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itch.ioRank 19392026-10-16

Ballads at Midnight

by Synstoria

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.004

Ballads at Midnight Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.00 to -0.00 (low -0.00, 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 2026-10-16. 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 Ballads at Midnight, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-17 to 2026-10-16, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 472 to 476, up 4, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 17Oct 16Ratings

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 17 to Oct 16

  • Ratings — people finished and cared472476+4
  • 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 17472
Sep 18472
Sep 19472
Sep 20472
Sep 21472
Sep 22472
Sep 23472
Sep 24472
Sep 25472
Sep 26472
Sep 27472
Sep 28472
Sep 29472
Sep 30472
Oct 1472
Oct 2472
Oct 3472
Oct 4472
Oct 5472
Oct 6473
Oct 7474
Oct 8474
Oct 9475
Oct 10476
Oct 11476
Oct 12476
Oct 13476
Oct 14476
Oct 15476
Oct 16476
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-16
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion476+1+4

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 rated · Visual Novel2410-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 49 readings: slipping, #236 to #241 (best #235, worst #242).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated526+3+1Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 58 readings: slipping, #524 to #526 (best #524, worst #535).
On 8 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
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Top rated · #amare560-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #amare chart across 57 readings: holding, #56 to #56 (best #55, worst #57).
Top rated · #female-protagonist66+1+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 39 readings: climbing, #68 to #66 (best #65, worst #68).
Top rated · #otome84+1+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #otome chart across 38 readings: climbing, #85 to #84 (best #84, worst #86).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction10100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 38 readings: holding, #101 to #101 (best #100, worst #102).
Top rated · #story-rich1040+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 38 readings: holding, #104 to #104 (best #103, worst #105).
Top rated · #dating-sim119-1-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 40 readings: slipping, #117 to #119 (best #116, worst #119).
Top rated · #romance1780-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 38 readings: slipping, #176 to #178 (best #175, worst #178).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.76 / 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.