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itch.ioRank 4552026-10-16

START AGAIN: a prologue$12

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Velocity

+0.009

START AGAIN: a prologue Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, 0.00 to 0.01 (low 0.00, 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 2026-10-16. 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 START AGAIN: a prologue, 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: 117 to 118, up 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 cared117118+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 18117
Sep 19117
Sep 20117
Sep 21117
Sep 22117
Sep 23117
Sep 24117
Sep 25117
Sep 26117
Sep 27117
Sep 28117
Sep 29117
Sep 30117
Oct 1117
Oct 2117
Oct 3117
Oct 4117
Oct 5117
Oct 6117
Oct 7117
Oct 8117
Oct 9117
Oct 10117
Oct 11117
Oct 12117
Oct 13117
Oct 14117
Oct 15117
Oct 16118
Oct 17118
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion118+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 · Rpg99+20Position on itch.io's Top rated · Rpg chart across 50 readings: holding, #99 to #99 (best #99, worst #102).
Top sellers · Rpg290-34-273Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Rpg chart across 50 readings: slipping, #250 to #290 (best #6, worst #290).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,089+21-3Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #1076 to #1089 (best #1076, worst #1113).
Top sellers2,794-300-2,708Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 59 readings: slipping, #686 to #2794 (best #55, worst #2794).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #grayscale200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #grayscale chart across 39 readings: holding, #2 to #2 (best #2, worst #2).
Top rated · #time-travel600Position on itch.io's Top rated · #time-travel chart across 39 readings: holding, #6 to #6 (best #6, worst #6).
Top rated · #queer3400Position on itch.io's Top rated · #queer chart across 39 readings: slipping, #33 to #34 (best #33, worst #35).
Top rated · #rpgmaker47+20Position on itch.io's Top rated · #rpgmaker chart across 39 readings: holding, #47 to #47 (best #47, worst #49).
Top rated · #multiple-endings1060-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #multiple-endings chart across 39 readings: slipping, #102 to #106 (best #101, worst #107).
Top rated · #fantasy147+7+6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fantasy chart across 40 readings: climbing, #154 to #147 (best #147, worst #157).
Top rated · #lgbt184+3-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 39 readings: holding, #184 to #184 (best #183, worst #191).
Top rated · #story-rich185+2-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 39 readings: slipping, #182 to #185 (best #182, worst #190).
Top rated · #no-ai483+11-13Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #465 to #483 (best #465, worst #497).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
paid
Average rating
4.91 / 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.

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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.