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itch.ioRank 22822026-10-15

HUMAN EXPENDITURE PROGRAM

by SHROOMYCHRIST

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.011

HUMAN EXPENDITURE PROGRAM Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.00 to -0.01 (low -0.01, high 0.01).

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 2026-10-15. 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 HUMAN EXPENDITURE PROGRAM, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-16 to 2026-10-15, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 178 to 181, up 3, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%Sep 16Oct 15Ratings

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 16 to Oct 15

  • Ratings — people finished and cared178181+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 16178
Sep 17178
Sep 18179
Sep 19179
Sep 20179
Sep 21179
Sep 22179
Sep 23179
Sep 24179
Sep 25179
Sep 26179
Sep 27179
Sep 28179
Sep 29179
Sep 30179
Oct 1179
Oct 2179
Oct 3179
Oct 4180
Oct 5180
Oct 6180
Oct 7180
Oct 8181
Oct 9181
Oct 10181
Oct 11181
Oct 12181
Oct 13181
Oct 14181
Oct 15181
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-15
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion1810+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

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers · Visual Novel363-142-79Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 48 readings: slipping, #85 to #363 (best #85, worst #598).
Top rated · Visual Novel772+5-43Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 48 readings: slipping, #727 to #772 (best #722, worst #777).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated2,062+3-105Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 57 readings: slipping, #1937 to #2062 (best #1936, worst #2099).
Top sellers4,130-3,718-2,189Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 57 readings: slipping, #3955 to #4130 (best #391, worst #4130).
On 6 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #virtual-pet1400Position on itch.io's Top rated · #virtual-pet chart across 37 readings: holding, #14 to #14 (best #14, worst #14).
Top rated · #suspense160-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #suspense chart across 37 readings: slipping, #15 to #16 (best #15, worst #16).
Top rated · #thriller36+1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #thriller chart across 37 readings: slipping, #35 to #36 (best #35, worst #37).
Top rated · #psychological-horror1760-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 37 readings: slipping, #158 to #176 (best #158, worst #177).
Top rated · #horror494+3-28Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 37 readings: slipping, #457 to #494 (best #455, worst #497).
Top rated · #no-ai885+11-47Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 37 readings: slipping, #822 to #885 (best #822, worst #896).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.68 / 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.