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itch.ioRank 24992026-10-17

Cycle of the First Dawn

by DoorWatchers

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.022

Cycle of the First Dawn Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.07 to -0.02 (low -0.07, high 0.06).

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 Cycle of the First Dawn, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-19 to 2026-10-18, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 46 to 58, up 12, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%Sep 19Oct 18Ratings

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 19 to Oct 18

  • Ratings — people finished and cared4658+12
  • 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 1946
Sep 2046
Sep 2147
Sep 2247
Sep 2348
Sep 2449
Sep 2550
Sep 2650
Sep 2750
Sep 2850
Sep 2950
Sep 3050
Oct 151
Oct 251
Oct 351
Oct 451
Oct 552
Oct 652
Oct 753
Oct 853
Oct 953
Oct 1054
Oct 1155
Oct 1255
Oct 1355
Oct 1455
Oct 1555
Oct 1655
Oct 1756
Oct 1858
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-18
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion58+2+11

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 · Rpg516-468-476Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Rpg chart across 29 readings: slipping, #40 to #516 (best #26, worst #516).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
New & popular26+2,115Position on itch.io's New & popular chart across 18 readings: holding, #13 to #26 (best #13, worst #7151).
Newest3,785+2,583Position on itch.io's Newest chart across 12 readings: slipping, #358 to #3785 (best #358, worst #7090).
Top sellers5,279-4,743-4,967Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 34 readings: slipping, #1721 to #5279 (best #239, worst #7048).
On 5 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #idle405-100-110Position on itch.io's Top rated · #idle chart across 40 readings: slipping, #299 to #405 (best #269, worst #405).
Top rated · #ai-generated432-115-156Position on itch.io's Top rated · #ai-generated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #259 to #432 (best #236, worst #432).
Top rated · #incremental475-114-134Position on itch.io's Top rated · #incremental chart across 40 readings: slipping, #339 to #475 (best #315, worst #475).
Top rated · #text-based811-110-115Position on itch.io's Top rated · #text-based chart across 40 readings: slipping, #695 to #811 (best #677, worst #811).
Top rated · #fantasy1,762-82-126Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fantasy chart across 38 readings: slipping, #1639 to #1762 (best #1580, worst #1762).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.12 / 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.