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itch.ioRank 11042026-10-14

Darling Duality

by Melancholy Marionette

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

Darling Duality 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 2026-10-14. 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 Darling Duality, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-15 to 2026-10-14, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 713 to 712, down 1, most of that change came early in the window.200%100%50%0%Sep 15Oct 14Ratings

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. The axis runs past its ends because a counter went beyond its final value inside the window and came back — a deleted comment, a withdrawn rating. The scale is widened rather than the curve clipped, so the round trip stays visible.

Series — over Sep 15 to Oct 14

  • Ratings — people finished and cared713712-1
  • 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
Sep 15713
Sep 16713
Sep 17713
Sep 18713
Sep 19713
Sep 20713
Sep 21713
Sep 22711
Sep 23711
Sep 24711
Sep 25712
Sep 26712
Sep 27712
Sep 28712
Sep 29712
Sep 30712
Oct 1712
Oct 2712
Oct 3712
Oct 4712
Oct 5712
Oct 6712
Oct 7712
Oct 8712
Oct 9712
Oct 10712
Oct 11712
Oct 12712
Oct 13712
Oct 14712
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-14
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion7120-1

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
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All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated591-4-5Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 56 readings: slipping, #572 to #591 (best #572, worst #591).
Top sellers2,532-167-283Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 56 readings: slipping, #2039 to #2532 (best #635, worst #2532).
On 11 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #casual3500Position on itch.io's Top rated · #casual chart across 38 readings: holding, #35 to #35 (best #35, worst #35).
Top rated · #dark3600Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark chart across 38 readings: holding, #36 to #36 (best #36, worst #37).
Top rated · #yandere48-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yandere chart across 36 readings: slipping, #46 to #48 (best #46, worst #48).
Top rated · #psychological-horror53-1-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 36 readings: slipping, #49 to #53 (best #49, worst #53).
Top rated · #amare610-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #amare chart across 55 readings: slipping, #60 to #61 (best #60, worst #61).
Top rated · #otome940+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #otome chart across 36 readings: holding, #94 to #94 (best #93, worst #96).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction1140-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 36 readings: slipping, #113 to #114 (best #113, worst #115).
Top rated · #dating-sim129-2-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 38 readings: slipping, #126 to #129 (best #125, worst #129).
Top rated · #horror152-1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 36 readings: slipping, #149 to #152 (best #149, worst #152).
Top rated · #romance194-3-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 36 readings: slipping, #189 to #194 (best #188, worst #194).
Top rated · #no-ai266-4-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 36 readings: slipping, #254 to #266 (best #254, worst #266).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.66 / 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.