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itch.ioRank 10212026-10-12

The Grown-Up Detective Agency

by Brendan Patrick Hennessy

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Velocity

0.000

The Grown-Up Detective Agency 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 2026-10-12. 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 The Grown-Up Detective Agency, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-13 to 2026-10-12, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 65 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 13Oct 12Ratings

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 13 to Oct 12

  • Ratings — people finished and cared65650
  • 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 1365
Sep 1465
Sep 1565
Sep 1665
Sep 1765
Sep 1865
Sep 1965
Sep 2065
Sep 2165
Sep 2265
Sep 2365
Sep 2465
Sep 2565
Sep 2665
Sep 2765
Sep 2865
Sep 2965
Sep 3065
Oct 165
Oct 265
Oct 365
Oct 465
Oct 565
Oct 665
Oct 765
Oct 865
Oct 965
Oct 1065
Oct 1165
Oct 1265
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-12
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion6500

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

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated2,849-3-51Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 54 readings: slipping, #2844 to #2849 (best #2775, worst #2858).
On 12 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #detective440-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #detective chart across 36 readings: slipping, #42 to #44 (best #42, worst #46).
Top rated · #lesbian70-1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lesbian chart across 34 readings: slipping, #66 to #70 (best #65, worst #70).
Top rated · #twine113+2+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #twine chart across 34 readings: holding, #113 to #113 (best #113, worst #115).
Top rated · #text-based135+1+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #text-based chart across 34 readings: holding, #135 to #135 (best #135, worst #138).
Top rated · #funny1360-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #funny chart across 34 readings: slipping, #133 to #136 (best #133, worst #136).
Top rated · #mystery218+3-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #mystery chart across 34 readings: slipping, #214 to #218 (best #213, worst #223).
Top rated · #female-protagonist293-1-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 35 readings: slipping, #286 to #293 (best #285, worst #293).
Top rated · #lgbt417+1-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 34 readings: slipping, #414 to #417 (best #413, worst #419).
Top rated · #story-rich4520-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 34 readings: slipping, #437 to #452 (best #437, worst #454).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction519+1-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 34 readings: slipping, #512 to #519 (best #512, worst #522).
Top rated · #romance657+2-8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 34 readings: slipping, #648 to #657 (best #648, worst #667).
Top rated · #no-ai1,189-4-47Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 34 readings: slipping, #1141 to #1189 (best #1141, worst #1199).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.83 / 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.