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itch.ioRank 26692026-10-16

Sorry About the Mess

by jitterrue

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Velocity

-0.056

Sorry About the Mess Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.02 to -0.06 (low -0.06, high 0.06).

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 2026-10-16. 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 Sorry About the Mess, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-17 to 2026-10-16, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 54 to 57, up 3, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 17Oct 16Ratings

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 17 to Oct 16

  • Ratings — people finished and cared5457+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.

DayRatings
Sep 1754
Sep 1854
Sep 1954
Sep 2054
Sep 2154
Sep 2254
Sep 2354
Sep 2454
Sep 2554
Sep 2654
Sep 2754
Sep 2854
Sep 2954
Oct 154
Oct 254
Oct 355
Oct 455
Oct 555
Oct 656
Oct 757
Oct 857
Oct 957
Oct 1057
Oct 1157
Oct 1257
Oct 1357
Oct 1457
Oct 1557
Oct 1657
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-16
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion570+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

Categories

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers · Visual Novel333-207Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 8 readings: slipping, #126 to #333 (best #77, worst #333).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers2,432-2,069Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 9 readings: slipping, #883 to #2432 (best #363, worst #2432).
Top rated6,053-651Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 13 readings: slipping, #6043 to #6053 (best #5399, worst #6054).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #food380-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #food chart across 38 readings: slipping, #22 to #38 (best #22, worst #38).
Top rated · #voice-acting73-2-17Position on itch.io's Top rated · #voice-acting chart across 38 readings: slipping, #49 to #73 (best #49, worst #73).
Top rated · #yandere256-2-42Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yandere chart across 38 readings: slipping, #189 to #256 (best #189, worst #256).
Top rated · #mystery535+1-110Position on itch.io's Top rated · #mystery chart across 38 readings: slipping, #356 to #535 (best #355, worst #538).
Top rated · #multiple-endings620-5-129Position on itch.io's Top rated · #multiple-endings chart across 38 readings: slipping, #423 to #620 (best #423, worst #620).
Top rated · #romance1,422-10-246Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 38 readings: slipping, #1024 to #1422 (best #1024, worst #1422).
Top rated · #horror1,762+47-390Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 38 readings: slipping, #1134 to #1762 (best #1131, worst #1812).
Top rated · #short1,834-5-465Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 32 readings: slipping, #1061 to #1834 (best #1059, worst #1834).
Top rated · #no-ai2,891-72Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 16 readings: slipping, #2189 to #2891 (best #2189, worst #2891).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-26
Price
free
Average rating
4.60 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-08-26. 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.