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itch.ioRank 22742026-10-17

defusing the situation

by kindanice

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Velocity

-0.009

defusing the situation Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, -0.00 to -0.01 (low -0.02, 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 defusing the situation, 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: 104 to 107, up 3, the change came at a steady pace.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 cared104107+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 18104
Sep 19104
Sep 20104
Sep 21104
Sep 22104
Sep 23104
Sep 24104
Sep 25104
Sep 26104
Sep 27105
Sep 28105
Sep 29105
Sep 30105
Oct 1106
Oct 2106
Oct 3106
Oct 4106
Oct 5107
Oct 6107
Oct 7107
Oct 8107
Oct 9107
Oct 10107
Oct 11107
Oct 12107
Oct 13107
Oct 14107
Oct 15107
Oct 16107
Oct 17107
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion1070+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 rated · Visual Novel734-7-15Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: slipping, #670 to #734 (best #670, worst #744).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,938-10-13Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #1841 to #1938 (best #1742, worst #1996).
On 6 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #funny92-3-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #funny chart across 39 readings: slipping, #87 to #92 (best #85, worst #94).
Top rated · #story-rich315-1-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 39 readings: slipping, #305 to #315 (best #302, worst #324).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction3630-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 39 readings: slipping, #354 to #363 (best #349, worst #374).
Top rated · #pixel-art428-2+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 39 readings: slipping, #421 to #428 (best #416, worst #443).
Top rated · #2d500-6-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 59 readings: slipping, #473 to #500 (best #451, worst #511).
Top rated · #no-ai844-12-21Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #801 to #844 (best #794, worst #859).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.80 / 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.