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itch.ioRank 18032026-10-17

A Cottage Story

by LadyMeowsith

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.002

A Cottage Story Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 14 days, -0.00 to -0.00 (low -0.00, 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 2026-10-17. 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 A Cottage Story, 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: 461 to 465, up 4, most of that change came early 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 cared461465+4
  • 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 18461
Sep 19461
Sep 20463
Sep 21463
Sep 22463
Sep 23463
Sep 24463
Sep 25463
Sep 26464
Sep 27464
Sep 28464
Sep 29464
Sep 30464
Oct 1464
Oct 2464
Oct 3464
Oct 4464
Oct 5464
Oct 6464
Oct 7465
Oct 8465
Oct 9465
Oct 10465
Oct 11465
Oct 12465
Oct 13465
Oct 14465
Oct 15465
Oct 16465
Oct 17465
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion4650+4

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 Novel220-2-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: slipping, #214 to #220 (best #213, worst #220).
Top sellers · Visual Novel510+1-33Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: slipping, #476 to #510 (best #65, worst #526).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated478-2-3Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #472 to #478 (best #471, worst #481).
Top sellers3,663-280-367Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 59 readings: slipping, #3287 to #3663 (best #280, worst #3663).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #slice-of-life190-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #slice-of-life chart across 39 readings: holding, #19 to #19 (best #18, worst #19).
Top rated · #comedy3800Position on itch.io's Top rated · #comedy chart across 41 readings: holding, #38 to #38 (best #38, worst #38).
Top rated · #amare530-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #amare chart across 58 readings: slipping, #52 to #53 (best #52, worst #53).
Top rated · #fantasy7100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fantasy chart across 40 readings: slipping, #70 to #71 (best #70, worst #71).
Top rated · #lgbt91-1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 39 readings: slipping, #89 to #91 (best #87, worst #91).
Top rated · #cute94-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cute chart across 41 readings: slipping, #92 to #94 (best #91, worst #94).
Top rated · #story-rich96-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 39 readings: slipping, #95 to #96 (best #95, worst #96).
Top rated · #dating-sim1100-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 41 readings: slipping, #107 to #110 (best #106, worst #110).
Top rated · #romance1650-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 39 readings: slipping, #162 to #165 (best #161, worst #165).
Top rated · #no-ai215-2-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #205 to #215 (best #205, worst #215).
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.