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itch.ioRank 28032026-10-16

Helping Your Boyfriend

by Zieelane

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-12.858

Helping Your Boyfriend Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 10 days, -0.04 to -12.86 (low -13.41, high -0.04).

Confidence 30%

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

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 Helping Your Boyfriend, 16 daysLead and lag over 16 days, 2026-10-01 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: 21 to 652, up 631, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Oct 1Oct 16Ratings

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 Oct 1 to Oct 16

  • Ratings — people finished and cared21652+631
  • 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
Oct 121
Oct 224
Oct 385
Oct 4177
Oct 5281
Oct 6355
Oct 7400
Oct 8442
Oct 9483
Oct 10510
Oct 11547
Oct 12583
Oct 13602
Oct 14623
Oct 15638
Oct 16652
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-16
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion652+163

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
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Top rated · Visual Novel78+33Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 13 readings: climbing, #443 to #78 (best #78, worst #443).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers15-12Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 17 readings: climbing, #633 to #15 (best #3, worst #633).
Top rated162+65Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 14 readings: climbing, #1708 to #162 (best #162, worst #1708).
New & popular6,984-6,870Position on itch.io's New & popular chart across 16 readings: slipping, #45 to #6984 (best #2, worst #6984).
Newest7,095-6,805Position on itch.io's Newest chart across 9 readings: slipping, #299 to #7095 (best #290, worst #7095).
On 11 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #thriller3+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #thriller chart across 16 readings: climbing, #197 to #3 (best #3, worst #197).
Top rated · #survival6+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #survival chart across 13 readings: climbing, #30 to #6 (best #6, worst #30).
Top rated · #psychological-horror14+6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 16 readings: climbing, #1473 to #14 (best #14, worst #1473).
Top rated · #point-and-click18+5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #point-and-click chart across 16 readings: climbing, #994 to #18 (best #18, worst #994).
Top rated · #lgbt37+11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 16 readings: climbing, #1788 to #37 (best #37, worst #1788).
Top rated · #cute41+16Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cute chart across 16 readings: climbing, #2455 to #41 (best #41, worst #2455).
Top rated · #horror44+19Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 14 readings: climbing, #1560 to #44 (best #44, worst #1560).
Top rated · #2d53+17Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 14 readings: climbing, #2043 to #53 (best #53, worst #2043).
Top rated · #romance61+26Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 16 readings: climbing, #2291 to #61 (best #61, worst #2291).
Top rated · #no-ai71+35Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 13 readings: climbing, #473 to #71 (best #71, worst #473).
Top rated · #yandere232Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yandere chart across 3 readings: climbing, #355 to #232 (best #232, worst #355).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-09-30
Price
free
Average rating
4.88 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-09-30. 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.