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itch.ioRank 132026-09-26

The Prey Who Prayed

by Kivu

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.200

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 2026-09-26. 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

20 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 The Prey Who Prayed, 20 daysLead and lag over 20 days, 2026-09-07 to 2026-09-26, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 19 to 25, up 6, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 7Sep 26Ratings

Each line is scaled to its own change across these 20 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 7 to Sep 26

  • Ratings — people finished and cared1925+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 719
Sep 819
Sep 919
Sep 1019
Sep 1119
Sep 1219
Sep 1319
Sep 1419
Sep 1519
Sep 1619
Sep 1719
Sep 1820
Sep 1920
Sep 2021
Sep 2121
Sep 2222
Sep 2322
Sep 2422
Sep 2523
Sep 2625
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-09-26
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion25+5

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 Novel175Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 3 readings: slipping, #112 to #175 (best #112, worst #175).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
New & popular7Position on itch.io's New & popular chart across 3 readings: slipping, #5 to #7 (best #5, worst #7).
Top sellers333Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 3 readings: climbing, #697 to #333 (best #333, worst #952).
Newest1,946Position on itch.io's Newest chart across 3 readings: slipping, #433 to #1946 (best #433, worst #1946).
On 6 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #supernatural211+40Position on itch.io's Top rated · #supernatural chart across 19 readings: climbing, #256 to #211 (best #211, worst #259).
Top rated · #yandere309+35Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yandere chart across 19 readings: climbing, #343 to #309 (best #309, worst #348).
Top rated · #experimental533+146Position on itch.io's Top rated · #experimental chart across 20 readings: climbing, #713 to #533 (best #533, worst #716).
Top rated · #dating-sim996+122Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 20 readings: climbing, #1138 to #996 (best #996, worst #1139).
Top rated · #first-person1,120+352Position on itch.io's Top rated · #first-person chart across 20 readings: climbing, #1543 to #1120 (best #1120, worst #1550).
Top rated · #romance1,963+249Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 19 readings: climbing, #2243 to #1963 (best #1963, worst #2253).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-09-07
Price
free
Average rating
4.44 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-09-07. 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.