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itch.ioRank 15212026-10-17

Defiled Hearts: The Barbarian

by HaleyM

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Velocity

0.000

Defiled Hearts: The Barbarian Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.01 to -0.00 (low -0.01, high 0.02).

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 Defiled Hearts: The Barbarian, 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: 144 to 149, up 5, most of that change came late 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 cared144149+5
  • 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 18144
Sep 19144
Sep 20144
Sep 21144
Sep 22144
Sep 23144
Sep 24144
Sep 25144
Sep 26144
Sep 27144
Sep 28144
Sep 29144
Sep 30144
Oct 1144
Oct 2145
Oct 3145
Oct 4146
Oct 5147
Oct 6147
Oct 7147
Oct 8147
Oct 9147
Oct 10147
Oct 11148
Oct 12148
Oct 13148
Oct 14149
Oct 15149
Oct 16149
Oct 17149
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion149+2+5

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 rated810+20+2Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: climbing, #819 to #810 (best #809, worst #846).
On 4 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #historical800Position on itch.io's Top rated · #historical chart across 39 readings: holding, #8 to #8 (best #8, worst #8).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction163+10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 39 readings: climbing, #165 to #163 (best #163, worst #167).
Top rated · #romance262+5-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 39 readings: slipping, #261 to #262 (best #260, worst #269).
Top rated · #no-ai364+6-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #360 to #364 (best #357, worst #376).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.91 / 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.