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itch.ioRank 9352026-10-16

Burn the Midnight Oil

by Foxglove Games

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.002

Burn the Midnight Oil Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.01 to 0.00 (low -0.01, high 0.00).

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 2026-10-16. 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 Burn the Midnight Oil, 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: 432 to 450, up 18, the change came at a steady pace.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 cared432450+18
  • 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 18432
Sep 19433
Sep 20433
Sep 21434
Sep 22434
Sep 23437
Sep 24439
Sep 25439
Sep 26439
Sep 27439
Sep 28439
Sep 29439
Sep 30440
Oct 1441
Oct 2442
Oct 3442
Oct 4442
Oct 5442
Oct 6443
Oct 7444
Oct 8444
Oct 9445
Oct 10445
Oct 11445
Oct 12446
Oct 13447
Oct 14448
Oct 15449
Oct 16449
Oct 17450
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion450+4+18

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 · Visual Novel164+4-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: slipping, #160 to #164 (best #156, worst #169).
Top sellers · Visual Novel731-625-640Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: slipping, #229 to #731 (best #77, worst #741).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated344+6-3Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: climbing, #346 to #344 (best #333, worst #354).
Top sellers5,141-4,388-4,626Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 58 readings: slipping, #821 to #5141 (best #432, worst #5141).
On 13 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #noir100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #noir chart across 39 readings: holding, #1 to #1 (best #1, worst #1).
Top rated · #vampire400Position on itch.io's Top rated · #vampire chart across 39 readings: holding, #4 to #4 (best #4, worst #4).
Top rated · #supernatural800Position on itch.io's Top rated · #supernatural chart across 39 readings: holding, #8 to #8 (best #8, worst #8).
Top rated · #detective10+1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #detective chart across 41 readings: slipping, #8 to #10 (best #8, worst #11).
Top rated · #monsters1000Position on itch.io's Top rated · #monsters chart across 39 readings: holding, #10 to #10 (best #10, worst #10).
Top rated · #queer1400Position on itch.io's Top rated · #queer chart across 39 readings: holding, #14 to #14 (best #14, worst #14).
Top rated · #mystery35+1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #mystery chart across 39 readings: slipping, #34 to #35 (best #33, worst #36).
Top rated · #amare44+1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #amare chart across 58 readings: holding, #44 to #44 (best #42, worst #45).
Top rated · #female-protagonist4500Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 40 readings: holding, #45 to #45 (best #45, worst #45).
Top rated · #lgbt66+2-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 39 readings: slipping, #63 to #66 (best #63, worst #68).
Top rated · #dating-sim82+1-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 41 readings: slipping, #78 to #82 (best #77, worst #83).
Top rated · #romance123+1-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 39 readings: slipping, #119 to #123 (best #117, worst #125).
Top rated · #no-ai156+1-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #148 to #156 (best #146, worst #159).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.84 / 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

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