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itch.ioRank 20452026-10-11

Headliner: NoviNews$13.99

by Unbound Creations

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Velocity

-0.007

Headliner: NoviNews Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.00 to -0.01 (low -0.01, 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 2026-10-11. 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 Headliner: NoviNews, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-13 to 2026-10-12, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 140 to 141, up 1, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 13Oct 12Ratings

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 13 to Oct 12

  • Ratings — people finished and cared140141+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 13140
Sep 14140
Sep 15140
Sep 16140
Sep 17140
Sep 18140
Sep 19140
Sep 20140
Sep 21140
Sep 22140
Sep 23140
Sep 24140
Sep 25140
Sep 26140
Sep 27140
Sep 28140
Sep 29140
Sep 30140
Oct 1140
Oct 2140
Oct 3140
Oct 4141
Oct 5141
Oct 6141
Oct 7141
Oct 8141
Oct 9141
Oct 10141
Oct 11141
Oct 12141
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-12
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion1410+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 rated · Rpg735+11-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · Rpg chart across 45 readings: slipping, #724 to #735 (best #724, worst #758).
Top sellers · Rpg891+20-8Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Rpg chart across 45 readings: slipping, #869 to #891 (best #866, worst #911).
On 6 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #satire380-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #satire chart across 33 readings: slipping, #36 to #38 (best #36, worst #38).
Top rated · #dystopian49-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dystopian chart across 35 readings: slipping, #48 to #49 (best #48, worst #49).
Top rated · #educational116+1+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #educational chart across 35 readings: climbing, #117 to #116 (best #116, worst #118).
Top rated · #meaningful-choices2430-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #meaningful-choices chart across 33 readings: slipping, #242 to #243 (best #242, worst #247).
Top rated · #story-rich1,103+5-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 33 readings: slipping, #1088 to #1103 (best #1088, worst #1120).
Top rated · #2d2,440-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 11 readings: slipping, #2427 to #2440 (best #2427, worst #2467).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-29
Price
paid
Average rating
4.41 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-08-29. 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.