itch.ioRank 8162026-10-18

The Merging18+

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Velocity

+0.004

The Merging Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 14 days, 0.00 to 0.00 (low -0.00, 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 2026-10-18. 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

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 Merging, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-19 to 2026-10-18, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 272 to 270, down 2, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%-50%Sep 19Oct 18Ratings

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. The axis runs past its ends because a counter went beyond its final value inside the window and came back — a deleted comment, a withdrawn rating. The scale is widened rather than the curve clipped, so the round trip stays visible.

Series — over Sep 19 to Oct 18

  • Ratings — people finished and cared272 to 270down -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.

Daily counters for The Merging across the charted window
DayRatings
Sep 19272
Sep 20272
Sep 21272
Sep 22273
Sep 23271
Sep 24271
Sep 25271
Sep 26271
Sep 27271
Sep 28271
Sep 29271
Sep 30271
Oct 1271
Oct 2271
Oct 3271
Oct 4271
Oct 5271
Oct 6271
Oct 7271
Oct 8271
Oct 9271
Oct 10270
Oct 11270
Oct 12270
Oct 13270
Oct 14270
Oct 15270
Oct 16270
Oct 17270
Oct 18270
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-18
Current counters for The Merging, with their 7- and 30-day changes
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion270unchanged 0down -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

On 1 tag chart
Tag charts: where itch.io's own charts have placed The Merging
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #adultposition 1,495down -39up +9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #adult chart across 60 readings: slipping, #1450 to #1495 (best #1415, worst #1514).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.18 / 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.

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.