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itch.ioRank 12872026-10-11

The Demon's Apple (New free Epilogue + Free Demo)$10

by Kakera

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Velocity

0.000

The Demon's Apple (New free Epilogue + Free Demo) Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.01 to -0.00 (low -0.01, 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 2026-10-11. 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 Demon's Apple (New free Epilogue + Free Demo), 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-12 to 2026-10-11, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 67 to 68, up 1, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%-100%Sep 12Oct 11Ratings

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runs past its ends because a counter went beyond its final value inside the window and came back — a deleted comment, a withdrawn rating.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 12 to Oct 11

  • Ratings — people finished and cared6768+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 1267
Sep 1367
Sep 1467
Sep 1567
Sep 1667
Sep 1767
Sep 1867
Sep 1967
Sep 2067
Sep 2167
Sep 2266
Sep 2366
Sep 2466
Sep 2566
Sep 2666
Sep 2766
Sep 2866
Sep 2967
Sep 3067
Oct 167
Oct 267
Oct 367
Oct 467
Oct 567
Oct 668
Oct 768
Oct 868
Oct 968
Oct 1068
Oct 1168
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-11
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion68+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 sellers · Visual Novel602-323-17Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 44 readings: slipping, #567 to #602 (best #57, worst #606).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers4,008-1,889-37Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 53 readings: slipping, #1246 to #4008 (best #227, worst #4008).
Top rated4,422+198+241Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 53 readings: climbing, #4757 to #4422 (best #4421, worst #4805).
New & popular6,849Position on itch.io's New & popular chart across 3 readings: slipping, #5752 to #6849 (best #5752, worst #6849).
On 7 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #dark-fantasy81+3+6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark-fantasy chart across 35 readings: climbing, #86 to #81 (best #80, worst #87).
Top rated · #amare230+6+6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #amare chart across 52 readings: climbing, #239 to #230 (best #230, worst #242).
Top rated · #otome378+13+16Position on itch.io's Top rated · #otome chart across 33 readings: climbing, #391 to #378 (best #378, worst #397).
Top rated · #female-protagonist431+13+22Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 34 readings: climbing, #451 to #431 (best #431, worst #454).
Top rated · #fantasy474+20+23Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fantasy chart across 34 readings: climbing, #494 to #474 (best #474, worst #502).
Top rated · #romance887+34+42Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 33 readings: climbing, #927 to #887 (best #887, worst #937).
Top rated · #no-ai1,820+102+47Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 33 readings: climbing, #1855 to #1820 (best #1817, worst #1938).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
paid
Average rating
4.72 / 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.