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itch.ioRank 7722026-10-16

Next in Line

by V. Walker

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.004

Next in Line 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 2026-10-16. 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 Next in Line, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-17 to 2026-10-16, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 276 to 277, up 1, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 17Oct 16Ratings

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 17 to Oct 16

  • Ratings — people finished and cared276277+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 17276
Sep 18276
Sep 19276
Sep 20276
Sep 21276
Sep 22276
Sep 23276
Sep 24276
Sep 25276
Sep 26276
Sep 27276
Sep 28276
Sep 29276
Sep 30276
Oct 1276
Oct 2276
Oct 3276
Oct 4276
Oct 5276
Oct 6276
Oct 7276
Oct 8276
Oct 9276
Oct 10276
Oct 11276
Oct 12276
Oct 13276
Oct 14277
Oct 15277
Oct 16277
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-16
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion277+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

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated995+6-69Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 58 readings: slipping, #917 to #995 (best #916, worst #1004).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #non-linear300Position on itch.io's Top rated · #non-linear chart across 38 readings: holding, #3 to #3 (best #3, worst #3).
Top rated · #historical110-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #historical chart across 38 readings: slipping, #9 to #11 (best #9, worst #11).
Top rated · #character-customization410-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #character-customization chart across 40 readings: slipping, #39 to #41 (best #39, worst #41).
Top rated · #twine450-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #twine chart across 38 readings: slipping, #40 to #45 (best #40, worst #45).
Top rated · #mystery73+1-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #mystery chart across 38 readings: slipping, #69 to #73 (best #69, worst #74).
Top rated · #narrative77+1-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 38 readings: slipping, #73 to #77 (best #72, worst #79).
Top rated · #multiple-endings98-2-9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #multiple-endings chart across 38 readings: slipping, #91 to #98 (best #89, worst #98).
Top rated · #story-rich173-1-17Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 38 readings: slipping, #157 to #173 (best #156, worst #174).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction198+1-18Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 38 readings: slipping, #180 to #198 (best #180, worst #200).
Top rated · #romance312-2-29Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 38 readings: slipping, #281 to #312 (best #280, worst #312).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.74 / 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.