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itch.ioRank 16552026-10-08

Here For Sweethearts

by arcadekitten

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.003

Here For Sweethearts Velocity, last 14 days: falling 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 2026-10-08. 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 Here For Sweethearts, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-09 to 2026-10-08, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 387 to 389, up 2, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Sep 9Oct 8Ratings

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 9 to Oct 8

  • Ratings — people finished and cared387389+2
  • 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 9387
Sep 10388
Sep 11388
Sep 12388
Sep 13388
Sep 14388
Sep 15388
Sep 16388
Sep 17388
Sep 18388
Sep 19388
Sep 20388
Sep 21388
Sep 22388
Sep 23388
Sep 24388
Sep 25388
Sep 26388
Sep 27389
Sep 28389
Sep 29389
Sep 30389
Oct 1389
Oct 2389
Oct 3389
Oct 4389
Oct 5389
Oct 6389
Oct 7389
Oct 8389
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-08
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion3890+2

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 Novel420-4-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 41 readings: slipping, #402 to #420 (best #402, worst #420).
Top sellers · Visual Novel944-56-49Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 40 readings: slipping, #217 to #944 (best #217, worst #944).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,006-7-14Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 50 readings: slipping, #999 to #1006 (best #982, worst #1007).
Top sellers6,493-66-147Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 49 readings: slipping, #6347 to #6493 (best #636, worst #6511).
On 5 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #lgbtqia320-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbtqia chart across 30 readings: slipping, #31 to #32 (best #31, worst #32).
Top rated · #slice-of-life4300Position on itch.io's Top rated · #slice-of-life chart across 30 readings: holding, #43 to #43 (best #42, worst #43).
Top rated · #lgbt168-1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 30 readings: slipping, #166 to #168 (best #165, worst #168).
Top rated · #cute170-2-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cute chart across 32 readings: slipping, #167 to #170 (best #166, worst #170).
Top rated · #dating-sim189-2-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 32 readings: slipping, #184 to #189 (best #181, worst #189).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.68 / 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.