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itch.ioRank 23322026-10-17

The Archivist and the Revolution

by Autumn Chen

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Velocity

-0.011

The Archivist and the Revolution Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.00 to -0.01 (low -0.01, 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 The Archivist and the Revolution, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-19 to 2026-10-18, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 88 to 89, up 1, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 19Oct 18Ratings

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 19 to Oct 18

  • Ratings — people finished and cared8889+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 1988
Sep 2088
Sep 2188
Sep 2288
Sep 2388
Sep 2488
Sep 2588
Sep 2688
Sep 2788
Sep 2888
Sep 2988
Sep 3088
Oct 188
Oct 288
Oct 388
Oct 488
Oct 588
Oct 688
Oct 788
Oct 888
Oct 989
Oct 1089
Oct 1189
Oct 1289
Oct 1389
Oct 1489
Oct 1589
Oct 1689
Oct 1789
Oct 1889
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-18
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion890+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 rated2,539-8+15Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 60 readings: climbing, #2580 to #2539 (best #2513, worst #2599).
On 11 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #dystopian180-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dystopian chart across 41 readings: slipping, #17 to #18 (best #17, worst #18).
Top rated · #transgender45-1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #transgender chart across 39 readings: slipping, #42 to #45 (best #42, worst #47).
Top rated · #science-fiction101-1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #science-fiction chart across 39 readings: slipping, #98 to #101 (best #98, worst #101).
Top rated · #slice-of-life108-1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #slice-of-life chart across 39 readings: holding, #108 to #108 (best #106, worst #110).
Top rated · #text-based119-1+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #text-based chart across 39 readings: holding, #119 to #119 (best #117, worst #121).
Top rated · #narrative191-2+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 39 readings: holding, #191 to #191 (best #189, worst #201).
Top rated · #female-protagonist259-3+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 40 readings: slipping, #258 to #259 (best #256, worst #266).
Top rated · #lgbt378-3-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 39 readings: climbing, #379 to #378 (best #375, worst #382).
Top rated · #story-rich402-60Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 39 readings: slipping, #394 to #402 (best #394, worst #412).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction462-1+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 39 readings: holding, #462 to #462 (best #459, worst #474).
Top rated · #no-ai1,072-13-26Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #1032 to #1072 (best #1032, worst #1090).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.79 / 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.