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itch.ioRank 11612026-10-16

Forever Held

by Theo

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

Forever Held Velocity, last 14 days: flat 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 2026-10-16. 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 Forever Held, 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: 90 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 cared90900
  • 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 1890
Sep 1990
Sep 2090
Sep 2190
Sep 2290
Sep 2390
Sep 2490
Sep 2590
Sep 2690
Sep 2790
Sep 2890
Sep 2990
Sep 3090
Oct 190
Oct 290
Oct 390
Oct 490
Oct 590
Oct 690
Oct 790
Oct 890
Oct 990
Oct 1090
Oct 1190
Oct 1290
Oct 1390
Oct 1490
Oct 1590
Oct 1690
Oct 1790
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion9000

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 Novel1,008-4-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 40 readings: slipping, #985 to #1008 (best #984, worst #1008).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated2,756-17-64Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: climbing, #2769 to #2756 (best #2686, worst #2773).
On 7 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #yuri88-2-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yuri chart across 38 readings: slipping, #87 to #88 (best #84, worst #88).
Top rated · #multiple-endings249-2-13Position on itch.io's Top rated · #multiple-endings chart across 38 readings: slipping, #239 to #249 (best #236, worst #249).
Top rated · #female-protagonist283-2-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 39 readings: slipping, #280 to #283 (best #276, worst #283).
Top rated · #lgbt4010-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 38 readings: climbing, #405 to #401 (best #395, worst #407).
Top rated · #story-rich434-1-12Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 38 readings: slipping, #427 to #434 (best #421, worst #434).
Top rated · #short521-2-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 38 readings: slipping, #512 to #521 (best #508, worst #521).
Top rated · #no-ai1,152-5-54Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 38 readings: slipping, #1112 to #1152 (best #1096, worst #1152).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.77 / 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.