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itch.ioRank 6412026-10-19

The Smiling Man

by Noxus Games Studio

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.006

The Smiling Man Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, 0.00 to 0.01 (low 0.00, 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 2026-10-19. 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 Smiling Man, 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: 178 to 179, up 1, most of that change came late in the window.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 cared178179+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 20178
Sep 21178
Sep 22178
Sep 23178
Sep 24178
Sep 25178
Sep 26178
Sep 27178
Sep 28178
Sep 29178
Sep 30178
Oct 1178
Oct 2178
Oct 3178
Oct 4178
Oct 5178
Oct 6178
Oct 7178
Oct 8178
Oct 9178
Oct 10178
Oct 11178
Oct 12178
Oct 13178
Oct 14178
Oct 15178
Oct 16178
Oct 17179
Oct 18179
Oct 19179
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-19
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion179+1+1

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 sellers4,337-269-472Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 61 readings: slipping, #3894 to #4337 (best #3751, worst #4337).
On 7 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #slasher390-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #slasher chart across 41 readings: slipping, #38 to #39 (best #38, worst #39).
Top rated · #creepypasta60-3-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #creepypasta chart across 43 readings: slipping, #53 to #60 (best #52, worst #60).
Top rated · #survival-horror528-5-15Position on itch.io's Top rated · #survival-horror chart across 41 readings: slipping, #515 to #528 (best #512, worst #528).
Top rated · #psx599-3-17Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psx chart across 41 readings: slipping, #582 to #599 (best #581, worst #599).
Top rated · #survival873-17-39Position on itch.io's Top rated · #survival chart across 41 readings: slipping, #832 to #873 (best #829, worst #873).
Top rated · #creepy1,320-10-34Position on itch.io's Top rated · #creepy chart across 43 readings: slipping, #1287 to #1320 (best #1282, worst #1320).
Top rated · #retro2,638+6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #retro chart across 14 readings: slipping, #2608 to #2638 (best #2608, worst #2644).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.06 / 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.