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itch.ioRank 12422026-10-19

Melone in the Dark

by Marius Winter

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

Melone in the Dark Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.01 to 0.00 (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 2026-10-19. 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 Melone in the Dark, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-20 to 2026-10-19, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 69 to 70, up 1, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%Sep 20Oct 19Ratings

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 20 to Oct 19

  • Ratings — people finished and cared6970+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 2069
Sep 2169
Sep 2269
Sep 2369
Sep 2469
Sep 2569
Sep 2669
Sep 2769
Sep 2869
Sep 2969
Sep 3069
Oct 169
Oct 269
Oct 370
Oct 470
Oct 570
Oct 670
Oct 770
Oct 870
Oct 970
Oct 1070
Oct 1170
Oct 1270
Oct 1370
Oct 1470
Oct 1570
Oct 1670
Oct 1770
Oct 1870
Oct 1970
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-19
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion700+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

On 5 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #survival-horror168-1+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #survival-horror chart across 41 readings: climbing, #178 to #168 (best #166, worst #179).
Top rated · #atmospheric1,200-5+48Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 59 readings: climbing, #1237 to #1200 (best #1193, worst #1280).
Top rated · #horror1,817-5+58Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 31 readings: climbing, #1857 to #1817 (best #1810, worst #1932).
Top rated · #short1,920Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 20 readings: climbing, #1991 to #1920 (best #1903, worst #2008).
Top rated · #singleplayer2,174-27Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 15 readings: slipping, #2172 to #2174 (best #2144, worst #2203).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-21
Price
free
Average rating
4.54 / 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.