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itch.ioRank 2632026-10-09

Dark Roast Romance

by HimeBee

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.015

Dark Roast Romance Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.01 to 0.01 (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 2026-10-09. 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 Dark Roast Romance, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-10 to 2026-10-09, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 198 to 206, up 8, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 10Oct 9Ratings

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 10 to Oct 9

  • Ratings — people finished and cared198206+8
  • 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 10198
Sep 11198
Sep 12198
Sep 13198
Sep 14198
Sep 15198
Sep 16199
Sep 17199
Sep 18199
Sep 19199
Sep 20200
Sep 21200
Sep 22199
Sep 23199
Sep 24199
Sep 25199
Sep 26199
Sep 27199
Sep 28200
Sep 29200
Sep 30201
Oct 1201
Oct 2201
Oct 3201
Oct 4201
Oct 5202
Oct 6203
Oct 7204
Oct 8204
Oct 9206
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-09
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion206+5+9

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 Novel289-163Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 15 readings: slipping, #137 to #289 (best #88, worst #329).
Top rated · Visual Novel420+16+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 42 readings: climbing, #429 to #420 (best #411, worst #440).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,006+47+48Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 51 readings: climbing, #1053 to #1006 (best #1003, worst #1096).
Top sellers1,981-1,209-1,348Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 16 readings: slipping, #633 to #1981 (best #414, worst #4348).
On 7 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #yandere790-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yandere chart across 31 readings: slipping, #77 to #79 (best #77, worst #80).
Top rated · #multiple-endings98+4+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #multiple-endings chart across 31 readings: climbing, #100 to #98 (best #94, worst #102).
Top rated · #female-protagonist113+5+6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 32 readings: climbing, #119 to #113 (best #113, worst #120).
Top rated · #otome154+5+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #otome chart across 31 readings: climbing, #157 to #154 (best #151, worst #160).
Top rated · #story-rich173+6+5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 31 readings: climbing, #177 to #173 (best #170, worst #184).
Top rated · #romance312+7+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 31 readings: climbing, #316 to #312 (best #303, worst #323).
Top rated · #no-ai448+17+5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 31 readings: climbing, #452 to #448 (best #436, worst #469).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.80 / 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.