. It was observed on 13 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 Key to Us, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-09 to 2026-10-08, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 84 to 87, up 3, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%Sep 9Oct 8Ratings

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 9 to Oct 8

  • Ratings — people finished and cared84 to 87up +3
  • 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.

Daily counters for The Key to Us across the charted window
DayRatings
Sep 984
Sep 1084
Sep 1184
Sep 1284
Sep 1385
Sep 1485
Sep 1585
Sep 1685
Sep 1785
Sep 1885
Sep 1985
Sep 2086
Sep 2186
Sep 2286
Sep 2386
Sep 2486
Sep 2586
Sep 2686
Sep 2786
Sep 2886
Sep 2986
Sep 3086
Oct 186
Oct 286
Oct 386
Oct 486
Oct 587
Oct 687
Oct 787
Oct 887
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-08
Current counters for The Key to Us, with their 7- and 30-day changes
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion87up +1up +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

On 10 tag charts
Tag charts: where itch.io's own charts have placed The Key to Us
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #yandereposition 339down -29down -21Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yandere chart across 30 readings: slipping, #316 to #339 (best #308, worst #339).
Top rated · #amareposition 455down -25down -9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #amare chart across 49 readings: slipping, #420 to #455 (best #419, worst #455).
Top rated · #slice-of-lifeposition 461down -22down -7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #slice-of-life chart across 30 readings: slipping, #454 to #461 (best #435, worst #461).
Top rated · #otomeposition 820down -42down -18Position on itch.io's Top rated · #otome chart across 30 readings: slipping, #800 to #820 (best #772, worst #820).
Top rated · #darkposition 823down -70down -39Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark chart across 32 readings: slipping, #783 to #823 (best #740, worst #824).
Top rated · #dating-simposition 1,046down -49down -21Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 32 readings: slipping, #1024 to #1046 (best #989, worst #1046).
Top rated · #psychological-horrorposition 1,222down -120down -60Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 30 readings: slipping, #1160 to #1222 (best #1091, worst #1222).
Top rated · #story-richposition 1,827down -124down -47Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 30 readings: slipping, #1780 to #1827 (best #1691, worst #1827).
Top rated · #romanceposition 2,090down -113down -64Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 29 readings: slipping, #2022 to #2090 (best #1957, worst #2090).
Top rated · #interactive-fictionposition 2,246down -4not listed thirty days agoPosition on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 3 readings: climbing, #2368 to #2246 (best #2242, worst #2368).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.30 / 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.

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.