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itch.ioRank 10312026-10-09

An Absinthian Ballad

by locria

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

An Absinthian Ballad Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 14 days, 0.00 to 0.00 (low 0.00, high 0.00).

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 2026-10-09. 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 An Absinthian Ballad, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-10 to 2026-10-09, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 101 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 10Oct 9Ratings

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 10 to Oct 9

  • Ratings — people finished and cared1011010
  • 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 10101
Sep 11101
Sep 12101
Sep 13101
Sep 14101
Sep 15101
Sep 16101
Sep 17101
Sep 18101
Sep 19101
Sep 20101
Sep 21101
Sep 22101
Sep 23101
Sep 24101
Sep 25101
Sep 26101
Sep 27101
Sep 28101
Sep 29101
Sep 30101
Oct 1101
Oct 2101
Oct 3101
Oct 4101
Oct 5101
Oct 6101
Oct 7101
Oct 8101
Oct 9101
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-09
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion10100

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

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated2,172-15-46Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 51 readings: slipping, #2107 to #2172 (best #2106, worst #2172).
On 5 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #female-protagonist225-2-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 32 readings: slipping, #221 to #225 (best #220, worst #225).
Top rated · #otome253-1-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #otome chart across 31 readings: slipping, #246 to #253 (best #245, worst #254).
Top rated · #story-rich349-4-16Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 31 readings: slipping, #333 to #349 (best #333, worst #349).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction405-3-13Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 31 readings: slipping, #390 to #405 (best #390, worst #405).
Top rated · #romance544-10-21Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 31 readings: slipping, #522 to #544 (best #522, worst #544).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.79 / 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.