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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

A Witch's Word

by RainbowStarbird

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Velocity

0.000

A Witch's Word Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 14 days, 0.00 to 0.00 (low 0.00, high 0.00).

Confidence 50%

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, comments and ratings had a measurable acceleration on 2026-10-17. Topic views 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

No ordering to read here.

Across this window, comments did not move at all (129 throughout); ratings did not move at all (769 throughout). Timing two counters against each other needs both of them to have risen, by more than the floor this page sets for that counter so a handful of events cannot read as an ordering, and to have stayed between their own start and end values — a counter that went past one of those and came back has no share of its change to time. The shapes are drawn; which of them moved first is not claimed.

Lead and lag for A Witch's Word, 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. No ordering to read here. Comments: 129 throughout, no change at all. Ratings: 769 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 18Oct 17CommentsRatings

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 18 to Oct 17

  • Comments — people are talking1291290
  • Ratings — people finished and cared7697690
  • Topic views 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.

DayCommentsRatings
Sep 18129769
Sep 19129769
Sep 20129769
Sep 21129769
Sep 22129769
Sep 23129769
Sep 24129769
Sep 25129769
Sep 26129769
Sep 27129769
Sep 28129769
Sep 29129769
Sep 30129769
Oct 1129769
Oct 2129769
Oct 3129769
Oct 4129769
Oct 5129769
Oct 6129769
Oct 7129769
Oct 8129769
Oct 9129769
Oct 10129769
Oct 11129769
Oct 12129769
Oct 13129769
Oct 14129769
Oct 15129769
Oct 16129769
Oct 17129769
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Comments intent12900
Ratings conversion76900

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 · Simulation1030-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · Simulation chart across 50 readings: slipping, #95 to #103 (best #94, worst #103).
Top sellers · Simulation684-26-54Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Simulation chart across 50 readings: slipping, #609 to #684 (best #609, worst #684).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,1260-33Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #1063 to #1126 (best #1062, worst #1126).
Top sellers6,446-245-391Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 58 readings: slipping, #6006 to #6446 (best #5880, worst #6446).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #minimalist150-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #minimalist chart across 39 readings: slipping, #14 to #15 (best #14, worst #15).
Top rated · #text-based490+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #text-based chart across 39 readings: climbing, #51 to #49 (best #49, worst #51).
Top rated · #twine5000Position on itch.io's Top rated · #twine chart across 39 readings: holding, #50 to #50 (best #50, worst #50).
Top rated · #multiple-endings110-1-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #multiple-endings chart across 39 readings: slipping, #103 to #110 (best #103, worst #110).
Top rated · #female-protagonist1300-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 40 readings: slipping, #124 to #130 (best #124, worst #130).
Top rated · #fantasy1620-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fantasy chart across 40 readings: slipping, #155 to #162 (best #155, worst #162).
Top rated · #cute1820-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cute chart across 41 readings: slipping, #176 to #182 (best #176, worst #182).
Top rated · #lgbt193-2-9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 39 readings: slipping, #185 to #193 (best #184, worst #193).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction2240-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 39 readings: slipping, #218 to #224 (best #218, worst #224).
Top rated · #romance341-1-14Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 39 readings: slipping, #328 to #341 (best #327, worst #341).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.54 / 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

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