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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

A Pinch of Magic

by Crystal Game Works

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

A Pinch of Magic 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 2026-10-17. 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 A Pinch of Magic, 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: 223 throughout, no change at all.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 cared2232230
  • 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 18223
Sep 19223
Sep 20223
Sep 21223
Sep 22223
Sep 23223
Sep 24223
Sep 25223
Sep 26223
Sep 27223
Sep 28223
Sep 29223
Sep 30223
Oct 1223
Oct 2223
Oct 3223
Oct 4223
Oct 5223
Oct 6223
Oct 7223
Oct 8223
Oct 9223
Oct 10223
Oct 11223
Oct 12223
Oct 13223
Oct 14223
Oct 15223
Oct 16223
Oct 17223
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion22300

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 rated5,201-34-105Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #5053 to #5201 (best #5032, worst #5227).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #boys-love91-1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #boys-love chart across 41 readings: slipping, #90 to #91 (best #89, worst #91).
Top rated · #yaoi106-2-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yaoi chart across 39 readings: slipping, #103 to #106 (best #103, worst #106).
Top rated · #yuri171-1-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yuri chart across 39 readings: slipping, #164 to #171 (best #164, worst #171).
Top rated · #gay224-1+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #gay chart across 39 readings: holding, #224 to #224 (best #222, worst #226).
Top rated · #anime32100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #anime chart across 56 readings: slipping, #316 to #321 (best #314, worst #340).
Top rated · #otome410+20Position on itch.io's Top rated · #otome chart across 39 readings: slipping, #408 to #410 (best #408, worst #414).
Top rated · #dating-sim536-2-12Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 41 readings: slipping, #521 to #536 (best #521, worst #537).
Top rated · #lgbt679-1-13Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 39 readings: slipping, #668 to #679 (best #665, worst #682).
Top rated · #romance1,004-5-21Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 39 readings: slipping, #976 to #1004 (best #976, worst #1015).
Top rated · #no-ai2,162-29-94Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #2044 to #2162 (best #2044, worst #2186).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.45 / 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.