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itch.ioRank 5522026-10-17

Childhood Homes (and why we hate them)

by qrowscant

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Velocity

+0.007

Childhood Homes (and why we hate them) Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, 0.00 to 0.01 (low 0.00, 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 2026-10-17. 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 Childhood Homes (and why we hate them), 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: 141 to 142, up 1, most of that change came late 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 cared141142+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 18141
Sep 19141
Sep 20141
Sep 21141
Sep 22141
Sep 23141
Sep 24141
Sep 25141
Sep 26141
Sep 27141
Sep 28141
Sep 29141
Sep 30141
Oct 1141
Oct 2141
Oct 3141
Oct 4141
Oct 5141
Oct 6141
Oct 7141
Oct 8141
Oct 9141
Oct 10141
Oct 11141
Oct 12141
Oct 13141
Oct 14141
Oct 15141
Oct 16141
Oct 17142
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion142+1+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

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,256+10-9Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #1244 to #1256 (best #1241, worst #1269).
On 7 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #gore190-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #gore chart across 39 readings: slipping, #17 to #19 (best #17, worst #19).
Top rated · #twine530+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #twine chart across 39 readings: climbing, #56 to #53 (best #53, worst #56).
Top rated · #indie830-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #indie chart across 39 readings: slipping, #78 to #83 (best #78, worst #84).
Top rated · #psychological-horror110-1-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychological-horror chart across 39 readings: slipping, #102 to #110 (best #102, worst #110).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction242+1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 39 readings: climbing, #243 to #242 (best #240, worst #244).
Top rated · #pixel-art2800-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 39 readings: holding, #280 to #280 (best #277, worst #282).
Top rated · #horror310-2-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 39 readings: slipping, #305 to #310 (best #300, worst #310).
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.

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.