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itch.ioRank 18432026-10-11

Next Step

by JoshFoxDen

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.004

Next Step Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.01 to -0.00 (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 2026-10-11. 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 Next Step, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-12 to 2026-10-11, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 230 to 233, up 3, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%Sep 12Oct 11Ratings

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 12 to Oct 11

  • Ratings — people finished and cared230233+3
  • 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 12230
Sep 13230
Sep 14230
Sep 15230
Sep 16230
Sep 17230
Sep 18230
Sep 19230
Sep 20230
Sep 21230
Sep 22230
Sep 23231
Sep 24232
Sep 25232
Sep 26232
Sep 27232
Sep 28232
Sep 29232
Sep 30232
Oct 1233
Oct 2233
Oct 3233
Oct 4233
Oct 5233
Oct 6233
Oct 7233
Oct 8233
Oct 9233
Oct 10233
Oct 11233
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-11
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion2330+3

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 Novel469-2-16Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 44 readings: slipping, #446 to #469 (best #446, worst #469).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,139-7-32Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 53 readings: slipping, #1114 to #1139 (best #1096, worst #1139).
On 5 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #furry4500Position on itch.io's Top rated · #furry chart across 33 readings: holding, #45 to #45 (best #45, worst #45).
Top rated · #gay6200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #gay chart across 33 readings: holding, #62 to #62 (best #61, worst #62).
Top rated · #narrative91-2-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 33 readings: slipping, #88 to #91 (best #87, worst #91).
Top rated · #lgbt194-3-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 33 readings: slipping, #189 to #194 (best #185, worst #194).
Top rated · #romance344-4-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 33 readings: slipping, #332 to #344 (best #329, worst #344).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.76 / 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.