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itch.ioRank 10312026-10-09

when i was a boycow

by wedgiebee

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Velocity

0.000

when i was a boycow 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 2026-10-09. 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 when i was a boycow, 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: 46 throughout, no change at all.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 cared46460
  • 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 1146
Sep 1246
Sep 1346
Sep 1446
Sep 1546
Sep 1646
Sep 1746
Sep 1846
Sep 1946
Sep 2046
Sep 2146
Sep 2246
Sep 2346
Sep 2446
Sep 2546
Sep 2646
Sep 2746
Sep 2846
Sep 2946
Sep 3046
Oct 146
Oct 246
Oct 346
Oct 446
Oct 546
Oct 646
Oct 746
Oct 846
Oct 946
Oct 1046
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-10
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion4600

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

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated5,000+32-75Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 52 readings: slipping, #4865 to #5000 (best #4865, worst #5059).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #western1600Position on itch.io's Top rated · #western chart across 32 readings: holding, #16 to #16 (best #15, worst #16).
Top rated · #hand-drawn1270-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #hand-drawn chart across 32 readings: slipping, #122 to #127 (best #122, worst #132).
Top rated · #queer1550-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #queer chart across 32 readings: slipping, #149 to #155 (best #149, worst #157).
Top rated · #lgbtqia174+2-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbtqia chart across 32 readings: slipping, #173 to #174 (best #173, worst #177).
Top rated · #gay216+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #gay chart across 32 readings: climbing, #217 to #216 (best #215, worst #219).
Top rated · #narrative406-1-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 32 readings: slipping, #399 to #406 (best #398, worst #409).
Top rated · #lgbt662+3-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 32 readings: slipping, #651 to #662 (best #649, worst #667).
Top rated · #story-rich692+3-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 32 readings: slipping, #683 to #692 (best #683, worst #703).
Top rated · #romance9720-12Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 32 readings: slipping, #959 to #972 (best #958, worst #989).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.78 / 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.