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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

Sacrifices Must Be Made

by Daniel Mullins

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

Sacrifices Must Be Made 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 Sacrifices Must Be Made, 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: 412 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 cared4124120
  • 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 18412
Sep 19412
Sep 20412
Sep 21412
Sep 22412
Sep 23412
Sep 24412
Sep 25412
Sep 26412
Sep 27412
Sep 28412
Sep 29412
Sep 30412
Oct 1412
Oct 2412
Oct 3412
Oct 4412
Oct 5412
Oct 6412
Oct 7412
Oct 8412
Oct 9412
Oct 10412
Oct 11412
Oct 12412
Oct 13412
Oct 14412
Oct 15412
Oct 16412
Oct 17412
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion41200

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 rated748-1-9Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #730 to #748 (best #726, worst #750).
On 4 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #ludum-dare-43200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #ludum-dare-43 chart across 39 readings: holding, #2 to #2 (best #2, worst #2).
Top rated · #ludum-dare1700Position on itch.io's Top rated · #ludum-dare chart across 39 readings: holding, #17 to #17 (best #17, worst #17).
Top rated · #card-game2000Position on itch.io's Top rated · #card-game chart across 41 readings: holding, #20 to #20 (best #20, worst #20).
Top rated · #indie44-1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #indie chart across 39 readings: slipping, #40 to #44 (best #40, worst #44).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.72 / 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.