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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

The Shuddering

by Melancholy Marionette

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

The Shuddering 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 2026-10-17. 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 The Shuddering, 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: 71 to 72, up 1, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%-100%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. The axis runs past its ends because a counter went beyond its final value inside the window and came back — a deleted comment, a withdrawn rating. The scale is widened rather than the curve clipped, so the round trip stays visible.

Series — over Sep 18 to Oct 17

  • Ratings — people finished and cared7172+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 1871
Sep 1971
Sep 2070
Sep 2170
Sep 2270
Sep 2370
Sep 2470
Sep 2570
Sep 2670
Sep 2770
Sep 2871
Sep 2971
Sep 3071
Oct 171
Oct 271
Oct 371
Oct 471
Oct 571
Oct 671
Oct 771
Oct 871
Oct 971
Oct 1071
Oct 1171
Oct 1271
Oct 1371
Oct 1471
Oct 1571
Oct 1671
Oct 1772
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion7200

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 Novel999-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 23 readings: slipping, #976 to #999 (best #976, worst #999).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated3,063-127-332Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #2689 to #3063 (best #2684, worst #3063).
On 11 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #liminal-space100-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #liminal-space chart across 39 readings: slipping, #9 to #10 (best #9, worst #10).
Top rated · #abstract280-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #abstract chart across 59 readings: slipping, #26 to #28 (best #26, worst #28).
Top rated · #experimental78-1-9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #experimental chart across 40 readings: slipping, #69 to #78 (best #69, worst #78).
Top rated · #surreal85-1-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #surreal chart across 39 readings: slipping, #78 to #85 (best #78, worst #85).
Top rated · #lgbtqia104-2-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbtqia chart across 39 readings: slipping, #92 to #104 (best #92, worst #105).
Top rated · #cozy1080-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cozy chart across 41 readings: slipping, #99 to #108 (best #99, worst #109).
Top rated · #yandere137+1-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yandere chart across 39 readings: slipping, #129 to #137 (best #129, worst #138).
Top rated · #creepy195-3-17Position on itch.io's Top rated · #creepy chart across 41 readings: slipping, #176 to #195 (best #176, worst #195).
Top rated · #psychological-horror241-4-19Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 39 readings: slipping, #217 to #241 (best #217, worst #241).
Top rated · #atmospheric395-4-37Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 57 readings: slipping, #350 to #395 (best #350, worst #395).
Top rated · #no-ai1,239-20-121Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #1099 to #1239 (best #1099, worst #1239).
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.