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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

BIRDLAND

by Brendan Patrick Hennessy

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

BIRDLAND 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 2026-10-17. 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 BIRDLAND, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-18 to 2026-10-17, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 93 to 94, up 1, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Sep 18Oct 17Ratings

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 18 to Oct 17

  • Ratings — people finished and cared9394+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 1893
Sep 1993
Sep 2093
Sep 2193
Sep 2294
Sep 2394
Sep 2494
Sep 2594
Sep 2694
Sep 2794
Sep 2894
Sep 2994
Sep 3094
Oct 194
Oct 294
Oct 394
Oct 494
Oct 594
Oct 694
Oct 794
Oct 894
Oct 994
Oct 1094
Oct 1194
Oct 1294
Oct 1394
Oct 1494
Oct 1594
Oct 1694
Oct 1794
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion940+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

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,420-20Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #1390 to #1420 (best #1389, worst #1430).
On 11 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
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Top rated · #lesbian290-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lesbian chart across 39 readings: slipping, #28 to #29 (best #27, worst #29).
Top rated · #funny58+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #funny chart across 39 readings: holding, #58 to #58 (best #58, worst #59).
Top rated · #text-based620+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #text-based chart across 39 readings: climbing, #65 to #62 (best #62, worst #65).
Top rated · #twine630+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #twine chart across 39 readings: climbing, #65 to #63 (best #63, worst #65).
Top rated · #female-protagonist15500Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 40 readings: holding, #155 to #155 (best #153, worst #155).
Top rated · #lgbt2310-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 39 readings: slipping, #230 to #231 (best #225, worst #232).
Top rated · #story-rich233-1-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 39 readings: slipping, #226 to #233 (best #226, worst #233).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction2680-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 39 readings: slipping, #267 to #268 (best #266, worst #270).
Top rated · #romance398-1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 39 readings: slipping, #393 to #398 (best #391, worst #398).
Top rated · #no-ai611-2-12Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #590 to #611 (best #590, worst #612).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.90 / 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

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