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itch.ioRank 10822026-10-13

SIDE EFFECTS

by hi rohun

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

SIDE EFFECTS Velocity, last 14 days: flat 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 2026-10-13. 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 SIDE EFFECTS, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-14 to 2026-10-13, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 504 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 14Oct 13Ratings

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 14 to Oct 13

  • Ratings — people finished and cared5045040
  • 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 14504
Sep 15504
Sep 16504
Sep 17504
Sep 18504
Sep 19505
Sep 20505
Sep 21505
Sep 22504
Sep 23504
Sep 24504
Sep 25504
Sep 26504
Sep 27504
Sep 28504
Sep 29504
Sep 30504
Oct 1504
Oct 2504
Oct 3504
Oct 4504
Oct 5504
Oct 6504
Oct 7504
Oct 8504
Oct 9504
Oct 10504
Oct 11504
Oct 12504
Oct 13504
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-13
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion50400

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 · Strategy77-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · Strategy chart across 46 readings: slipping, #73 to #77 (best #73, worst #79).
Top sellers · Strategy186-30-27Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Strategy chart across 46 readings: slipping, #150 to #186 (best #35, worst #186).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,972-10+7Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 55 readings: slipping, #1927 to #1972 (best #1927, worst #1991).
Top sellers3,390-111-232Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 55 readings: slipping, #3175 to #3390 (best #788, worst #3390).
On 5 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #prototype100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #prototype chart across 35 readings: holding, #1 to #1 (best #1, worst #1).
Top rated · #dark10900Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark chart across 37 readings: slipping, #106 to #109 (best #106, worst #111).
Top rated · #creepy133-2-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #creepy chart across 37 readings: slipping, #125 to #133 (best #125, worst #133).
Top rated · #horror470-6+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 35 readings: slipping, #456 to #470 (best #456, worst #481).
Top rated · #no-ai854-6-17Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 35 readings: slipping, #821 to #854 (best #821, worst #854).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.50 / 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.