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itch.ioRank 5262026-10-17

We Need To Talk

by Doot

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.008

We Need To Talk 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 We Need To Talk, 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: 131 to 132, 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 cared131132+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 18131
Sep 19131
Sep 20131
Sep 21131
Sep 22131
Sep 23131
Sep 24131
Sep 25131
Sep 26131
Sep 27131
Sep 28131
Sep 29131
Sep 30131
Oct 1131
Oct 2131
Oct 3131
Oct 4131
Oct 5131
Oct 6131
Oct 7131
Oct 8131
Oct 9131
Oct 10131
Oct 11131
Oct 12131
Oct 13131
Oct 14131
Oct 15131
Oct 16132
Oct 17132
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion132+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 rated · Action624+11-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · Action chart across 50 readings: climbing, #631 to #624 (best #621, worst #635).
On 8 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #ludum-dare-50900Position on itch.io's Top rated · #ludum-dare-50 chart across 39 readings: holding, #9 to #9 (best #9, worst #9).
Top rated · #fighting66-2-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fighting chart across 40 readings: holding, #66 to #66 (best #63, worst #66).
Top rated · #arcade255-3-8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #arcade chart across 57 readings: slipping, #251 to #255 (best #246, worst #255).
Top rated · #funny270+3-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #funny chart across 39 readings: slipping, #269 to #270 (best #264, worst #275).
Top rated · #unity271-3-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #unity chart across 39 readings: climbing, #272 to #271 (best #264, worst #272).
Top rated · #cute887+2-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cute chart across 41 readings: climbing, #896 to #887 (best #882, worst #899).
Top rated · #short1,285+22+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 39 readings: climbing, #1306 to #1285 (best #1284, worst #1320).
Top rated · #2d1,729+8-20Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 59 readings: slipping, #1712 to #1729 (best #1701, worst #1755).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.50 / 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.