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itch.ioRank 7822026-10-12

Boyfiends

by Hatoge

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.003

Boyfiends Velocity, last 14 days: rising 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 2026-10-12. 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 Boyfiends, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-13 to 2026-10-12, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 397 to 398, up 1, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 13Oct 12Ratings

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 13 to Oct 12

  • Ratings — people finished and cared397398+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 13397
Sep 14397
Sep 15397
Sep 16397
Sep 17397
Sep 18397
Sep 19397
Sep 20397
Sep 21397
Sep 22397
Sep 23397
Sep 24397
Sep 25397
Sep 26397
Sep 27397
Sep 28397
Sep 29397
Sep 30397
Oct 1397
Oct 2397
Oct 3397
Oct 4397
Oct 5397
Oct 6397
Oct 7397
Oct 8397
Oct 9397
Oct 10397
Oct 11398
Oct 12398
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-12
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion398+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 · Visual Novel395-3-18Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 45 readings: slipping, #376 to #395 (best #375, worst #396).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated934-2-20Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 54 readings: slipping, #904 to #934 (best #903, worst #937).
On 9 tag charts
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Top rated · #yaoi240-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yaoi chart across 34 readings: slipping, #23 to #24 (best #23, worst #24).
Top rated · #boys-love25+1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #boys-love chart across 36 readings: slipping, #24 to #25 (best #24, worst #26).
Top rated · #rpgmaker3900Position on itch.io's Top rated · #rpgmaker chart across 34 readings: holding, #39 to #39 (best #39, worst #39).
Top rated · #gay490-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #gay chart across 34 readings: slipping, #48 to #49 (best #48, worst #49).
Top rated · #lgbt1600-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 34 readings: slipping, #156 to #160 (best #155, worst #161).
Top rated · #pixel-art20800Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 34 readings: slipping, #205 to #208 (best #205, worst #209).
Top rated · #romance2870-12Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 34 readings: slipping, #276 to #287 (best #275, worst #289).
Top rated · #no-ai422-5-25Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 34 readings: slipping, #393 to #422 (best #393, worst #422).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.69 / 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.