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itch.ioRank 32026-09-01

The Wonderful Puppet Circus [DEMO]

by Sharwis

  • Visual Novel

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-1.000

The Wonderful Puppet Circus [DEMO] Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 6 days, -1.00 to -1.00 (low -1.00, high -1.00).

Confidence 9%

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. None of its three counters had a measurable acceleration. We also have itch.io chart positions for it, which is the fourth component. It was observed on 13 of the last 14 days. How this is computed.

Which counter moved first

Lead and lag

13 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 Wonderful Puppet Circus [DEMO], 13 daysLead and lag over 13 days, 2026-08-21 to 2026-09-02, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 37 to 95, up 58, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Aug 21Sep 2Ratings

Each line is scaled to its own change across these 13 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 Aug 21 to Sep 2

  • Ratings — people finished and cared3795+58
  • 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
Aug 2137
Aug 2249
Aug 2357
Aug 2469
Aug 2571
Aug 2673
Aug 2777
Aug 2883
Aug 2987
Aug 3091
Aug 3193
Sep 195
Sep 295
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-09-02
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion95+23

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 sellers · Visual Novel83Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 5 readings: slipping, #44 to #83 (best #44, worst #92).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers458-312Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 14 readings: climbing, #568 to #458 (best #94, worst #568).
Top rated3,343+114Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 13 readings: climbing, #3441 to #3343 (best #2920, worst #4719).
Newest6,923-5,664Position on itch.io's Newest chart across 9 readings: slipping, #932 to #6923 (best #932, worst #6923).
New & popular7,144-6,468Position on itch.io's New & popular chart across 13 readings: slipping, #29 to #7144 (best #29, worst #7144).

A climb is places gained, so a positive number means it moved up. The line rises when the game is climbing, which is the opposite direction to the raw position.

Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Average rating
4.71 / 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.