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itch.ioRank 18772026-09-22

Examination of Fear

by Tejas Joshi

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.004

Examination of Fear Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 2 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 2026-09-22. Topic views and comments did not. We also have itch.io chart positions for it, which is the fourth component. It was observed on 13 of the last 14 days. How this is computed.

Which counter moved first

Lead and lag

16 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 Examination of Fear, 16 daysLead and lag over 16 days, 2026-09-07 to 2026-09-22, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 270 to 271, up 1, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Sep 7Sep 22Ratings

Each line is scaled to its own change across these 16 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 7 to Sep 22

  • Ratings — people finished and cared270271+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 7270
Sep 8270
Sep 9270
Sep 10270
Sep 11271
Sep 12271
Sep 13271
Sep 14271
Sep 15271
Sep 16271
Sep 17271
Sep 18271
Sep 19271
Sep 20271
Sep 21271
Sep 22271
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-09-22
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion2710

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

On 4 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #dark1,137-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark chart across 16 readings: slipping, #1105 to #1137 (best #1105, worst #1137).
Top rated · #mystery1,248-12Position on itch.io's Top rated · #mystery chart across 15 readings: slipping, #1220 to #1248 (best #1220, worst #1248).
Top rated · #creepy1,528-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #creepy chart across 16 readings: slipping, #1498 to #1528 (best #1497, worst #1528).
Top rated · #psychological-horror1,721-9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 15 readings: slipping, #1677 to #1721 (best #1677, worst #1721).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-09-07
Price
free
Average rating
3.92 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-09-07. 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.