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itch.ioRank 8282026-10-15

Swan Song

by swansong-if

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.003

Swan Song Velocity, last 14 days: rising 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 2026-10-15. 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 Swan Song, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-16 to 2026-10-15, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 347 to 350, up 3, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 16Oct 15Ratings

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 16 to Oct 15

  • Ratings — people finished and cared347350+3
  • 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 16347
Sep 17347
Sep 18347
Sep 19347
Sep 20347
Sep 21347
Sep 22347
Sep 23347
Sep 24347
Sep 25347
Sep 26347
Sep 27347
Sep 28347
Sep 29347
Sep 30347
Oct 1347
Oct 2347
Oct 3347
Oct 4347
Oct 5348
Oct 6348
Oct 7348
Oct 8348
Oct 9348
Oct 10348
Oct 11348
Oct 12349
Oct 13349
Oct 14350
Oct 15350
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-15
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion350+2+3

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 · Adventure96-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · Adventure chart across 48 readings: holding, #96 to #96 (best #95, worst #99).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated618-4-7Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 57 readings: slipping, #613 to #618 (best #607, worst #622).
On 7 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #fairy-tale300Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fairy-tale chart across 38 readings: holding, #3 to #3 (best #3, worst #3).
Top rated · #text-based30-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #text-based chart across 37 readings: slipping, #29 to #30 (best #29, worst #30).
Top rated · #twine3100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #twine chart across 37 readings: holding, #31 to #31 (best #31, worst #31).
Top rated · #fantasy91-1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fantasy chart across 38 readings: slipping, #88 to #91 (best #88, worst #91).
Top rated · #lgbt115-2-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 37 readings: slipping, #113 to #115 (best #110, worst #116).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction121-2-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 37 readings: slipping, #117 to #121 (best #117, worst #122).
Top rated · #romance202-2-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 37 readings: slipping, #199 to #202 (best #194, worst #203).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.79 / 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.