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itch.ioRank 6542026-10-08

The Science of Staying Awake

by viscereye

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.004

The Science of Staying Awake Velocity, last 14 days: rising 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 2026-10-08. 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 The Science of Staying Awake, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-09 to 2026-10-08, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 236 to 238, up 2, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%Sep 9Oct 8Ratings

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 9 to Oct 8

  • Ratings — people finished and cared236238+2
  • 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 9236
Sep 10236
Sep 11236
Sep 12236
Sep 13236
Sep 14236
Sep 15236
Sep 16237
Sep 17237
Sep 18237
Sep 19237
Sep 20237
Sep 21237
Sep 22237
Sep 23237
Sep 24237
Sep 25237
Sep 26237
Sep 27237
Sep 28237
Sep 29237
Sep 30237
Oct 1237
Oct 2237
Oct 3237
Oct 4237
Oct 5238
Oct 6238
Oct 7238
Oct 8238
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-08
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion238+1+2

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 Novel433-3-8Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 41 readings: slipping, #421 to #433 (best #420, worst #433).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,047-1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 50 readings: slipping, #1042 to #1047 (best #1031, worst #1047).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #surreal29+2+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #surreal chart across 30 readings: climbing, #30 to #29 (best #28, worst #31).
Top rated · #renpy6400Position on itch.io's Top rated · #renpy chart across 30 readings: holding, #64 to #64 (best #63, worst #64).
Top rated · #creepy66+1+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #creepy chart across 32 readings: holding, #66 to #66 (best #65, worst #68).
Top rated · #yandere80-3-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yandere chart across 30 readings: slipping, #76 to #80 (best #76, worst #80).
Top rated · #multiple-endings101-2-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #multiple-endings chart across 30 readings: slipping, #96 to #101 (best #96, worst #101).
Top rated · #short178+2+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 30 readings: climbing, #179 to #178 (best #176, worst #181).
Top rated · #dating-sim193-2-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 32 readings: slipping, #190 to #193 (best #187, worst #193).
Top rated · #singleplayer21500Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 30 readings: holding, #215 to #215 (best #212, worst #220).
Top rated · #horror2430-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 30 readings: slipping, #241 to #243 (best #239, worst #245).
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.