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itch.ioRank 18832026-09-03

The Night is Darkening

by LovelyHellplace

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.005

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 2026-09-03. 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

15 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 Night is Darkening, 15 daysLead and lag over 15 days, 2026-08-20 to 2026-09-03, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 194 to 195, up 1, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Aug 20Sep 3Ratings

Each line is scaled to its own change across these 15 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 Aug 20 to Sep 3

  • Ratings — people finished and cared194195+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
Aug 20194
Aug 21194
Aug 22194
Aug 23194
Aug 24194
Aug 25194
Aug 26195
Aug 27195
Aug 28195
Aug 29195
Aug 30195
Aug 31195
Sep 1195
Sep 2195
Sep 3195
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-09-03
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion1950

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 · Adventure431Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Adventure chart across 2 readings: slipping, #406 to #431 (best #406, worst #431).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers4,480-3,225Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 15 readings: holding, #4451 to #4480 (best #621, worst #4499).
Top rated5,577-204Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 8 readings: slipping, #5367 to #5577 (best #5367, worst #5577).
On 2 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #3d4780Position on itch.io's Top rated · #3d chart across 15 readings: slipping, #460 to #478 (best #460, worst #479).
Top rated · #atmospheric761-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 14 readings: slipping, #740 to #761 (best #739, worst #761).

A climb is places gained, so a positive number means it moved up. The line rises when the game is climbing, which is the opposite direction to the raw position.

Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Average rating
4.46 / 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.