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itch.ioRank 26792026-10-10

Half Step Princess

by Monica Callaghan

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Velocity

-0.068

Half Step Princess Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.05 to -0.07 (low -0.07, high 0.05).

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 2026-10-10. 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 Half Step Princess, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-11 to 2026-10-10, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 42 to 47, up 5, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%Sep 11Oct 10Ratings

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 11 to Oct 10

  • Ratings — people finished and cared4247+5
  • 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 1142
Sep 1242
Sep 1342
Sep 1442
Sep 1542
Sep 1642
Sep 1742
Sep 1842
Sep 1942
Sep 2042
Sep 2143
Sep 2243
Sep 2343
Sep 2444
Sep 2544
Sep 2644
Sep 2744
Sep 2844
Sep 2944
Sep 3045
Oct 147
Oct 247
Oct 347
Oct 447
Oct 547
Oct 647
Oct 747
Oct 847
Oct 947
Oct 1047
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-10
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion470+6

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 · Sports130+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · Sports chart across 43 readings: climbing, #16 to #13 (best #13, worst #17).
Top rated · Visual Novel944-10+48Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 33 readings: climbing, #979 to #944 (best #933, worst #1008).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated2,552-6+166Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 52 readings: climbing, #2669 to #2552 (best #2545, worst #2867).
On 9 tag charts
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Top rated · #transgender45-1+6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #transgender chart across 32 readings: climbing, #51 to #45 (best #44, worst #55).
Top rated · #lesbian600+5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lesbian chart across 32 readings: climbing, #65 to #60 (best #60, worst #68).
Top rated · #yuri79+1+7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yuri chart across 32 readings: climbing, #86 to #79 (best #79, worst #91).
Top rated · #renpy158+1+12Position on itch.io's Top rated · #renpy chart across 32 readings: climbing, #171 to #158 (best #158, worst #179).
Top rated · #narrative194-1+18Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 32 readings: climbing, #213 to #194 (best #192, worst #233).
Top rated · #female-protagonist260-2+17Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 33 readings: climbing, #276 to #260 (best #258, worst #294).
Top rated · #atmospheric3360+20Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 50 readings: climbing, #384 to #336 (best #335, worst #385).
Top rated · #romance602+1+33Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 32 readings: climbing, #632 to #602 (best #602, worst #662).
Top rated · #no-ai1,065-6+37Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 32 readings: climbing, #1101 to #1065 (best #1058, worst #1182).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.94 / 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.