itch.ioRank 10402026-10-08

Return

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

Return Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 11 days, 0.00 to 0.00 (low 0.00, high 0.00).

Confidence 16%

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. None of its three counters had a measurable acceleration. We also have itch.io chart positions for it, which is the fourth component. It was observed on 9 of the last 14 days. How this is computed.

Which counter moved first

Lead and lag

28 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 Return, 28 daysLead and lag over 28 days, 2026-09-12 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: 28 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 12Oct 9Ratings

Each line is scaled to its own change across these 28 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 12 to Oct 9

  • Ratings — people finished and cared28 to 28unchanged 0
  • 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.

Daily counters for Return across the charted window
DayRatings
Sep 1228
Sep 1328
Sep 1428
Sep 1528
Sep 1628
Sep 1728
Sep 1828
Sep 1928
Sep 2028
Sep 2128
Sep 2228
Sep 2328
Sep 2428
Sep 2528
Sep 2628
Sep 2728
Sep 2828
Sep 2928
Oct 428
Oct 528
Oct 628
Oct 728
Oct 828
Oct 928
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-09
Current counters for Return, with their 7- and 30-day changes
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion28no comparable reading seven days backno comparable reading thirty days back

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 2 tag charts
Tag charts: where itch.io's own charts have placed Return
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #interactive-fictionposition 1,618down -5not listed thirty days agoPosition on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 18 readings: slipping, #1605 to #1618 (best #1605, worst #1618).
Top rated · #horrorposition 2,128not listed seven days agonot listed thirty days agoPosition on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 13 readings: slipping, #2050 to #2128 (best #2050, worst #2135).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-09-12
Price
free
Average rating
4.71 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-09-12. itch.io publishes only the most recent devlog date, so anything posted before then leaves no trace here.

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.