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itch.ioRank 12422026-10-19

The Graveyard Shift

by Melancholy Marionette

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

The Graveyard Shift 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 2026-10-19. 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 The Graveyard Shift, 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: 77 throughout, no change at all.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 cared77770
  • 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 2077
Sep 2177
Sep 2277
Sep 2377
Sep 2477
Sep 2577
Sep 2677
Sep 2777
Sep 2877
Sep 2977
Sep 3077
Oct 177
Oct 277
Oct 377
Oct 477
Oct 577
Oct 677
Oct 777
Oct 877
Oct 977
Oct 1077
Oct 1177
Oct 1277
Oct 1377
Oct 1477
Oct 1577
Oct 1677
Oct 1777
Oct 1877
Oct 1977
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-19
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion7700

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 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #dark-humor111-2-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark-humor chart across 43 readings: slipping, #109 to #111 (best #108, worst #111).
Top rated · #halloween131-3-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #halloween chart across 41 readings: slipping, #124 to #131 (best #124, worst #131).
Top rated · #dark435+2-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark chart across 43 readings: slipping, #420 to #435 (best #418, worst #448).
Top rated · #casual479-8-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #casual chart across 43 readings: slipping, #464 to #479 (best #464, worst #479).
Top rated · #mystery538-5-17Position on itch.io's Top rated · #mystery chart across 41 readings: slipping, #517 to #538 (best #517, worst #541).
Top rated · #psychological-horror635-3-22Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 41 readings: slipping, #603 to #635 (best #603, worst #649).
Top rated · #atmospheric1,167-6-31Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 59 readings: slipping, #1127 to #1167 (best #1123, worst #1190).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction1,417-42Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 19 readings: slipping, #1370 to #1417 (best #1370, worst #1417).
Top rated · #horror1,765-4-38Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 41 readings: slipping, #1713 to #1765 (best #1713, worst #1819).
Top rated · #short1,843Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 28 readings: slipping, #1773 to #1843 (best #1773, worst #1843).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-21
Price
free
Average rating
4.53 / 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.