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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

Before You Depart

by Team Lycoris

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

Before You Depart Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 14 days, 0.00 to 0.00 (low 0.00, 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 2026-10-17. 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 Before You Depart, 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: 326 throughout, no change at all.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 cared3263260
  • 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 18326
Sep 19326
Sep 20326
Sep 21326
Sep 22326
Sep 23326
Sep 24326
Sep 25326
Sep 26326
Sep 27326
Sep 28326
Sep 29326
Sep 30326
Oct 1326
Oct 2326
Oct 3326
Oct 4326
Oct 5326
Oct 6326
Oct 7326
Oct 8326
Oct 9326
Oct 10326
Oct 11326
Oct 12326
Oct 13326
Oct 14326
Oct 15326
Oct 16326
Oct 17326
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion32600

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 Novel185-1-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: slipping, #173 to #185 (best #173, worst #185).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated392-1-7Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #377 to #392 (best #375, worst #393).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #psychedelic100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychedelic chart across 39 readings: holding, #1 to #1 (best #1, worst #1).
Top rated · #kinetic-novel500Position on itch.io's Top rated · #kinetic-novel chart across 39 readings: holding, #5 to #5 (best #5, worst #5).
Top rated · #bara600Position on itch.io's Top rated · #bara chart across 55 readings: holding, #6 to #6 (best #6, worst #6).
Top rated · #yaoi700Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yaoi chart across 39 readings: holding, #7 to #7 (best #7, worst #7).
Top rated · #furry1700Position on itch.io's Top rated · #furry chart across 39 readings: slipping, #16 to #17 (best #16, worst #17).
Top rated · #queer1700Position on itch.io's Top rated · #queer chart across 39 readings: holding, #17 to #17 (best #17, worst #17).
Top rated · #gay2000Position on itch.io's Top rated · #gay chart across 39 readings: holding, #20 to #20 (best #20, worst #20).
Top rated · #lgbt740-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 39 readings: slipping, #73 to #74 (best #73, worst #74).
Top rated · #romance137-1-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 39 readings: slipping, #132 to #137 (best #129, worst #137).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.88 / 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.