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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

When the Darkness comes

by Sirhaian

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Velocity

0.000

When the Darkness comes Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 14 days, 0.00 to 0.00 (low 0.00, 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 When the Darkness comes, 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: 108 throughout, no change at all.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.

Series — over Sep 18 to Oct 17

  • Ratings — people finished and cared1081080
  • 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 18108
Sep 19108
Sep 20108
Sep 21108
Sep 22108
Sep 23108
Sep 24108
Sep 25108
Sep 26108
Sep 27108
Sep 28108
Sep 29108
Sep 30108
Oct 1108
Oct 2108
Oct 3108
Oct 4108
Oct 5108
Oct 6108
Oct 7108
Oct 8108
Oct 9108
Oct 10108
Oct 11108
Oct 12108
Oct 13108
Oct 14108
Oct 15108
Oct 16108
Oct 17108
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion10800

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

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated3,046-21-54Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #2958 to #3046 (best #2954, worst #3046).
Top sellers7,166Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 5 readings: climbing, #7180 to #7166 (best #7129, worst #7190).
On 11 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #suspense2100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #suspense chart across 39 readings: holding, #21 to #21 (best #21, worst #21).
Top rated · #unity117+1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #unity chart across 39 readings: slipping, #116 to #117 (best #115, worst #119).
Top rated · #dark167-3-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark chart across 41 readings: slipping, #155 to #167 (best #155, worst #168).
Top rated · #first-person181+1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #first-person chart across 40 readings: slipping, #180 to #181 (best #180, worst #183).
Top rated · #creepy201-3-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #creepy chart across 41 readings: slipping, #194 to #201 (best #194, worst #201).
Top rated · #narrative2460-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 39 readings: slipping, #239 to #246 (best #239, worst #247).
Top rated · #atmospheric406-2-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 57 readings: slipping, #394 to #406 (best #392, worst #408).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction548-5-8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 39 readings: slipping, #537 to #548 (best #537, worst #548).
Top rated · #horror672-5-15Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 39 readings: slipping, #654 to #672 (best #653, worst #674).
Top rated · #singleplayer691-3-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 39 readings: slipping, #677 to #691 (best #676, worst #700).
Top rated · #no-ai1,274-18-50Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #1207 to #1274 (best #1207, worst #1274).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.70 / 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.