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itch.ioRank 21122026-10-17

The end of an obsession

by ebi-hime

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.006

The end of an obsession Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, -0.00 to -0.01 (low -0.01, 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 The end of an obsession, 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: 167 to 174, up 7, the change came at a steady pace.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 cared167174+7
  • 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 18167
Sep 19167
Sep 20168
Sep 21168
Sep 22168
Sep 23168
Sep 24168
Sep 25168
Sep 26168
Sep 27169
Sep 28169
Sep 29169
Sep 30170
Oct 1170
Oct 2170
Oct 3170
Oct 4170
Oct 5170
Oct 6170
Oct 7171
Oct 8172
Oct 9172
Oct 10172
Oct 11172
Oct 12172
Oct 13172
Oct 14172
Oct 15172
Oct 16173
Oct 17174
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion174+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 rated · Visual Novel592+1-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: slipping, #567 to #592 (best #565, worst #607).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,522+25+20Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #1505 to #1522 (best #1470, worst #1587).
On 11 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #fairy-tale70+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fairy-tale chart across 40 readings: holding, #7 to #7 (best #7, worst #8).
Top rated · #lesbian34+1+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lesbian chart across 39 readings: slipping, #32 to #34 (best #32, worst #35).
Top rated · #spooky380-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #spooky chart across 39 readings: slipping, #36 to #38 (best #36, worst #40).
Top rated · #yuri460-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yuri chart across 39 readings: slipping, #43 to #46 (best #43, worst #47).
Top rated · #yandere9000Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yandere chart across 39 readings: slipping, #88 to #90 (best #88, worst #90).
Top rated · #creepy106-2-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #creepy chart across 41 readings: slipping, #98 to #106 (best #98, worst #108).
Top rated · #anime114+1+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #anime chart across 56 readings: slipping, #113 to #114 (best #110, worst #117).
Top rated · #psychological-horror1300-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 39 readings: slipping, #122 to #130 (best #122, worst #132).
Top rated · #lgbt250+3-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 39 readings: slipping, #242 to #250 (best #241, worst #255).
Top rated · #horror371-1-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 39 readings: slipping, #351 to #371 (best #350, worst #378).
Top rated · #no-ai665+2-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #626 to #665 (best #625, worst #685).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.75 / 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.