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itch.ioRank 19272026-10-11

Your Merman Boyfriend

by Ntagonistic

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.005

Your Merman Boyfriend Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.00 to -0.01 (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 2026-10-11. 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 Your Merman Boyfriend, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-13 to 2026-10-12, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 188 to 189, up 1, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 13Oct 12Ratings

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 13 to Oct 12

  • Ratings — people finished and cared188189+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 13188
Sep 14188
Sep 15188
Sep 16188
Sep 17188
Sep 18188
Sep 19188
Sep 20188
Sep 21188
Sep 22188
Sep 23188
Sep 24188
Sep 25188
Sep 26188
Sep 27188
Sep 28188
Sep 29188
Sep 30188
Oct 1188
Oct 2189
Oct 3189
Oct 4189
Oct 5189
Oct 6189
Oct 7189
Oct 8189
Oct 9189
Oct 10189
Oct 11189
Oct 12189
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-12
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion1890+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

Categories

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · Simulation338+4-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · Simulation chart across 45 readings: slipping, #334 to #338 (best #330, worst #347).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated4,080+48+39Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 54 readings: climbing, #4124 to #4080 (best #4076, worst #4178).
On 4 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #quiz600Position on itch.io's Top rated · #quiz chart across 33 readings: holding, #6 to #6 (best #6, worst #6).
Top rated · #twine152+2+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #twine chart across 33 readings: climbing, #154 to #152 (best #152, worst #155).
Top rated · #text-based191+3+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #text-based chart across 33 readings: climbing, #194 to #191 (best #191, worst #194).
Top rated · #dating-sim451+1+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 35 readings: climbing, #455 to #451 (best #451, worst #461).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.53 / 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.