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itch.ioRank 22012026-10-08

Darkness Calls the Raven (Demo)

by Raven Nights

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.010

Darkness Calls the Raven (Demo) Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, -0.00 to -0.01 (low -0.01, high 0.03).

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 2026-10-08. 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 Darkness Calls the Raven (Demo), 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-10 to 2026-10-09, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 101 to 100, down 1, most of that change came early in the window.200%100%50%0%Sep 10Oct 9Ratings

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. The axis runs past its ends because a counter went beyond its final value inside the window and came back — a deleted comment, a withdrawn rating. The scale is widened rather than the curve clipped, so the round trip stays visible.

Series — over Sep 10 to Oct 9

  • Ratings — people finished and cared101100-1
  • 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 10101
Sep 11101
Sep 12101
Sep 13101
Sep 14101
Sep 15101
Sep 16101
Sep 17100
Sep 18100
Sep 19100
Sep 20100
Sep 21100
Sep 2299
Sep 2399
Sep 2499
Sep 2599
Sep 26100
Sep 27100
Sep 28100
Sep 29100
Sep 30100
Oct 1100
Oct 2100
Oct 3100
Oct 4100
Oct 5100
Oct 6100
Oct 7100
Oct 8100
Oct 9100
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-09
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion1000-1

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

Categories

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers · Visual Novel176Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 2 readings: slipping, #147 to #176 (best #147, worst #176).
Top rated · Visual Novel782-10-33Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 41 readings: slipping, #709 to #782 (best #708, worst #782).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers1,240Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 4 readings: slipping, #704 to #1240 (best #704, worst #1240).
Top rated2,113-19-86Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 51 readings: slipping, #1951 to #2113 (best #1908, worst #2128).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #noir80-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #noir chart across 30 readings: slipping, #6 to #8 (best #6, worst #8).
Top rated · #thriller38-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #thriller chart across 30 readings: slipping, #37 to #38 (best #37, worst #38).
Top rated · #yandere109-4-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yandere chart across 30 readings: slipping, #102 to #109 (best #102, worst #109).
Top rated · #dark116-1-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark chart across 32 readings: slipping, #110 to #116 (best #110, worst #118).
Top rated · #creepy1420-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #creepy chart across 32 readings: slipping, #134 to #142 (best #134, worst #144).
Top rated · #atmospheric289-4-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 48 readings: slipping, #264 to #289 (best #261, worst #289).
Top rated · #story-rich338-4-17Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 30 readings: slipping, #321 to #338 (best #321, worst #341).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction390-4-18Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 30 readings: slipping, #374 to #390 (best #372, worst #396).
Top rated · #romance525-10-21Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 30 readings: slipping, #503 to #525 (best #503, worst #525).
Top rated · #no-ai903-16-59Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 30 readings: slipping, #844 to #903 (best #844, worst #903).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.80 / 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.