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itch.ioRank 18342026-10-17

Witch’s Bound

by Purple Sugar

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.003

Witch’s Bound Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.00 to -0.00 (low -0.01, high 0.00).

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 Witch’s Bound, 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: 788 to 815, up 27, the change came at a steady pace.104%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. The axis runs past its ends because a counter went beyond its final value inside the window and came back — a deleted comment, a withdrawn rating. The scale is widened rather than the curve clipped, so the round trip stays visible.

Series — over Sep 18 to Oct 17

  • Ratings — people finished and cared788815+27
  • 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 18788
Sep 19789
Sep 20791
Sep 21791
Sep 22791
Sep 23791
Sep 24793
Sep 25793
Sep 26794
Sep 27797
Sep 28799
Sep 29801
Sep 30802
Oct 1804
Oct 2807
Oct 3807
Oct 4807
Oct 5808
Oct 6809
Oct 7809
Oct 8809
Oct 9812
Oct 10812
Oct 11813
Oct 12813
Oct 13814
Oct 14815
Oct 15815
Oct 16816
Oct 17815
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion815+3+27

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 Novel127-1+5Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: climbing, #131 to #127 (best #120, worst #133).
Top sellers · Visual Novel310-77-121Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: slipping, #121 to #310 (best #40, worst #549).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated273+3+14Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: climbing, #286 to #273 (best #266, worst #288).
Top sellers2,365-786-989Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 59 readings: slipping, #715 to #2365 (best #184, worst #3721).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #thriller500Position on itch.io's Top rated · #thriller chart across 39 readings: holding, #5 to #5 (best #4, worst #5).
Top rated · #dark15+1+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark chart across 41 readings: climbing, #19 to #15 (best #15, worst #19).
Top rated · #creepy170+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #creepy chart across 41 readings: holding, #17 to #17 (best #16, worst #18).
Top rated · #yandere25-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yandere chart across 39 readings: slipping, #24 to #25 (best #23, worst #25).
Top rated · #amare380+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #amare chart across 58 readings: climbing, #39 to #38 (best #37, worst #39).
Top rated · #otome49-1+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #otome chart across 39 readings: climbing, #50 to #49 (best #46, worst #51).
Top rated · #dating-sim68-20Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 41 readings: slipping, #67 to #68 (best #62, worst #68).
Top rated · #horror78+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 39 readings: climbing, #79 to #78 (best #76, worst #79).
Top rated · #romance98-1+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 39 readings: climbing, #101 to #98 (best #92, worst #102).
Top rated · #no-ai12300Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #121 to #123 (best #117, worst #123).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.77 / 5

Last devlog 2025-10-31 — 351 days ago. That was already the most recent devlog when we started watching on 2026-08-20, so there is no cadence to read from it yet. The platform publishes only the most recent devlog date, so this is a floor rather than the project’s history.

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.