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itch.ioRank 17212026-10-16

A Date with Death

by Two and a Half Studios

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.002

A Date with Death Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.00 to -0.00 (low -0.00, high 0.00).

Confidence 50%

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, comments and ratings had a measurable acceleration on 2026-10-16. Topic views 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

The rungs are moving together.

By the average day in this window, comments had taken 42% of their change and ratings 48%. Neither is far enough ahead to read as leading.

Lead and lag for A Date with Death, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-17 to 2026-10-16, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. The rungs are moving together. Comments: 1,508 to 1,528, up 20, the change came at a steady pace. Ratings: 5,917 to 6,033, up 116, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%Sep 17Oct 16CommentsRatings

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 17 to Oct 16

  • Comments — people are talking1,5081,528+20
  • Ratings — people finished and cared5,9176,033+116
  • Topic views 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.

DayCommentsRatings
Sep 171,5085,917
Sep 181,5085,923
Sep 191,5105,926
Sep 201,5105,930
Sep 211,5125,931
Sep 221,5125,931
Sep 231,5115,936
Sep 241,5115,940
Sep 251,5125,945
Sep 261,5125,951
Sep 271,5125,953
Sep 281,5125,956
Sep 291,5135,961
Sep 301,5145,966
Oct 11,5145,970
Oct 21,5145,969
Oct 31,5175,971
Oct 41,5175,977
Oct 51,5185,981
Oct 61,5185,987
Oct 71,5185,992
Oct 81,5215,996
Oct 91,5236,005
Oct 101,5236,008
Oct 111,5236,013
Oct 121,5246,016
Oct 131,5256,023
Oct 141,5276,029
Oct 151,5276,032
Oct 161,5286,033
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-16
CounterNow7d30d
Comments intent1,528+5+20
Ratings conversion6,033+28+117

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 Novel400Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 49 readings: holding, #4 to #4 (best #4, worst #4).
Top sellers · Visual Novel8+3+5Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 49 readings: slipping, #7 to #8 (best #6, worst #25).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated500Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 58 readings: holding, #5 to #5 (best #5, worst #5).
Top sellers60-7-16Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 58 readings: slipping, #50 to #60 (best #24, worst #80).
On 7 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #lgbtqia100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbtqia chart across 38 readings: holding, #1 to #1 (best #1, worst #1).
Top rated · #queer100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #queer chart across 38 readings: holding, #1 to #1 (best #1, worst #1).
Top rated · #amare200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #amare chart across 57 readings: holding, #2 to #2 (best #2, worst #2).
Top rated · #gay200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #gay chart across 38 readings: holding, #2 to #2 (best #2, worst #2).
Top rated · #lgbt200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 38 readings: holding, #2 to #2 (best #2, worst #2).
Top rated · #otome200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #otome chart across 38 readings: holding, #2 to #2 (best #2, worst #2).
Top rated · #romance300Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 38 readings: holding, #3 to #3 (best #3, worst #3).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.91 / 5

Last devlog 2026-08-25 — 52 days ago. That was already the most recent devlog when we started watching on 2026-08-20, so there is no cadence to read from it yet. The platform publishes only the most recent devlog date, so this is a floor rather than the project’s history.

Go to the source

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