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itch.ioRank 20142026-10-11

Serial Lover$9.99

by Sugar Slip

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.007

Serial Lover Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.00 to -0.01 (low -0.01, 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 2026-10-11. 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 Serial Lover, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-12 to 2026-10-11, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 302 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 12Oct 11Ratings

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 12 to Oct 11

  • Ratings — people finished and cared3023020
  • 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 12302
Sep 13302
Sep 14302
Sep 15302
Sep 16302
Sep 17302
Sep 18302
Sep 19302
Sep 20302
Sep 21302
Sep 22302
Sep 23302
Sep 24302
Sep 25302
Sep 26302
Sep 27302
Sep 28302
Sep 29302
Sep 30302
Oct 1302
Oct 2303
Oct 3303
Oct 4303
Oct 5303
Oct 6303
Oct 7303
Oct 8303
Oct 9302
Oct 10302
Oct 11302
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-11
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion302-10

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 Novel613-458-477Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 44 readings: slipping, #264 to #613 (best #136, worst #616).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers4,066-3,021-3,165Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 53 readings: slipping, #3946 to #4066 (best #578, worst #4066).
Top rated5,799+28-31Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 39 readings: climbing, #5918 to #5799 (best #5756, worst #5946).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #rhythm6400Position on itch.io's Top rated · #rhythm chart across 33 readings: slipping, #63 to #64 (best #63, worst #65).
Top rated · #anime356+10+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #anime chart across 50 readings: climbing, #368 to #356 (best #355, worst #376).
Top rated · #mystery374+2-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #mystery chart across 33 readings: holding, #374 to #374 (best #373, worst #382).
Top rated · #dating-sim5720-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 35 readings: slipping, #564 to #572 (best #564, worst #575).
Top rated · #story-rich771+1-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 33 readings: slipping, #763 to #771 (best #763, worst #781).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction951-3-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 33 readings: slipping, #947 to #951 (best #947, worst #961).
Top rated · #romance1,074+4-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 33 readings: slipping, #1063 to #1074 (best #1063, worst #1088).
Top rated · #horror1,211+40-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 33 readings: slipping, #1199 to #1211 (best #1198, worst #1268).
Top rated · #singleplayer1,340+35-13Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 33 readings: slipping, #1325 to #1340 (best #1325, worst #1396).
Top rated · #no-ai2,416+25-73Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 33 readings: slipping, #2337 to #2416 (best #2337, worst #2469).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
paid
Average rating
4.38 / 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.