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itch.ioRank 10312026-10-09

The Painting

by Tymedust Games

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

The Painting 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 2026-10-09. 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 Painting, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-11 to 2026-10-10, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 73 to 74, up 1, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Sep 11Oct 10Ratings

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 11 to Oct 10

  • Ratings — people finished and cared7374+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 1173
Sep 1273
Sep 1373
Sep 1474
Sep 1574
Sep 1674
Sep 1774
Sep 1874
Sep 1974
Sep 2074
Sep 2174
Sep 2274
Sep 2374
Sep 2474
Sep 2574
Sep 2674
Sep 2774
Sep 2874
Sep 2974
Sep 3074
Oct 174
Oct 274
Oct 374
Oct 474
Oct 574
Oct 674
Oct 774
Oct 874
Oct 974
Oct 1074
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-10
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion740+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 · Visual Novel1,005-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 29 readings: slipping, #998 to #1005 (best #984, worst #1005).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated2,735-1+12Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 52 readings: climbing, #2783 to #2735 (best #2688, worst #2810).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #painting400Position on itch.io's Top rated · #painting chart across 32 readings: holding, #4 to #4 (best #4, worst #4).
Top rated · #kinetic-novel270-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #kinetic-novel chart across 32 readings: slipping, #26 to #27 (best #24, worst #27).
Top rated · #minimalist540+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #minimalist chart across 32 readings: climbing, #56 to #54 (best #53, worst #56).
Top rated · #hand-drawn670+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #hand-drawn chart across 32 readings: climbing, #70 to #67 (best #66, worst #70).
Top rated · #text-based129-1+6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #text-based chart across 32 readings: climbing, #136 to #129 (best #126, worst #136).
Top rated · #renpy1710+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #renpy chart across 32 readings: climbing, #177 to #171 (best #170, worst #177).
Top rated · #narrative2180-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 32 readings: climbing, #224 to #218 (best #212, worst #224).
Top rated · #story-rich42900Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 32 readings: climbing, #440 to #429 (best #421, worst #440).
Top rated · #short517+1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 32 readings: climbing, #530 to #517 (best #509, worst #530).
Top rated · #singleplayer621+3-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 32 readings: climbing, #632 to #621 (best #608, worst #634).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.81 / 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.