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itch.ioRank 6362026-10-17

The Second Circle: A HellTaker Fan Game

by Team 133

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.006

The Second Circle: A HellTaker Fan Game Velocity, last 14 days: rising 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 Second Circle: A HellTaker Fan Game, 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: 178 to 177, down 1, most of that change came late 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 cared178177-1
  • 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 18178
Sep 19178
Sep 20178
Sep 21178
Sep 22178
Sep 23178
Sep 24178
Sep 25178
Sep 26178
Sep 27178
Sep 28178
Sep 29178
Sep 30178
Oct 1178
Oct 2178
Oct 3178
Oct 4178
Oct 5178
Oct 6178
Oct 7178
Oct 8178
Oct 9178
Oct 10177
Oct 11177
Oct 12177
Oct 13177
Oct 14177
Oct 15177
Oct 16177
Oct 17177
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion1770-1

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 sellers · Visual Novel375+7-31Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: slipping, #77 to #375 (best #77, worst #402).
Top rated · Visual Novel477-4-21Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: slipping, #448 to #477 (best #448, worst #478).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,160-2-42Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #1106 to #1160 (best #1106, worst #1161).
Top sellers2,744-297-383Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 59 readings: slipping, #2389 to #2744 (best #289, worst #2744).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #relationship400Position on itch.io's Top rated · #relationship chart across 39 readings: holding, #4 to #4 (best #4, worst #4).
Top rated · #feel-good500Position on itch.io's Top rated · #feel-good chart across 40 readings: holding, #5 to #5 (best #5, worst #5).
Top rated · #fangame420+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fangame chart across 40 readings: holding, #42 to #42 (best #41, worst #43).
Top rated · #slice-of-life490-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #slice-of-life chart across 39 readings: holding, #49 to #49 (best #48, worst #49).
Top rated · #renpy72-3-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #renpy chart across 39 readings: slipping, #68 to #72 (best #68, worst #72).
Top rated · #comedy87-1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #comedy chart across 41 readings: slipping, #82 to #87 (best #82, worst #88).
Top rated · #narrative95-3-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 39 readings: slipping, #89 to #95 (best #89, worst #95).
Top rated · #story-rich195-1-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 39 readings: slipping, #186 to #195 (best #186, worst #195).
Top rated · #2d302-2-13Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 59 readings: slipping, #286 to #302 (best #285, worst #302).
Top rated · #no-ai513-5-29Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #477 to #513 (best #477, worst #514).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.81 / 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.