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itch.ioRank 15682026-10-16

The Dark Queen of Mortholme

by Mosu

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.001

The Dark Queen of Mortholme Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, -0.00 to -0.00 (low -0.00, high 0.00).

Confidence 50%

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, comments and ratings had a measurable acceleration on 2026-10-16. Topic views 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

No ordering to read here.

Across this window, comments did not move at all (1,124 throughout); ratings moved by 11, under its floor of 20. Timing two counters against each other needs both of them to have risen, by more than the floor this page sets for that counter so a handful of events cannot read as an ordering, and to have stayed between their own start and end values — a counter that went past one of those and came back has no share of its change to time. The shapes are drawn; which of them moved first is not claimed.

Lead and lag for The Dark Queen of Mortholme, 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. No ordering to read here. Comments: 1,124 throughout, no change at all. Ratings: 2,136 to 2,147, up 11, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%Sep 18Oct 17CommentsRatings

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

  • Comments — people are talking1,1241,1240
  • Ratings — people finished and cared2,1362,147+11
  • Topic views 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.

DayCommentsRatings
Sep 181,1242,136
Sep 191,1242,137
Sep 201,1242,137
Sep 211,1242,138
Sep 221,1242,138
Sep 231,1242,139
Sep 241,1242,139
Sep 251,1242,139
Sep 261,1242,140
Sep 271,1242,140
Sep 281,1242,141
Sep 291,1242,141
Sep 301,1242,141
Oct 11,1242,141
Oct 21,1242,141
Oct 31,1242,142
Oct 41,1242,143
Oct 51,1242,143
Oct 61,1242,143
Oct 71,1242,143
Oct 81,1242,144
Oct 91,1242,146
Oct 101,1242,145
Oct 111,1242,146
Oct 121,1242,145
Oct 131,1242,145
Oct 141,1242,146
Oct 151,1242,146
Oct 161,1242,146
Oct 171,1242,147
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Comments intent1,1240+1
Ratings conversion2,1470+11

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 rated52+10Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #51 to #52 (best #51, worst #53).
Top sellers1,598-1,168-1,491Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 59 readings: slipping, #185 to #1598 (best #107, worst #1637).
On 12 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #boss-battle100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #boss-battle chart across 42 readings: holding, #1 to #1 (best #1, worst #1).
Top rated · #dark-fantasy200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark-fantasy chart across 41 readings: holding, #2 to #2 (best #2, worst #2).
Top rated · #atmospheric4+1+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 57 readings: climbing, #5 to #4 (best #4, worst #5).
Top rated · #fantasy700Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fantasy chart across 40 readings: holding, #7 to #7 (best #7, worst #7).
Top rated · #pixel-art700Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 39 readings: holding, #7 to #7 (best #7, worst #7).
Top rated · #female-protagonist8-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 40 readings: slipping, #7 to #8 (best #7, worst #8).
Top rated · #singleplayer9+2+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 39 readings: climbing, #10 to #9 (best #9, worst #11).
Top rated · #narrative1000Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 39 readings: holding, #10 to #10 (best #10, worst #10).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction12-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 39 readings: slipping, #11 to #12 (best #11, worst #12).
Top rated · #story-rich12-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 39 readings: slipping, #11 to #12 (best #11, worst #12).
Top rated · #2d1400Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 59 readings: slipping, #13 to #14 (best #13, worst #14).
Top rated · #no-ai25-1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #23 to #25 (best #23, worst #25).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.83 / 5

Last devlog 2025-08-20 — 423 days ago. That was already the most recent devlog when we started watching on 2026-08-20, so there is no cadence to read from it yet. The platform publishes only the most recent devlog date, so this is a floor rather than the project’s history.

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.