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itch.ioRank 6122026-09-22

I'm a SIDE CHARACTER in a BL story!

by WitPOP

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.006

I'm a SIDE CHARACTER in a BL story! Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 2 days, 0.01 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 2026-09-22. 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 I'm a SIDE CHARACTER in a BL story!, 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: 165 to 166, up 1, most of that change came late 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 cared165166+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 7165
Sep 8165
Sep 9165
Sep 10165
Sep 11165
Sep 12165
Sep 13165
Sep 14165
Sep 15165
Sep 16165
Sep 17165
Sep 18166
Sep 19166
Sep 20166
Sep 21166
Sep 22166
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-09-22
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion166+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

On 8 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #yaoi151-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yaoi chart across 15 readings: slipping, #150 to #151 (best #149, worst #151).
Top rated · #slice-of-life290+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #slice-of-life chart across 15 readings: holding, #290 to #290 (best #290, worst #294).
Top rated · #gay334+5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #gay chart across 15 readings: climbing, #341 to #334 (best #334, worst #341).
Top rated · #funny388+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #funny chart across 15 readings: holding, #388 to #388 (best #387, worst #392).
Top rated · #renpy488+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #renpy chart across 15 readings: slipping, #485 to #488 (best #485, worst #492).
Top rated · #comedy569+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #comedy chart across 16 readings: climbing, #570 to #569 (best #568, worst #572).
Top rated · #dating-sim747+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 16 readings: climbing, #750 to #747 (best #744, worst #752).
Top rated · #lgbt1,041+7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 15 readings: climbing, #1046 to #1041 (best #1038, worst #1050).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-09-07
Price
free
Average rating
4.37 / 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.