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itch.ioRank 6922026-10-16

Dominion of Darkness

by Adeptus7

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.004

Dominion of Darkness Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.00 to 0.00 (low -0.01, high 0.01).

Confidence 50%

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, comments and ratings had a measurable acceleration on 2026-10-16. Topic views 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

Ratings are running ahead of comments.

By the average day in this window, comments had taken 43% of their change and ratings 49%. That is the reverse of the order the signal is built on — the audience arrived before the attention did, which reads as a game being found rather than one breaking out.

Lead and lag for Dominion of Darkness, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-18 to 2026-10-17, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Ratings are running ahead of comments. Furthest apart on 2026-10-13, 17 points between ratings and comments. Comments: 716 to 740, up 24, the change came at a steady pace. Ratings: 1,712 to 1,770, up 58, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%Sep 18Oct 1717 pts apartCommentsRatings

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 18 to Oct 17

  • Comments — people are talking716740+24
  • Ratings — people finished and cared1,7121,770+58
  • Topic views 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.

DayCommentsRatings
Sep 187161,712
Sep 197181,712
Sep 207191,715
Sep 217191,716
Sep 227191,716
Sep 237211,721
Sep 247211,726
Sep 257221,729
Sep 267231,731
Sep 277231,733
Sep 287231,735
Sep 297241,736
Sep 307251,738
Oct 17251,739
Oct 27251,740
Oct 37251,740
Oct 47261,741
Oct 57271,741
Oct 67271,742
Oct 77271,746
Oct 87291,748
Oct 97301,751
Oct 107301,755
Oct 117311,755
Oct 127321,760
Oct 137331,763
Oct 147341,765
Oct 157361,767
Oct 167391,769
Oct 177401,770
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Comments intent740+9+24
Ratings conversion1,770+16+59

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 · Strategy400Position on itch.io's Top rated · Strategy chart across 50 readings: holding, #4 to #4 (best #4, worst #4).
Top rated · Rpg1000Position on itch.io's Top rated · Rpg chart across 50 readings: holding, #10 to #10 (best #10, worst #10).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated78-30Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #77 to #78 (best #75, worst #78).
New & popular7,087-5,062Position on itch.io's New & popular chart across 16 readings: slipping, #2 to #7087 (best #2, worst #7087).
Newest7,178-4,755Position on itch.io's Newest chart across 10 readings: slipping, #1099 to #7178 (best #1099, worst #7178).
On 8 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #ai-generated200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #ai-generated chart across 58 readings: holding, #2 to #2 (best #2, worst #2).
Top rated · #twine4-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #twine chart across 39 readings: holding, #4 to #4 (best #3, worst #4).
Top rated · #text-based6-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #text-based chart across 39 readings: holding, #6 to #6 (best #5, worst #6).
Top rated · #multiple-endings800Position on itch.io's Top rated · #multiple-endings chart across 39 readings: holding, #8 to #8 (best #8, worst #8).
Top rated · #fantasy11-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fantasy chart across 40 readings: holding, #11 to #11 (best #10, worst #11).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction19-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 39 readings: holding, #19 to #19 (best #17, worst #19).
Top rated · #story-rich21-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 39 readings: holding, #21 to #21 (best #20, worst #21).
Top rated · #horror2500Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 39 readings: holding, #25 to #25 (best #24, worst #25).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.82 / 5

Last devlog 2026-10-14 — 3 days ago. 1 more has landed since we started watching on 2026-08-20, about one every 38 days. The platform publishes only the most recent devlog date, so this is a floor rather than the project’s history.

Go to the source

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