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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

Home Safety Hotline$14.99

by Night Signal Entertainment

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

Home Safety Hotline Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.02 to 0.00 (low -0.02, 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 2026-10-17. 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 Home Safety Hotline, 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: 47 to 48, up 1, most of that change came early in the window.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 cared4748+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 1847
Sep 1947
Sep 2047
Sep 2147
Sep 2247
Sep 2347
Sep 2447
Sep 2547
Sep 2648
Sep 2748
Sep 2848
Sep 2948
Sep 3048
Oct 148
Oct 248
Oct 348
Oct 448
Oct 548
Oct 648
Oct 748
Oct 848
Oct 948
Oct 1048
Oct 1148
Oct 1248
Oct 1348
Oct 1448
Oct 1548
Oct 1648
Oct 1748
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion480+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
Top sellers · Puzzle72+129+233Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Puzzle chart across 50 readings: climbing, #160 to #72 (best #32, worst #337).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers787+1,189+1,928Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 59 readings: climbing, #1273 to #787 (best #452, worst #3055).
On 8 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #analog-horror9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #analog-horror chart across 2 readings: slipping, #8 to #9 (best #8, worst #9).
Top rated · #fmv140-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fmv chart across 39 readings: slipping, #9 to #14 (best #9, worst #14).
Top rated · #alternate-history48+1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #alternate-history chart across 58 readings: slipping, #41 to #48 (best #41, worst #51).
Top rated · #text-based476-6-44Position on itch.io's Top rated · #text-based chart across 39 readings: slipping, #428 to #476 (best #427, worst #476).
Top rated · #psychological-horror922-10-98Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 39 readings: slipping, #818 to #922 (best #818, worst #929).
Top rated · #story-rich1,477-7-128Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 39 readings: slipping, #1338 to #1477 (best #1338, worst #1482).
Top rated · #retro1,543-8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #retro chart across 30 readings: slipping, #1372 to #1543 (best #1372, worst #1543).
Top rated · #horror2,509+45Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 18 readings: slipping, #2272 to #2509 (best #2272, worst #2558).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
paid
Average rating
4.52 / 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

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