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itch.ioRank 22632026-10-16

DATE KNIGHT

by mkg

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Velocity

-0.011

DATE KNIGHT Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.02 to -0.01 (low -0.02, high 0.01).

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 DATE KNIGHT, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-17 to 2026-10-16, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 93 to 96, up 3, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Sep 17Oct 16Ratings

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 17 to Oct 16

  • Ratings — people finished and cared9396+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 1793
Sep 1893
Sep 1993
Sep 2093
Sep 2193
Sep 2293
Sep 2394
Sep 2494
Sep 2595
Sep 2695
Sep 2795
Sep 2895
Sep 2995
Sep 3095
Oct 195
Oct 295
Oct 395
Oct 495
Oct 595
Oct 695
Oct 795
Oct 895
Oct 996
Oct 1096
Oct 1196
Oct 1296
Oct 1396
Oct 1496
Oct 1596
Oct 1696
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-16
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion960+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 · Rpg149+1-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · Rpg chart across 49 readings: holding, #149 to #149 (best #142, worst #150).
Top sellers · Rpg570-12-12Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Rpg chart across 49 readings: slipping, #533 to #570 (best #88, worst #570).
Top rated · Visual Novel625+7-37Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 49 readings: slipping, #605 to #625 (best #585, worst #633).
Top sellers · Visual Novel829-2-52Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 46 readings: slipping, #775 to #829 (best #148, worst #830).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,643-6-99Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 58 readings: slipping, #1605 to #1643 (best #1534, worst #1660).
Top sellers5,878-204-348Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 57 readings: slipping, #5523 to #5878 (best #677, worst #5878).
On 7 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #medieval230-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #medieval chart across 38 readings: slipping, #21 to #23 (best #21, worst #23).
Top rated · #comedy121+1-9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #comedy chart across 40 readings: slipping, #112 to #121 (best #111, worst #122).
Top rated · #otome209+4-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #otome chart across 38 readings: slipping, #202 to #209 (best #202, worst #214).
Top rated · #story-rich262+4-13Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 38 readings: slipping, #246 to #262 (best #246, worst #266).
Top rated · #dating-sim263+3-14Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 40 readings: slipping, #250 to #263 (best #246, worst #267).
Top rated · #horror391+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 23 readings: slipping, #369 to #391 (best #364, worst #394).
Top rated · #no-ai711+12-53Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 38 readings: slipping, #649 to #711 (best #649, worst #724).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.86 / 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.