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itch.ioRank 6462026-10-09

Keeping You Close

by aine

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.004

Keeping You Close Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.01 to 0.00 (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 2026-10-09. 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 Keeping You Close, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-10 to 2026-10-09, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 600 to 655, up 55, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%Sep 10Oct 9Ratings

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 10 to Oct 9

  • Ratings — people finished and cared600655+55
  • 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 10600
Sep 11605
Sep 12605
Sep 13606
Sep 14606
Sep 15607
Sep 16610
Sep 17615
Sep 18615
Sep 19619
Sep 20619
Sep 21621
Sep 22621
Sep 23622
Sep 24624
Sep 25626
Sep 26628
Sep 27629
Sep 28630
Sep 29634
Sep 30635
Oct 1637
Oct 2639
Oct 3642
Oct 4646
Oct 5648
Oct 6648
Oct 7652
Oct 8654
Oct 9655
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-09
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion655+16+58

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 sellers · Visual Novel337+5Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 21 readings: slipping, #142 to #337 (best #138, worst #362).
Top rated · Visual Novel483+6+50Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 42 readings: climbing, #521 to #483 (best #479, worst #535).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,185+10+160Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 51 readings: climbing, #1341 to #1185 (best #1170, worst #1354).
Top sellers3,480-2,852-2,055Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 31 readings: slipping, #179 to #3480 (best #179, worst #3480).
On 11 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #voice-acting12+1+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #voice-acting chart across 31 readings: climbing, #16 to #12 (best #12, worst #16).
Top rated · #yuri360+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yuri chart across 31 readings: climbing, #39 to #36 (best #35, worst #39).
Top rated · #lgbtqia37+1+5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbtqia chart across 31 readings: climbing, #43 to #37 (best #36, worst #43).
Top rated · #yandere820+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yandere chart across 31 readings: climbing, #86 to #82 (best #82, worst #86).
Top rated · #anime89+2+17Position on itch.io's Top rated · #anime chart across 49 readings: climbing, #101 to #89 (best #88, worst #106).
Top rated · #psychological-horror103-2+8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 31 readings: climbing, #110 to #103 (best #99, worst #111).
Top rated · #multiple-endings115+1+14Position on itch.io's Top rated · #multiple-endings chart across 31 readings: climbing, #129 to #115 (best #112, worst #129).
Top rated · #story-rich197+3+22Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 31 readings: climbing, #219 to #197 (best #196, worst #219).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction235+2+23Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 31 readings: climbing, #259 to #235 (best #233, worst #259).
Top rated · #horror286+4+40Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 31 readings: climbing, #328 to #286 (best #283, worst #328).
Top rated · #no-ai523+5+43Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 31 readings: climbing, #566 to #523 (best #513, worst #566).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.56 / 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.