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Rank Score Rating
2
9.80
100% 262
4
9.79
100% 381
7
9.75
100% 426
8
9.75
99% 398
9
9.74
100% 169
1 17
9.70
99% 365
1 20
9.69
99% 356
21
9.69
99% 343
23
9.68
99% 248
1 28
9.66
100% 119
1 29
9.66
99% 294
31
9.65
99% 212
32
9.64
99% 335
34
9.64
100% 109
37
9.63
99% 139
39
9.63
99% 256
1 48
9.61
99% 184
2 49
9.61
99% 237
51
9.60
99% 408
2 55
9.60
99% 721
1 57
9.59
98% 518
59
9.59
99% 839
61
9.58
99% 1.02 K
1 62
9.58
99% 170
71
9.57
98% 456
72
Adventure $3.49 -50% $6.99
9.57
99% 926
78
9.56
98% 384
1 80
9.55
100% 85
81
9.55
99% 109
91
9.53
98% 228
94
9.52
99% 102
97
9.52
99% 101
99
9.51
98% 297
101
9.51
99% 142
1 104
9.51
98% 255
107
9.50
98% 492
1 111
9.50
99% 97
1 112
9.50
100% 75
1 113
9.49
98% 317
1 114
9.49
98% 280
1 116
9.49
98% 313
1 119
9.48
100% 73
2 121
9.48
98% 273
2 123
9.48
98% 166
2 124
9.48
99% 1.45 K
2 125
9.47
98% 925
2 126
9.47
100% 71
2 127
9.47
100% 71
2 128
9.47
98% 521
1 131
9.47
98% 229
1 135
9.47
100% 70
2 136
9.46
97% 470
1 139
9.46
98% 126
1 141
9.46
98% 1.49 K
1 143
9.45
98% 1.3 K
1 147
9.45
97% 352
1 150
9.45
98% 189
1 153
9.45
100% 68
155
9.45
97% 647
157
9.45
98% 123
160
9.45
97% 412
1 164
9.44
97% 376
1 165
9.44
98% 217
1 167
9.44
99% 86
2 169
9.44
97% 672
2 170
9.44
97% 821
2 171
9.44
99% 2.09 K
2 173
9.44
98% 184
2 174
9.44
97% 710
2 175
9.44
98% 245
2 176
9.44
97% 808
9 180
9.43
98% 151
15 184
9.43
97% 887
1 186
9.43
98% 179
1 192
9.41
97% 781
1 196
9.41
98% 1.74 K
1 198
9.40
97% 893
81 203
RPG $4.99 -50% $9.99
9.40
98% 170
3 204
9.40
97% 550
1 205
9.40
97% 197
1 206
9.40
97% 423
4 209
9.39
98% 140
1 212
9.39
99% 78
214
9.39
97% 387
215
9.39
97% 444
216
9.39
98% 109
218
9.39
99% 77
1 227
9.37
98% 1.83 K
1 228
9.37
97% 643
1 230
9.37
97% 265
236
9.36
97% 533
1 239
9.36
98% 104
1 241
9.36
97% 790
1 242
9.36
98% 131
1 244
9.36
100% 57
1 245
9.36
97% 233
247
9.35
97% 281
HIDDEN_GEMS 45000

Risers today

  1. 223 logo 21 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi
  2. 180 logo 9 Her Love, Like Poison
  3. 231 logo 6 Hold Me Tight All Night, Onii-chan!
  4. 54 logo 4 Mycopsychosys: Remastered
  5. 154 logo 4 you're just imagining it
  6. 158 logo 4 slime feet
  7. 182 logo 4 恋与未歇之雨
  8. 209 logo 4 Aoi Tori
  9. 102 logo 3 Waning Flowers of a World Eternal - The Rainbow Appears After Flowering Rain
  10. 177 logo 3 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.4 Himatsubushi

Fallers today

  1. 203 logo 81 Red Line
  2. 129 logo 18 Come out, cat
  3. 184 logo 15 Enjoy the Diner
  4. 237 logo 3 TAPE: Unveil the Memories
  5. 238 logo 3 Midnight Syndrome
  6. 49 logo 2 For the GHOSTs
  7. 55 logo 2 Hira Hira Hihiru
  8. 232 logo 2 The Hayseed Knight
  9. 233 logo 2 NAIRI: Rising Tide
  10. 234 logo 2 片腕のザリガニ - one-armed crayfish
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