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itch.ioRank 23212026-11-06

Don't Axe the Messenger

by Lxgically_Speaking

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.014

Don't Axe the Messenger Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.09 to -0.01 (low -0.09, high 0.04).

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 2026-11-06. 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 Don't Axe the Messenger, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-10-09 to 2026-11-07, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 69 to 87, up 18, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Oct 9Nov 7Ratings

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 Oct 9 to Nov 7

  • Ratings — people finished and cared6987+18
  • 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
Oct 969
Oct 1069
Oct 1171
Oct 1274
Oct 1374
Oct 1475
Oct 1576
Oct 1678
Oct 1778
Oct 1878
Oct 1979
Oct 2079
Oct 2179
Oct 2279
Oct 2380
Oct 2481
Oct 2581
Oct 2681
Oct 2781
Oct 2883
Oct 2984
Oct 3084
Oct 3184
Nov 184
Nov 286
Nov 386
Nov 486
Nov 586
Nov 687
Nov 787
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-11-07
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion87+3+19

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
New & popular7,134
On 6 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #creepypasta35+2+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #creepypasta chart across 62 readings: climbing, #41 to #35 (best #33, worst #43).
Top rated · #dating-sim830+27+70Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 62 readings: climbing, #1039 to #830 (best #820, worst #1051).
Top rated · #story-rich1,287+65+171Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 59 readings: climbing, #1799 to #1287 (best #1278, worst #1824).
Top rated · #cute1,413+61+198Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cute chart across 57 readings: climbing, #2074 to #1413 (best #1403, worst #2111).
Top rated · #romance1,609+70+169Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 58 readings: climbing, #2042 to #1609 (best #1595, worst #2065).
Top rated · #horror2,215+38+298Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 36 readings: climbing, #2903 to #2215 (best #2139, worst #2905).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
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.