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itch.ioRank 26362026-10-18

The River Bride

by Manifesto Propaganda

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.038

The River Bride Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.00 to -0.04 (low -0.04, high 0.11).

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 2026-10-18. 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 The River Bride, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-19 to 2026-10-18, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 28 to 31, up 3, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 19Oct 18Ratings

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 19 to Oct 18

  • Ratings — people finished and cared2831+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 1928
Sep 2028
Sep 2128
Sep 2228
Sep 2328
Sep 2428
Sep 2528
Sep 2628
Sep 2728
Sep 2828
Sep 2928
Sep 3028
Oct 128
Oct 228
Oct 328
Oct 428
Oct 528
Oct 628
Oct 728
Oct 829
Oct 929
Oct 1030
Oct 1130
Oct 1230
Oct 1330
Oct 1431
Oct 1531
Oct 1631
Oct 1731
Oct 1831
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-18
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion31+1+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

On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #alternate-history50+2+5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #alternate-history chart across 59 readings: climbing, #54 to #50 (best #50, worst #56).
Top rated · #mythology620+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #mythology chart across 40 readings: climbing, #66 to #62 (best #60, worst #66).
Top rated · #historical107+2+11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #historical chart across 40 readings: climbing, #116 to #107 (best #106, worst #120).
Top rated · #lesbian297+11+33Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lesbian chart across 40 readings: climbing, #337 to #297 (best #294, worst #340).
Top rated · #yuri383+10+31Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yuri chart across 40 readings: climbing, #425 to #383 (best #379, worst #428).
Top rated · #anime709+24+85Position on itch.io's Top rated · #anime chart across 55 readings: climbing, #813 to #709 (best #701, worst #819).
Top rated · #lgbt1,349+45+131Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 40 readings: climbing, #1509 to #1349 (best #1341, worst #1515).
Top rated · #romance1,817+19+91Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 37 readings: climbing, #1951 to #1817 (best #1785, worst #1963).
Top rated · #horror2,537+96Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 19 readings: climbing, #2891 to #2537 (best #2517, worst #2991).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.61 / 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.