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itch.ioRank 18072026-10-11

TAKE CARE OF THE DOG

by bodinhe

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.004

TAKE CARE OF THE DOG Velocity, last 14 days: flat 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 2026-10-11. 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 TAKE CARE OF THE DOG, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-12 to 2026-10-11, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 249 to 251, up 2, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Sep 12Oct 11Ratings

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 12 to Oct 11

  • Ratings — people finished and cared249251+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.

DayRatings
Sep 12249
Sep 13249
Sep 14249
Sep 15249
Sep 16250
Sep 17250
Sep 18250
Sep 19250
Sep 20250
Sep 21250
Sep 22250
Sep 23250
Sep 24250
Sep 25250
Sep 26250
Sep 27250
Sep 28250
Sep 29250
Sep 30250
Oct 1250
Oct 2251
Oct 3251
Oct 4251
Oct 5251
Oct 6251
Oct 7251
Oct 8251
Oct 9251
Oct 10251
Oct 11251
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-11
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion2510+3

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 · Adventure1,006Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Adventure chart across 7 readings: slipping, #183 to #1006 (best #183, worst #1006).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers4,551-3,227-104Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 53 readings: slipping, #2304 to #4551 (best #710, worst #4554).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #dogs650+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dogs chart across 35 readings: climbing, #66 to #65 (best #65, worst #66).
Top rated · #psx282+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psx chart across 33 readings: slipping, #281 to #282 (best #281, worst #284).
Top rated · #indie689+10-25Position on itch.io's Top rated · #indie chart across 33 readings: slipping, #661 to #689 (best #661, worst #713).
Top rated · #psychological-horror826+9-22Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 33 readings: slipping, #801 to #826 (best #801, worst #843).
Top rated · #3d1,052+5-12Position on itch.io's Top rated · #3d chart across 53 readings: slipping, #971 to #1052 (best #960, worst #1064).
Top rated · #retro1,360+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #retro chart across 24 readings: slipping, #1340 to #1360 (best #1340, worst #1366).
Top rated · #atmospheric1,520+10-21Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 48 readings: slipping, #1405 to #1520 (best #1390, worst #1551).
Top rated · #horror2,235+46Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 14 readings: slipping, #2213 to #2235 (best #2213, worst #2297).
Top rated · #short2,433
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.26 / 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.