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itch.ioRank 10312026-10-09

The Alchemist

by Dariel Ivalyen

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

The Alchemist 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 2026-10-09. 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 Alchemist, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-11 to 2026-10-10, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 92 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 11Oct 10Ratings

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 11 to Oct 10

  • Ratings — people finished and cared92920
  • 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 1192
Sep 1292
Sep 1392
Sep 1492
Sep 1592
Sep 1692
Sep 1792
Sep 1892
Sep 1992
Sep 2092
Sep 2192
Sep 2292
Sep 2392
Sep 2492
Sep 2592
Sep 2692
Sep 2792
Sep 2892
Sep 2992
Sep 3092
Oct 192
Oct 292
Oct 392
Oct 492
Oct 592
Oct 692
Oct 792
Oct 892
Oct 992
Oct 1092
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-10
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion9200

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 rated2,758-10-65Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 52 readings: slipping, #2670 to #2758 (best #2664, worst #2758).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #episodic600Position on itch.io's Top rated · #episodic chart across 33 readings: holding, #6 to #6 (best #6, worst #6).
Top rated · #twine1120-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #twine chart across 31 readings: slipping, #109 to #112 (best #109, worst #112).
Top rated · #text-based131-1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #text-based chart across 31 readings: slipping, #127 to #131 (best #126, worst #131).
Top rated · #narrative221-1-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 31 readings: slipping, #211 to #221 (best #210, worst #221).
Top rated · #fantasy321-2-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fantasy chart across 32 readings: slipping, #312 to #321 (best #312, worst #321).
Top rated · #lgbt404-3-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 31 readings: slipping, #399 to #404 (best #396, worst #404).
Top rated · #story-rich435-3-15Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 31 readings: slipping, #418 to #435 (best #418, worst #435).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction509-2-16Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 31 readings: slipping, #492 to #509 (best #492, worst #509).
Top rated · #singleplayer636-9-30Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 31 readings: slipping, #606 to #636 (best #605, worst #637).
Top rated · #romance649-10-21Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 31 readings: slipping, #626 to #649 (best #626, worst #649).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.76 / 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.