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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

The Pretenders Guild

by Harlevin

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Velocity

0.000

The Pretenders Guild Velocity, last 14 days: falling 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 The Pretenders Guild, 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: 546 to 547, up 1, most of that change came early 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 cared546547+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 18546
Sep 19546
Sep 20546
Sep 21546
Sep 22546
Sep 23546
Sep 24546
Sep 25546
Sep 26546
Sep 27546
Sep 28546
Sep 29546
Sep 30547
Oct 1547
Oct 2547
Oct 3547
Oct 4547
Oct 5547
Oct 6547
Oct 7547
Oct 8547
Oct 9547
Oct 10547
Oct 11547
Oct 12547
Oct 13547
Oct 14547
Oct 15547
Oct 16547
Oct 17547
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion5470+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 · Visual Novel251-1-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: slipping, #241 to #251 (best #241, worst #251).
Top sellers · Visual Novel1,007Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 4 readings: slipping, #1001 to #1007 (best #1001, worst #1008).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated565-2-10Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #543 to #565 (best #543, worst #565).
Top sellers7,194Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 6 readings: slipping, #7165 to #7194 (best #7114, worst #7194).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #voice-acting500Position on itch.io's Top rated · #voice-acting chart across 39 readings: holding, #5 to #5 (best #5, worst #5).
Top rated · #yaoi120+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yaoi chart across 39 readings: holding, #12 to #12 (best #12, worst #13).
Top rated · #gay290+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #gay chart across 39 readings: holding, #29 to #29 (best #29, worst #30).
Top rated · #character-customization300-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #character-customization chart across 41 readings: slipping, #29 to #30 (best #29, worst #30).
Top rated · #renpy35-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #renpy chart across 39 readings: slipping, #34 to #35 (best #34, worst #35).
Top rated · #otome90-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #otome chart across 39 readings: slipping, #89 to #90 (best #89, worst #90).
Top rated · #lgbt1030-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 39 readings: slipping, #101 to #103 (best #101, worst #103).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction109-1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 39 readings: slipping, #107 to #109 (best #107, worst #109).
Top rated · #romance1840-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 39 readings: slipping, #182 to #184 (best #181, worst #184).
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.