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itch.ioRank 4782026-10-23

Early Shift

by Noisy Bear

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.008

Early Shift Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.02 to 0.01 (low -0.02, high 0.02).

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 2026-10-23. 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 Early Shift, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-24 to 2026-10-23, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 128 to 131, up 3, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 24Oct 23Ratings

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 24 to Oct 23

  • Ratings — people finished and cared128131+3
  • 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 24128
Sep 25128
Sep 26128
Sep 27128
Sep 28128
Sep 29128
Sep 30128
Oct 1128
Oct 2128
Oct 3128
Oct 4128
Oct 5128
Oct 6128
Oct 7129
Oct 8130
Oct 9130
Oct 10130
Oct 11130
Oct 12130
Oct 13130
Oct 14130
Oct 15130
Oct 16130
Oct 17130
Oct 18130
Oct 19130
Oct 20130
Oct 21130
Oct 22131
Oct 23131
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-23
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion131+1+3

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 sellers · Visual Novel332-156Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 9 readings: slipping, #133 to #332 (best #84, worst #332).
Top rated · Visual Novel539+2+7Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 56 readings: climbing, #584 to #539 (best #533, worst #584).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,355+11+37Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 65 readings: climbing, #1599 to #1355 (best #1353, worst #1599).
Top sellers2,452-1,331Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 16 readings: slipping, #696 to #2452 (best #434, worst #2452).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #surreal41+1+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #surreal chart across 45 readings: climbing, #45 to #41 (best #41, worst #45).
Top rated · #furry50+1+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #furry chart across 45 readings: climbing, #61 to #50 (best #50, worst #61).
Top rated · #character-customization51-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #character-customization chart across 47 readings: holding, #51 to #51 (best #50, worst #51).
Top rated · #first-person79+4+7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #first-person chart across 46 readings: climbing, #96 to #79 (best #79, worst #96).
Top rated · #indie910+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #indie chart across 45 readings: climbing, #92 to #91 (best #87, worst #92).
Top rated · #lgbt221+1+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 45 readings: climbing, #244 to #221 (best #220, worst #244).
Top rated · #dating-sim235+2+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 47 readings: climbing, #244 to #235 (best #233, worst #244).
Top rated · #horror326+7+5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 45 readings: climbing, #355 to #326 (best #326, worst #355).
Top rated · #romance386+2+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 45 readings: climbing, #408 to #386 (best #386, worst #408).
Top rated · #no-ai587+5+9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 45 readings: climbing, #630 to #587 (best #580, worst #630).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.84 / 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.