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itch.ioRank 2302026-10-17

Connect the Dots

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Velocity

+0.021

Connect the Dots Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, 0.00 to 0.02 (low 0.00, high 0.02).

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 Connect the Dots, 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: 48 to 49, up 1, most of that change came late in the window.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 cared4849+1
  • 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 1848
Sep 1948
Sep 2048
Sep 2148
Sep 2248
Sep 2348
Sep 2448
Sep 2548
Sep 2648
Sep 2748
Sep 2848
Sep 2948
Sep 3048
Oct 148
Oct 248
Oct 348
Oct 448
Oct 548
Oct 648
Oct 748
Oct 848
Oct 948
Oct 1048
Oct 1148
Oct 1248
Oct 1349
Oct 1449
Oct 1549
Oct 1649
Oct 1749
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion49+1+1

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 Novel8900-54Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 49 readings: slipping, #832 to #890 (best #829, worst #897).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated3,726+98+50Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #3346 to #3726 (best #3260, worst #3880).
Top sellers6,412-245-384Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 58 readings: slipping, #5982 to #6412 (best #5855, worst #6412).
On 11 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #kinetic-novel41+2+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #kinetic-novel chart across 39 readings: slipping, #34 to #41 (best #34, worst #44).
Top rated · #lesbian93+5+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lesbian chart across 39 readings: slipping, #81 to #93 (best #80, worst #99).
Top rated · #experimental106+5+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #experimental chart across 40 readings: slipping, #92 to #106 (best #92, worst #112).
Top rated · #yuri116+3+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yuri chart across 39 readings: slipping, #102 to #116 (best #101, worst #119).
Top rated · #text-based178+6+5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #text-based chart across 39 readings: slipping, #160 to #178 (best #159, worst #186).
Top rated · #mystery270+7+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #mystery chart across 39 readings: slipping, #235 to #270 (best #235, worst #284).
Top rated · #narrative308+11+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 39 readings: slipping, #267 to #308 (best #267, worst #323).
Top rated · #female-protagonist366+12+11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 40 readings: slipping, #333 to #366 (best #333, worst #382).
Top rated · #story-rich565+4+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 39 readings: slipping, #501 to #565 (best #501, worst #580).
Top rated · #short715+25+15Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 39 readings: slipping, #630 to #715 (best #630, worst #747).
Top rated · #no-ai1,544+36-12Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #1322 to #1544 (best #1322, worst #1637).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.84 / 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.