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itch.ioRank 24472026-10-15

Small Fires

by medowlarken

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Velocity

-0.019

Small Fires Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, -0.00 to -0.02 (low -0.03, 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 2026-10-15. 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 Small Fires, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-16 to 2026-10-15, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 96 to 106, up 10, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%Sep 16Oct 15Ratings

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 16 to Oct 15

  • Ratings — people finished and cared96106+10
  • 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 1696
Sep 1797
Sep 1897
Sep 1997
Sep 2097
Sep 2198
Sep 2299
Sep 2399
Sep 24100
Sep 25100
Sep 26101
Sep 27101
Sep 28101
Sep 29101
Sep 30102
Oct 1103
Oct 2103
Oct 3103
Oct 4103
Oct 5103
Oct 6103
Oct 7103
Oct 8105
Oct 9105
Oct 10105
Oct 11105
Oct 12105
Oct 13105
Oct 14105
Oct 15106
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-15
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion1060+9

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 rated1,407+29-56Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 57 readings: holding, #1408 to #1407 (best #1316, worst #1437).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #fangame5400Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fangame chart across 38 readings: holding, #54 to #54 (best #52, worst #54).
Top rated · #meaningful-choices61-1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #meaningful-choices chart across 37 readings: slipping, #59 to #61 (best #58, worst #61).
Top rated · #text-based64-2-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #text-based chart across 37 readings: slipping, #63 to #64 (best #59, worst #64).
Top rated · #twine65-2-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #twine chart across 37 readings: slipping, #63 to #65 (best #60, worst #65).
Top rated · #fantasy198-2-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fantasy chart across 38 readings: slipping, #187 to #198 (best #185, worst #198).
Top rated · #story-rich235-4-16Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 37 readings: slipping, #220 to #235 (best #214, worst #235).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction272-4-15Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 37 readings: slipping, #260 to #272 (best #254, worst #272).
Top rated · #romance401-5-18Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 37 readings: slipping, #385 to #401 (best #377, worst #401).
Top rated · #no-ai617-11-45Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 37 readings: slipping, #567 to #617 (best #563, worst #618).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.88 / 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.