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itch.ioRank 27672026-10-17

Next Station: The Moon [DEMO]

by Comfort Kuma Studios

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.403

Next Station: The Moon [DEMO] Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 10 days, -1.00 to -0.40 (low -1.20, high -0.40).

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 2026-10-17. 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

17 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 Next Station: The Moon [DEMO], 17 daysLead and lag over 17 days, 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-17, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 20 to 61, up 41, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Oct 1Oct 17Ratings

Each line is scaled to its own change across these 17 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 17

  • Ratings — people finished and cared2061+41
  • 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 120
Oct 228
Oct 333
Oct 439
Oct 543
Oct 646
Oct 746
Oct 850
Oct 950
Oct 1052
Oct 1155
Oct 1258
Oct 1360
Oct 1460
Oct 1561
Oct 1661
Oct 1761
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion61+9

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 Novel290-235Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 16 readings: slipping, #82 to #290 (best #53, worst #290).
Top rated · Visual Novel904Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 6 readings: climbing, #991 to #904 (best #904, worst #991).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers2,186-1,813Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 17 readings: slipping, #292 to #2186 (best #204, worst #2186).
Top rated2,421+665Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 16 readings: climbing, #6055 to #2421 (best #2419, worst #6055).
New & popular7,072-6,948Position on itch.io's New & popular chart across 14 readings: slipping, #9 to #7072 (best #9, worst #7072).
Newest7,089-6,804Position on itch.io's Newest chart across 9 readings: slipping, #111 to #7089 (best #111, worst #7089).
On 11 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #queer76+24Position on itch.io's Top rated · #queer chart across 17 readings: climbing, #282 to #76 (best #76, worst #282).
Top rated · #yandere123+19Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yandere chart across 17 readings: climbing, #246 to #123 (best #123, worst #246).
Top rated · #dark132+35Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark chart across 17 readings: climbing, #429 to #132 (best #132, worst #429).
Top rated · #amare167+27Position on itch.io's Top rated · #amare chart across 17 readings: climbing, #326 to #167 (best #167, worst #326).
Top rated · #otome272+45Position on itch.io's Top rated · #otome chart across 17 readings: climbing, #552 to #272 (best #272, worst #552).
Top rated · #fantasy295+58Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fantasy chart across 17 readings: climbing, #800 to #295 (best #295, worst #800).
Top rated · #dating-sim333+48Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 17 readings: climbing, #714 to #333 (best #333, worst #714).
Top rated · #story-rich383+97Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 17 readings: climbing, #1059 to #383 (best #383, worst #1059).
Top rated · #horror562+119Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 17 readings: climbing, #1739 to #562 (best #562, worst #1739).
Top rated · #romance587+111Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 17 readings: climbing, #1376 to #587 (best #587, worst #1376).
Top rated · #no-ai1,026+252Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 15 readings: climbing, #2591 to #1026 (best #1026, worst #2591).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-09-30
Price
free
Average rating
4.89 / 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.