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itch.ioRank 9882026-10-16

Before the Darkness18+

by khywae

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.002

Before the Darkness Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.01 to 0.00 (low -0.01, 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 2026-10-16. 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 Before the Darkness, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-17 to 2026-10-16, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 552 to 558, up 6, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Sep 17Oct 16Ratings

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 17 to Oct 16

  • Ratings — people finished and cared552558+6
  • 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 17552
Sep 18552
Sep 19552
Sep 20552
Sep 21552
Sep 22553
Sep 23553
Sep 24554
Sep 25555
Sep 26556
Sep 27556
Sep 28556
Sep 29556
Sep 30556
Oct 1557
Oct 2557
Oct 3557
Oct 4557
Oct 5557
Oct 6557
Oct 7557
Oct 8557
Oct 9557
Oct 10558
Oct 11558
Oct 12558
Oct 13558
Oct 14558
Oct 15558
Oct 16558
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-16
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion558+1+6

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
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Top rated · Visual Novel1830-8Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 49 readings: slipping, #169 to #183 (best #169, worst #183).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers156-41-70Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 58 readings: climbing, #294 to #156 (best #52, worst #523).
Top rated389+1-6Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 58 readings: slipping, #364 to #389 (best #361, worst #390).
On 6 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #fangame1200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fangame chart across 39 readings: holding, #12 to #12 (best #12, worst #12).
Top rated · #female-protagonist5000Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 39 readings: holding, #50 to #50 (best #49, worst #50).
Top rated · #otome63+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #otome chart across 38 readings: slipping, #62 to #63 (best #62, worst #64).
Top rated · #dating-sim89-1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 40 readings: slipping, #85 to #89 (best #85, worst #89).
Top rated · #adult930+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #adult chart across 58 readings: slipping, #90 to #93 (best #89, worst #96).
Top rated · #romance1350-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 38 readings: slipping, #129 to #135 (best #128, worst #135).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.78 / 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.