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itch.ioRank 17072026-10-17

The stranger from the bus stop

by Daijubudef

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.001

The stranger from the bus stop Velocity, last 14 days: falling 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 The stranger from the bus stop, 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: 673 to 678, up 5, 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 cared673678+5
  • 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 18673
Sep 19673
Sep 20673
Sep 21673
Sep 22673
Sep 23673
Sep 24673
Sep 25673
Sep 26673
Sep 27674
Sep 28675
Sep 29675
Sep 30675
Oct 1675
Oct 2675
Oct 3675
Oct 4675
Oct 5676
Oct 6676
Oct 7676
Oct 8676
Oct 9676
Oct 10677
Oct 11677
Oct 12677
Oct 13677
Oct 14676
Oct 15677
Oct 16678
Oct 17678
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion678+1+6

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 Novel487Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 5 readings: slipping, #211 to #487 (best #211, worst #487).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers3,321-2,744Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 8 readings: slipping, #577 to #3321 (best #577, worst #3321).
Top rated4,218+57+169Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: climbing, #4357 to #4218 (best #4213, worst #4446).
On 5 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #yandere174+3+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yandere chart across 39 readings: slipping, #172 to #174 (best #172, worst #181).
Top rated · #creepy267+9+13Position on itch.io's Top rated · #creepy chart across 41 readings: climbing, #279 to #267 (best #267, worst #283).
Top rated · #psychological-horror320+7+7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 39 readings: holding, #320 to #320 (best #318, worst #342).
Top rated · #dating-sim474+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 41 readings: climbing, #475 to #474 (best #469, worst #482).
Top rated · #romance869+3+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 39 readings: climbing, #878 to #869 (best #866, worst #894).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.31 / 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.