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itch.ioRank 22032026-10-16

Model Employee

by Nth Circle

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Velocity

-0.009

Model Employee 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 2026-10-16. 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 Model Employee, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-17 to 2026-10-16, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 114 to 116, up 2, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%Sep 17Oct 16Ratings

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 17 to Oct 16

  • Ratings — people finished and cared114116+2
  • 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 17114
Sep 18114
Sep 19114
Sep 20114
Sep 21114
Sep 22114
Sep 23114
Sep 24114
Sep 25114
Sep 26114
Sep 27115
Sep 28115
Sep 29115
Sep 30115
Oct 1115
Oct 2115
Oct 3116
Oct 4116
Oct 5116
Oct 6116
Oct 7116
Oct 8116
Oct 9116
Oct 10116
Oct 11116
Oct 12116
Oct 13116
Oct 14116
Oct 15116
Oct 16116
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-16
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion1160+2

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 · Visual Novel471-4-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 49 readings: climbing, #473 to #471 (best #464, worst #475).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,141-5-4Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 58 readings: climbing, #1186 to #1141 (best #1129, worst #1191).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #dark-humor310+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark-humor chart across 40 readings: climbing, #32 to #31 (best #31, worst #32).
Top rated · #science-fiction560+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #science-fiction chart across 38 readings: holding, #56 to #56 (best #55, worst #58).
Top rated · #anime87-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #anime chart across 56 readings: climbing, #90 to #87 (best #85, worst #90).
Top rated · #psychological-horror98-1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 38 readings: slipping, #94 to #98 (best #94, worst #98).
Top rated · #retro1040-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #retro chart across 38 readings: climbing, #107 to #104 (best #102, worst #107).
Top rated · #multiple-endings111-1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #multiple-endings chart across 38 readings: slipping, #110 to #111 (best #107, worst #111).
Top rated · #pixel-art25400Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 38 readings: climbing, #262 to #254 (best #251, worst #262).
Top rated · #horror274-2-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 38 readings: climbing, #276 to #274 (best #267, worst #276).
Top rated · #no-ai506-1-17Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 38 readings: slipping, #497 to #506 (best #489, worst #506).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.91 / 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.