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itch.ioRank 7042026-10-17

The Dog

by shipscaptain

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.005

The Dog Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.02 to 0.00 (low 0.00, 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 2026-10-17. 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 The Dog, 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: 215 to 212, down 3, most of that change came early in the window.133%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runs past its ends because a counter went beyond its final value inside the window and came back — a deleted comment, a withdrawn rating.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 cared215212-3
  • 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 18215
Sep 19215
Sep 20215
Sep 21215
Sep 22215
Sep 23211
Sep 24211
Sep 25211
Sep 26211
Sep 27211
Sep 28211
Sep 29211
Sep 30211
Oct 1211
Oct 2211
Oct 3211
Oct 4211
Oct 5211
Oct 6211
Oct 7211
Oct 8211
Oct 9211
Oct 10211
Oct 11211
Oct 12211
Oct 13211
Oct 14211
Oct 15211
Oct 16211
Oct 17212
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion212+1-3

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

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Top sellers · Adventure486Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Adventure chart across 7 readings: slipping, #132 to #486 (best #132, worst #486).

All of itch.io

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Top sellers5,899-251-390Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 59 readings: slipping, #5510 to #5899 (best #618, worst #5899).
On 9 tag charts
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Top rated · #spooky366-22-36Position on itch.io's Top rated · #spooky chart across 39 readings: slipping, #331 to #366 (best #330, worst #366).
Top rated · #unity781-48-86Position on itch.io's Top rated · #unity chart across 39 readings: slipping, #698 to #781 (best #694, worst #781).
Top rated · #creepy1,032-54-108Position on itch.io's Top rated · #creepy chart across 41 readings: slipping, #923 to #1032 (best #923, worst #1032).
Top rated · #psychological-horror1,177-51-114Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 39 readings: slipping, #1052 to #1177 (best #1052, worst #1177).
Top rated · #first-person1,195-57-118Position on itch.io's Top rated · #first-person chart across 39 readings: slipping, #1072 to #1195 (best #1071, worst #1195).
Top rated · #3d1,658-83-171Position on itch.io's Top rated · #3d chart across 59 readings: slipping, #1472 to #1658 (best #1471, worst #1658).
Top rated · #story-rich1,766-42-105Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 39 readings: slipping, #1648 to #1766 (best #1648, worst #1766).
Top rated · #atmospheric2,224-98-204Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 54 readings: slipping, #1995 to #2224 (best #1994, worst #2224).
Top rated · #horror3,220-82Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 18 readings: slipping, #2918 to #3220 (best #2918, worst #3220).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.16 / 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.