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itch.ioRank 1862026-10-11

Kill him or become his prey?

by Pale autumn days

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Velocity

+0.021

Kill him or become his prey? Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.01 to 0.02 (low -0.01, high 0.07).

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 2026-10-11. 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 Kill him or become his prey?, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-12 to 2026-10-11, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 89 to 97, up 8, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 12Oct 11Ratings

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 12 to Oct 11

  • Ratings — people finished and cared8997+8
  • 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 1289
Sep 1390
Sep 1490
Sep 1590
Sep 1690
Sep 1790
Sep 1890
Sep 1990
Sep 2091
Sep 2191
Sep 2290
Sep 2391
Sep 2491
Sep 2591
Sep 2691
Sep 2791
Sep 2891
Sep 2991
Sep 3091
Oct 191
Oct 291
Oct 392
Oct 493
Oct 594
Oct 696
Oct 797
Oct 897
Oct 997
Oct 1097
Oct 1197
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-11
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion97+4+8

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 · Visual Novel354Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 14 readings: slipping, #139 to #354 (best #139, worst #513).
Top rated · Visual Novel696-7+19Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 44 readings: climbing, #754 to #696 (best #679, worst #756).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,846-37+71Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 53 readings: climbing, #2072 to #1846 (best #1809, worst #2170).
Top sellers3,423-2,798Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 16 readings: slipping, #690 to #3423 (best #625, worst #3423).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #dark-fantasy4400Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark-fantasy chart across 35 readings: climbing, #45 to #44 (best #42, worst #45).
Top rated · #yandere100-2+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yandere chart across 33 readings: climbing, #101 to #100 (best #98, worst #102).
Top rated · #dark101-1+5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark chart across 35 readings: climbing, #107 to #101 (best #99, worst #107).
Top rated · #first-person121-1+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #first-person chart across 34 readings: climbing, #127 to #121 (best #120, worst #127).
Top rated · #psychological-horror155-20Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 33 readings: climbing, #160 to #155 (best #150, worst #160).
Top rated · #otome230-1+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #otome chart across 33 readings: climbing, #236 to #230 (best #226, worst #236).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction344-2+11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 33 readings: climbing, #363 to #344 (best #334, worst #363).
Top rated · #romance482-2+7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 33 readings: climbing, #497 to #482 (best #473, worst #497).
Top rated · #no-ai802-10+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 33 readings: climbing, #823 to #802 (best #785, worst #824).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.84 / 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.

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