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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

Half Step Princess

by Monica Callaghan

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Velocity

0.000

Half Step Princess Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.02 to 0.00 (low -0.07, high 0.04).

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 Half Step Princess, 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: 42 to 47, up 5, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%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.

Series — over Sep 18 to Oct 17

  • Ratings — people finished and cared4247+5
  • 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 1842
Sep 1942
Sep 2042
Sep 2143
Sep 2243
Sep 2343
Sep 2444
Sep 2544
Sep 2644
Sep 2744
Sep 2844
Sep 2944
Sep 3045
Oct 147
Oct 247
Oct 347
Oct 447
Oct 547
Oct 647
Oct 747
Oct 847
Oct 947
Oct 1047
Oct 1147
Oct 1247
Oct 1347
Oct 1447
Oct 1547
Oct 1647
Oct 1747
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion470+5

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 · Sports130+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · Sports chart across 50 readings: climbing, #16 to #13 (best #13, worst #17).
Top rated · Visual Novel947-3+27Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 40 readings: climbing, #979 to #947 (best #933, worst #1008).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated2,566-16+85Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: climbing, #2669 to #2566 (best #2545, worst #2867).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #transgender46-1+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #transgender chart across 39 readings: climbing, #51 to #46 (best #44, worst #55).
Top rated · #lesbian63-30Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lesbian chart across 39 readings: climbing, #65 to #63 (best #60, worst #68).
Top rated · #yuri83-4+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yuri chart across 39 readings: climbing, #86 to #83 (best #79, worst #91).
Top rated · #renpy163-5+5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #renpy chart across 39 readings: climbing, #171 to #163 (best #158, worst #179).
Top rated · #narrative197-3+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 39 readings: climbing, #213 to #197 (best #192, worst #233).
Top rated · #female-protagonist265-5+7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 40 readings: climbing, #276 to #265 (best #258, worst #294).
Top rated · #atmospheric338-2+13Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 57 readings: climbing, #384 to #338 (best #335, worst #385).
Top rated · #romance605-3+17Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 39 readings: climbing, #632 to #605 (best #601, worst #662).
Top rated · #no-ai1,081-16+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: climbing, #1101 to #1081 (best #1058, worst #1182).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.94 / 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.