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itch.ioRank 10212026-10-12

Sticky Zeitgeist: Episode 2: Aperitif

by xrafstar

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Velocity

0.000

Sticky Zeitgeist: Episode 2: Aperitif 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 2026-10-12. 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 Sticky Zeitgeist: Episode 2: Aperitif, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-13 to 2026-10-12, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 36 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 13Oct 12Ratings

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 13 to Oct 12

  • Ratings — people finished and cared36360
  • 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 1336
Sep 1436
Sep 1536
Sep 1636
Sep 1736
Sep 1836
Sep 1936
Sep 2036
Sep 2136
Sep 2236
Sep 2336
Sep 2436
Sep 2536
Sep 2636
Sep 2736
Sep 2836
Sep 2936
Sep 3036
Oct 136
Oct 236
Oct 336
Oct 436
Oct 536
Oct 636
Oct 736
Oct 836
Oct 936
Oct 1036
Oct 1136
Oct 1236
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-12
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion3600

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 Novel536-6-20Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 45 readings: slipping, #491 to #536 (best #487, worst #536).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers3,577-24-170Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 54 readings: slipping, #3405 to #3577 (best #3246, worst #3577).
Top rated4,093+43-64Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 54 readings: slipping, #3999 to #4093 (best #3990, worst #4143).
On 11 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #robots2900Position on itch.io's Top rated · #robots chart across 34 readings: holding, #29 to #29 (best #29, worst #29).
Top rated · #surreal1110-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #surreal chart across 34 readings: slipping, #107 to #111 (best #107, worst #111).
Top rated · #furry147+2-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #furry chart across 34 readings: holding, #147 to #147 (best #145, worst #150).
Top rated · #dark217+6-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark chart across 36 readings: slipping, #210 to #217 (best #210, worst #230).
Top rated · #female-protagonist397+1-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 33 readings: slipping, #394 to #397 (best #394, worst #400).
Top rated · #atmospheric560+11-9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 52 readings: slipping, #546 to #560 (best #546, worst #579).
Top rated · #story-rich598+7-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 34 readings: slipping, #586 to #598 (best #584, worst #610).
Top rated · #cute5990-8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cute chart across 36 readings: slipping, #587 to #599 (best #587, worst #602).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction701+2-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 34 readings: slipping, #690 to #701 (best #690, worst #705).
Top rated · #horror883+43-17Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 34 readings: slipping, #863 to #883 (best #863, worst #937).
Top rated · #no-ai1,688+29-66Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 34 readings: slipping, #1611 to #1688 (best #1611, worst #1736).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.89 / 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.