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itch.ioRank 22812026-10-17

Date of the Dead: The Demo

by kgillon

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Velocity

-0.010

Date of the Dead: The Demo Velocity, last 14 days: falling 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 2026-10-17. 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 Date of the Dead: The Demo, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-18 to 2026-10-17, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 103 to 104, up 1, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 18Oct 17Ratings

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 18 to Oct 17

  • Ratings — people finished and cared103104+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 18103
Sep 19103
Sep 20103
Sep 21103
Sep 22103
Sep 23103
Sep 24103
Sep 25103
Sep 26103
Sep 27103
Sep 28103
Sep 29103
Sep 30103
Oct 1103
Oct 2103
Oct 3103
Oct 4103
Oct 5103
Oct 6104
Oct 7104
Oct 8104
Oct 9104
Oct 10104
Oct 11104
Oct 12104
Oct 13104
Oct 14104
Oct 15104
Oct 16104
Oct 17104
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion1040+1

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 · Visual Novel1,008-8Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 10 readings: slipping, #999 to #1008 (best #999, worst #1008).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated2,801-17-10Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #2748 to #2801 (best #2744, worst #2830).
On 9 tag charts
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Top rated · #monsters74-2-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #monsters chart across 39 readings: slipping, #70 to #74 (best #70, worst #74).
Top rated · #funny1340-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #funny chart across 39 readings: slipping, #131 to #134 (best #131, worst #134).
Top rated · #renpy180-5-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #renpy chart across 39 readings: slipping, #174 to #180 (best #174, worst #180).
Top rated · #dating-sim368-1-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 41 readings: slipping, #358 to #368 (best #358, worst #369).
Top rated · #lgbt408+1+5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 39 readings: climbing, #410 to #408 (best #406, worst #416).
Top rated · #short530-40Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 39 readings: slipping, #525 to #530 (best #525, worst #537).
Top rated · #horror637-5-14Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 39 readings: slipping, #621 to #637 (best #620, worst #640).
Top rated · #romance650-30Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 39 readings: slipping, #643 to #650 (best #643, worst #657).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.73 / 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.