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itch.ioRank 10272026-10-11

A Butterfly

by alienmelon

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Velocity

0.000

A Butterfly 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 2026-10-11. 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 A Butterfly, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-12 to 2026-10-11, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 34 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 12Oct 11Ratings

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 12 to Oct 11

  • Ratings — people finished and cared34340
  • 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 1234
Sep 1334
Sep 1434
Sep 1534
Sep 1634
Sep 1734
Sep 1834
Sep 1934
Sep 2034
Sep 2134
Sep 2234
Sep 2334
Sep 2434
Sep 2534
Sep 2634
Sep 2734
Sep 2834
Sep 2934
Sep 3034
Oct 134
Oct 234
Oct 334
Oct 434
Oct 534
Oct 634
Oct 734
Oct 834
Oct 934
Oct 1034
Oct 1134
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-11
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion3400

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 rated4,503+29-79Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 53 readings: slipping, #4379 to #4503 (best #4376, worst #4565).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #psychedelic1200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #psychedelic chart across 33 readings: holding, #12 to #12 (best #12, worst #12).
Top rated · #artgame94+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #artgame chart across 51 readings: holding, #94 to #94 (best #93, worst #95).
Top rated · #exploration210+3-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #exploration chart across 34 readings: slipping, #209 to #210 (best #209, worst #216).
Top rated · #3d396+3-13Position on itch.io's Top rated · #3d chart across 53 readings: slipping, #380 to #396 (best #377, worst #404).
Top rated · #fantasy478+7-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fantasy chart across 34 readings: slipping, #471 to #478 (best #471, worst #491).
Top rated · #atmospheric617+14-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 51 readings: slipping, #605 to #617 (best #602, worst #637).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction753+2-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 33 readings: slipping, #743 to #753 (best #743, worst #757).
Top rated · #short889+2-16Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 33 readings: slipping, #868 to #889 (best #868, worst #896).
Top rated · #horror968+45-18Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 33 readings: slipping, #947 to #968 (best #947, worst #1022).
Top rated · #no-ai1,853+34-72Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 33 readings: slipping, #1772 to #1853 (best #1772, worst #1913).
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.