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itch.ioRank 18202026-10-17

This Game is Self-Aware

by Lukas Krew

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.002

This Game is Self-Aware Velocity, last 14 days: falling 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 This Game is Self-Aware, 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: 429 throughout, no change at all.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 cared4294290
  • 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 18429
Sep 19429
Sep 20428
Sep 21428
Sep 22428
Sep 23428
Sep 24428
Sep 25428
Sep 26428
Sep 27428
Sep 28428
Sep 29428
Sep 30428
Oct 1428
Oct 2428
Oct 3428
Oct 4429
Oct 5429
Oct 6429
Oct 7429
Oct 8429
Oct 9429
Oct 10429
Oct 11429
Oct 12429
Oct 13429
Oct 14429
Oct 15429
Oct 16429
Oct 17429
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion42900

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 Novel868-4-32Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: slipping, #824 to #868 (best #824, worst #868).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated2,323-11-36Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #2253 to #2323 (best #2232, worst #2323).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #satire800Position on itch.io's Top rated · #satire chart across 39 readings: holding, #8 to #8 (best #8, worst #8).
Top rated · #experimental580-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #experimental chart across 40 readings: slipping, #55 to #58 (best #55, worst #59).
Top rated · #funny107-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #funny chart across 39 readings: slipping, #105 to #107 (best #105, worst #110).
Top rated · #renpy144-4-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #renpy chart across 39 readings: slipping, #138 to #144 (best #138, worst #144).
Top rated · #anime164-1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #anime chart across 56 readings: slipping, #158 to #164 (best #157, worst #171).
Top rated · #comedy173+3-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #comedy chart across 41 readings: slipping, #169 to #173 (best #169, worst #177).
Top rated · #short435-3-14Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 39 readings: slipping, #418 to #435 (best #418, worst #435).
Top rated · #singleplayer516+2-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 39 readings: slipping, #502 to #516 (best #502, worst #527).
Top rated · #2d609-2-15Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 59 readings: slipping, #583 to #609 (best #579, worst #609).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.50 / 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.