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itch.ioRank 6232026-10-17

Room before the dark

by Provisional

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Velocity

+0.006

Room before the dark Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.01 to 0.01 (low -0.01, 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 2026-10-17. 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 Room before the dark, 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: 171 to 170, down 1, the change came at a steady pace.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 cared171170-1
  • 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 18171
Sep 19171
Sep 20171
Sep 21171
Sep 22171
Sep 23171
Sep 24171
Sep 25171
Sep 26171
Sep 27171
Sep 28171
Sep 29171
Sep 30171
Oct 1171
Oct 2171
Oct 3171
Oct 4170
Oct 5170
Oct 6170
Oct 7170
Oct 8170
Oct 9170
Oct 10170
Oct 11170
Oct 12170
Oct 13170
Oct 14170
Oct 15170
Oct 16170
Oct 17170
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion1700-1

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 · Other611-6-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · Other chart across 50 readings: slipping, #598 to #611 (best #598, worst #611).
On 6 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #unity417-8-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #unity chart across 39 readings: slipping, #407 to #417 (best #406, worst #417).
Top rated · #creepy590-7-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #creepy chart across 41 readings: slipping, #578 to #590 (best #576, worst #590).
Top rated · #psychological-horror6860-20Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 39 readings: slipping, #659 to #686 (best #659, worst #703).
Top rated · #cute1,256-7-18Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cute chart across 41 readings: slipping, #1230 to #1256 (best #1230, worst #1257).
Top rated · #atmospheric1,286-7-31Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 57 readings: slipping, #1250 to #1286 (best #1249, worst #1308).
Top rated · #horror1,919-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 29 readings: slipping, #1876 to #1919 (best #1876, worst #1975).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-21
Price
free
Average rating
4.36 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-08-21. 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.