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itch.ioRank 20172026-10-16

Dating Killmulator 2

by Coolom Games

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.005

Dating Killmulator 2 Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.14 to -0.01 (low -0.14, high 0.05).

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 41% of their change and ratings 51%. 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 Dating Killmulator 2, 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 2026-10-07, 27 points between ratings and comments. Comments: 429 to 508, up 79, most of that change came late in the window. Ratings: 1,219 to 1,377, up 158, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%Sep 18Oct 1727 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 talking429508+79
  • Ratings — people finished and cared1,2191,377+158
  • 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 184291,219
Sep 194311,222
Sep 204331,228
Sep 214361,229
Sep 224401,231
Sep 234401,233
Sep 244401,236
Sep 254401,239
Sep 264401,242
Sep 274401,245
Sep 284421,249
Sep 294441,251
Sep 304471,256
Oct 14551,288
Oct 24591,303
Oct 34591,314
Oct 44641,320
Oct 54681,330
Oct 64711,341
Oct 74731,349
Oct 84761,350
Oct 94781,351
Oct 104811,355
Oct 114841,365
Oct 124871,371
Oct 134911,374
Oct 144931,374
Oct 154951,374
Oct 165001,374
Oct 175081,377
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Comments intent508+22+76
Ratings conversion1,377+23+162

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 · Visual Novel240+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: climbing, #27 to #24 (best #23, worst #27).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated380+4Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: climbing, #46 to #38 (best #37, worst #46).
New & popular6,910-6,805Position on itch.io's New & popular chart across 16 readings: slipping, #2 to #6910 (best #2, worst #6910).
Newest7,156Position on itch.io's Newest chart across 5 readings: slipping, #3833 to #7156 (best #3833, worst #7156).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #minigames100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #minigames chart across 39 readings: holding, #1 to #1 (best #1, worst #1).
Top rated · #dark-humor300Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark-humor chart across 41 readings: holding, #3 to #3 (best #3, worst #3).
Top rated · #funny300Position on itch.io's Top rated · #funny chart across 39 readings: holding, #3 to #3 (best #3, worst #3).
Top rated · #female-protagonist500Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 40 readings: holding, #5 to #5 (best #5, worst #5).
Top rated · #comedy600Position on itch.io's Top rated · #comedy chart across 41 readings: holding, #6 to #6 (best #6, worst #6).
Top rated · #story-rich60+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 39 readings: climbing, #7 to #6 (best #6, worst #7).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction7+1+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 39 readings: climbing, #9 to #7 (best #7, worst #9).
Top rated · #dating-sim14-1+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 41 readings: climbing, #15 to #14 (best #13, worst #15).
Top rated · #no-ai17-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: climbing, #18 to #17 (best #16, worst #18).
Top rated · #romance210+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 39 readings: climbing, #23 to #21 (best #21, worst #23).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.97 / 5

Last devlog 2026-10-11 — 6 days ago. 3 more have landed since we started watching on 2026-08-20, about one every 24 days. The platform publishes only the most recent devlog date, so this is a floor rather than the project’s history.

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