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itch.ioRank 19242026-10-17

Don't Stare

by gabemcarvalho

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.003

Don't Stare Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.01 to -0.00 (low -0.02, high 0.02).

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 Don't Stare, 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: 567 to 579, up 12, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%-8%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. The axis runs past its ends because a counter went beyond its final value inside the window and came back — a deleted comment, a withdrawn rating. The scale is widened rather than the curve clipped, so the round trip stays visible.

Series — over Sep 18 to Oct 17

  • Ratings — people finished and cared567579+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 18567
Sep 19567
Sep 20567
Sep 21567
Sep 22566
Sep 23566
Sep 24569
Sep 25569
Sep 26569
Sep 27569
Sep 28569
Sep 29569
Sep 30569
Oct 1569
Oct 2573
Oct 3575
Oct 4577
Oct 5578
Oct 6578
Oct 7578
Oct 8579
Oct 9579
Oct 10578
Oct 11578
Oct 12578
Oct 13578
Oct 14578
Oct 15578
Oct 16579
Oct 17579
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion579+1+12

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 rated1,149-5+37Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: climbing, #1168 to #1149 (best #1143, worst #1191).
On 8 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #creepy74-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #creepy chart across 41 readings: slipping, #73 to #74 (best #72, worst #75).
Top rated · #psychological-horror100-1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 39 readings: slipping, #96 to #100 (best #96, worst #100).
Top rated · #atmospheric1480+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 57 readings: climbing, #150 to #148 (best #148, worst #155).
Top rated · #dating-sim210-1-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 41 readings: slipping, #205 to #210 (best #204, worst #210).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction2280+5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 39 readings: climbing, #234 to #228 (best #227, worst #235).
Top rated · #pixel-art2560+12Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 39 readings: climbing, #266 to #256 (best #255, worst #269).
Top rated · #horror278-2+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 39 readings: climbing, #280 to #278 (best #273, worst #287).
Top rated · #no-ai5100+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #501 to #510 (best #501, worst #517).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.58 / 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.