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itch.ioRank 23652026-10-17

The Crying Game

by sophiemallinson

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Velocity

-0.013

The Crying Game 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 Crying Game, 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: 79 to 80, 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 cared7980+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 1879
Sep 1979
Sep 2079
Sep 2179
Sep 2279
Sep 2379
Sep 2479
Sep 2579
Sep 2679
Sep 2779
Sep 2879
Sep 2979
Sep 3079
Oct 179
Oct 279
Oct 379
Oct 479
Oct 579
Oct 680
Oct 780
Oct 880
Oct 980
Oct 1080
Oct 1180
Oct 1280
Oct 1380
Oct 1480
Oct 1580
Oct 1680
Oct 1780
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion800+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 rated · Simulation399+9+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · Simulation chart across 50 readings: climbing, #402 to #399 (best #397, worst #420).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated4,926-33+61Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: climbing, #5061 to #4926 (best #4893, worst #5116).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #altgame180+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #altgame chart across 58 readings: climbing, #20 to #18 (best #18, worst #20).
Top rated · #endless2200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #endless chart across 41 readings: climbing, #23 to #22 (best #22, worst #23).
Top rated · #touch-friendly230-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #touch-friendly chart across 39 readings: slipping, #22 to #23 (best #22, worst #23).
Top rated · #lo-fi450+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lo-fi chart across 39 readings: climbing, #49 to #45 (best #45, worst #49).
Top rated · #gameboy590+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #gameboy chart across 39 readings: climbing, #67 to #59 (best #58, worst #68).
Top rated · #minimalist113-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #minimalist chart across 39 readings: climbing, #117 to #113 (best #112, worst #118).
Top rated · #anime309-3+5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #anime chart across 56 readings: climbing, #317 to #309 (best #306, worst #327).
Top rated · #female-protagonist4660+12Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 40 readings: climbing, #493 to #466 (best #466, worst #493).
Top rated · #cute699-2+21Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cute chart across 41 readings: climbing, #729 to #699 (best #696, worst #729).
Top rated · #pixel-art1,112-6+12Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 39 readings: climbing, #1151 to #1112 (best #1104, worst #1153).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.66 / 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.