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itch.ioRank 10402026-10-08

The Shades of Red

by Kuro

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

The Shades of Red Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.01 to 0.00 (low -0.02, 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 2026-10-08. 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 The Shades of Red, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-10 to 2026-10-09, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 128 to 131, up 3, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Sep 10Oct 9Ratings

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 10 to Oct 9

  • Ratings — people finished and cared128131+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 10128
Sep 11128
Sep 12128
Sep 13128
Sep 14128
Sep 15129
Sep 16129
Sep 17130
Sep 18130
Sep 19131
Sep 20131
Sep 21131
Sep 22131
Sep 23131
Sep 24131
Sep 25131
Sep 26131
Sep 27131
Sep 28131
Sep 29131
Sep 30131
Oct 1131
Oct 2131
Oct 3131
Oct 4131
Oct 5131
Oct 6131
Oct 7131
Oct 8131
Oct 9131
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-09
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion1310+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

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated4,090-36+124Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 51 readings: climbing, #4267 to #4090 (best #3995, worst #4310).
On 5 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #yandere171-3+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yandere chart across 31 readings: holding, #171 to #171 (best #164, worst #173).
Top rated · #dark220-40Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark chart across 33 readings: climbing, #221 to #220 (best #208, worst #225).
Top rated · #psychological-horror319-7-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 31 readings: slipping, #312 to #319 (best #299, worst #323).
Top rated · #romance853-12+11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 31 readings: climbing, #863 to #853 (best #827, worst #864).
Top rated · #horror920-8-16Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 31 readings: slipping, #902 to #920 (best #858, worst #927).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.60 / 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.