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itch.ioRank 2182026-10-16

Melting Sun

by justcore

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.022

Melting Sun Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.02 to 0.02 (low -0.02, high 0.02).

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 Melting Sun, 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: 45 to 47, up 2, 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 cared4547+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 1745
Sep 1845
Sep 1945
Sep 2045
Sep 2145
Sep 2245
Sep 2345
Sep 2445
Sep 2545
Sep 2645
Sep 2745
Sep 2845
Sep 2946
Sep 3046
Oct 146
Oct 246
Oct 346
Oct 446
Oct 546
Oct 646
Oct 746
Oct 846
Oct 946
Oct 1046
Oct 1146
Oct 1246
Oct 1347
Oct 1447
Oct 1547
Oct 1647
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-16
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion47+1+2

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 rated · Simulation913+45+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · Simulation chart across 49 readings: climbing, #966 to #913 (best #904, worst #973).
On 7 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #working-simulator2300Position on itch.io's Top rated · #working-simulator chart across 38 readings: climbing, #24 to #23 (best #23, worst #24).
Top rated · #ludum-dare-5930+1+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #ludum-dare-59 chart across 38 readings: climbing, #34 to #30 (best #30, worst #34).
Top rated · #ludum-dare167+8+5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #ludum-dare chart across 38 readings: climbing, #179 to #167 (best #167, worst #180).
Top rated · #cozy380+11-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cozy chart across 40 readings: slipping, #377 to #380 (best #372, worst #392).
Top rated · #psychological-horror803+48-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 38 readings: climbing, #816 to #803 (best #797, worst #852).
Top rated · #atmospheric1,487+75+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 53 readings: climbing, #1596 to #1487 (best #1476, worst #1609).
Top rated · #short2,427
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-21
Price
free
Average rating
4.57 / 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.