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itch.ioRank 11112026-10-17

Death and Taxes$12.99

by Placeholder Gameworks

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.001

Death and Taxes 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 2026-10-17. 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 Death and Taxes, 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: 700 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 cared7007000
  • 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 18700
Sep 19700
Sep 20700
Sep 21699
Sep 22699
Sep 23699
Sep 24699
Sep 25699
Sep 26699
Sep 27699
Sep 28699
Sep 29699
Sep 30699
Oct 1699
Oct 2699
Oct 3699
Oct 4699
Oct 5699
Oct 6699
Oct 7699
Oct 8699
Oct 9699
Oct 10699
Oct 11699
Oct 12699
Oct 13699
Oct 14699
Oct 15699
Oct 16700
Oct 17700
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion700+10

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 · Simulation1230-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · Simulation chart across 50 readings: slipping, #119 to #123 (best #119, worst #124).
Top sellers · Simulation480-28-49Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Simulation chart across 50 readings: slipping, #406 to #480 (best #405, worst #480).
Top rated · Visual Novel537+1-12Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: slipping, #520 to #537 (best #520, worst #540).
Top sellers · Visual Novel558+2-33Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: slipping, #517 to #558 (best #515, worst #573).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,345+9-8Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #1320 to #1345 (best #1320, worst #1354).
Top sellers4,020-277-375Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 58 readings: slipping, #3628 to #4020 (best #3468, worst #4020).
On 8 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #watercolor200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #watercolor chart across 39 readings: holding, #2 to #2 (best #2, worst #2).
Top rated · #dark-humor34+1+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark-humor chart across 41 readings: climbing, #35 to #34 (best #34, worst #35).
Top rated · #weird3600Position on itch.io's Top rated · #weird chart across 39 readings: slipping, #35 to #36 (best #35, worst #36).
Top rated · #meaningful-choices5800Position on itch.io's Top rated · #meaningful-choices chart across 39 readings: holding, #58 to #58 (best #58, worst #59).
Top rated · #narrative1070-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 39 readings: slipping, #104 to #107 (best #104, worst #107).
Top rated · #atmospheric178+3+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 57 readings: slipping, #176 to #178 (best #176, worst #181).
Top rated · #story-rich221+1-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 39 readings: slipping, #214 to #221 (best #214, worst #222).
Top rated · #2d350-2-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 59 readings: slipping, #336 to #350 (best #336, worst #350).
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

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.