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itch.ioRank 15712026-10-11

I Want to Pursue the Mean Side Character!

by Tsundere Studio

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.002

I Want to Pursue the Mean Side Character! Velocity, last 14 days: falling 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 2026-10-11. 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 I Want to Pursue the Mean Side Character!, 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: 516 to 520, up 4, the change came at a steady pace.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 cared516520+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 12516
Sep 13516
Sep 14516
Sep 15516
Sep 16517
Sep 17517
Sep 18517
Sep 19517
Sep 20517
Sep 21517
Sep 22517
Sep 23517
Sep 24517
Sep 25517
Sep 26517
Sep 27517
Sep 28518
Sep 29518
Sep 30518
Oct 1519
Oct 2519
Oct 3519
Oct 4519
Oct 5520
Oct 6520
Oct 7520
Oct 8520
Oct 9520
Oct 10520
Oct 11520
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-11
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion520+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 Novel3320+9Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 44 readings: climbing, #335 to #332 (best #329, worst #345).
Top sellers · Visual Novel567+4-21Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 44 readings: slipping, #527 to #567 (best #523, worst #571).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated767+1+36Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 53 readings: climbing, #790 to #767 (best #766, worst #807).
Top sellers3,822+24-87Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 53 readings: slipping, #3691 to #3822 (best #540, worst #3857).
On 7 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #yuri210+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yuri chart across 33 readings: climbing, #23 to #21 (best #21, worst #24).
Top rated · #renpy410+5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #renpy chart across 33 readings: climbing, #46 to #41 (best #41, worst #47).
Top rated · #anime600+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #anime chart across 51 readings: slipping, #59 to #60 (best #58, worst #64).
Top rated · #female-protagonist92+1+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 34 readings: climbing, #96 to #92 (best #92, worst #98).
Top rated · #fantasy1110+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fantasy chart across 34 readings: climbing, #113 to #111 (best #110, worst #113).
Top rated · #lgbt139-2+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 33 readings: climbing, #141 to #139 (best #136, worst #141).
Top rated · #2d195-1+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 53 readings: climbing, #203 to #195 (best #194, worst #205).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.67 / 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.