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itch.ioRank 5582026-10-17

The Life We've Chosen

by Cryoslight

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.007

The Life We've Chosen Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, 0.00 to 0.01 (low 0.00, 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 2026-10-17. 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

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 Life We've Chosen, 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. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 143 to 144, up 1, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 18Oct 17Ratings

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

  • Ratings — people finished and cared143144+1
  • 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 18143
Sep 19143
Sep 20143
Sep 21143
Sep 22143
Sep 23143
Sep 24143
Sep 25143
Sep 26143
Sep 27143
Sep 28143
Sep 29143
Sep 30143
Oct 1143
Oct 2143
Oct 3143
Oct 4143
Oct 5143
Oct 6143
Oct 7143
Oct 8143
Oct 9143
Oct 10143
Oct 11143
Oct 12143
Oct 13143
Oct 14143
Oct 15143
Oct 16144
Oct 17144
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion144+1+1

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 Novel332Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 7 readings: slipping, #137 to #332 (best #137, worst #332).
Top rated · Visual Novel846-19-44Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: slipping, #792 to #846 (best #792, worst #846).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated2,268-68-88Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #2141 to #2268 (best #2139, worst #2268).
Top sellers3,158-2,550Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 8 readings: slipping, #608 to #3158 (best #608, worst #3158).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #monsters58-1-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #monsters chart across 39 readings: slipping, #54 to #58 (best #54, worst #58).
Top rated · #queer69-2-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #queer chart across 39 readings: slipping, #65 to #69 (best #65, worst #69).
Top rated · #dark126-4-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark chart across 41 readings: slipping, #118 to #126 (best #118, worst #126).
Top rated · #first-person143-2-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #first-person chart across 40 readings: slipping, #139 to #143 (best #139, worst #143).
Top rated · #narrative169-4-9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 39 readings: slipping, #160 to #169 (best #158, worst #169).
Top rated · #atmospheric301-5-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 57 readings: slipping, #284 to #301 (best #284, worst #301).
Top rated · #lgbt345-8-14Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 39 readings: slipping, #331 to #345 (best #331, worst #345).
Top rated · #story-rich361-10-15Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 39 readings: slipping, #342 to #361 (best #342, worst #361).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction416-6-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 39 readings: slipping, #403 to #416 (best #403, worst #416).
Top rated · #no-ai966-24-55Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #899 to #966 (best #899, worst #966).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.71 / 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.