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itch.ioRank 11332026-10-15

Volunteer to the Darkness

by Studiohammergames

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Velocity

0.000

Volunteer to the Darkness Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.02 to 0.00 (low 0.00, high 0.02).

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 2026-10-15. 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 Volunteer to the Darkness, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-16 to 2026-10-15, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 58 to 57, down 1, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Sep 16Oct 15Ratings

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 16 to Oct 15

  • Ratings — people finished and cared5857-1
  • 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 1658
Sep 1758
Sep 1858
Sep 1958
Sep 2058
Sep 2158
Sep 2258
Sep 2357
Sep 2457
Sep 2557
Sep 2657
Sep 2757
Sep 2857
Sep 2957
Sep 3057
Oct 157
Oct 257
Oct 357
Oct 457
Oct 557
Oct 657
Oct 757
Oct 857
Oct 957
Oct 1057
Oct 1157
Oct 1257
Oct 1357
Oct 1457
Oct 1557
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-15
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion570-1

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

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Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.46 / 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.