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itch.ioRank 11612026-10-16

A Heart of Butterblue

by Heiden

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

A Heart of Butterblue 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 2026-10-16. 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 Heart of Butterblue, 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: 73 throughout, no change at all.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 cared73730
  • 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 1873
Sep 1973
Sep 2073
Sep 2173
Sep 2273
Sep 2373
Sep 2473
Sep 2573
Sep 2673
Sep 2773
Sep 2873
Sep 2973
Sep 3073
Oct 173
Oct 273
Oct 373
Oct 473
Oct 573
Oct 673
Oct 773
Oct 873
Oct 973
Oct 1073
Oct 1173
Oct 1273
Oct 1373
Oct 1473
Oct 1573
Oct 1673
Oct 1773
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion7300

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 · Adventure297-1-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · Adventure chart across 50 readings: slipping, #291 to #297 (best #290, worst #297).
Top rated · Visual Novel621-3-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: slipping, #599 to #621 (best #599, worst #621).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,626-9-24Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #1608 to #1626 (best #1579, worst #1627).
On 8 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #western500Position on itch.io's Top rated · #western chart across 39 readings: holding, #5 to #5 (best #5, worst #5).
Top rated · #farming800Position on itch.io's Top rated · #farming chart across 40 readings: holding, #8 to #8 (best #8, worst #8).
Top rated · #amare131-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #amare chart across 58 readings: slipping, #128 to #131 (best #128, worst #131).
Top rated · #otome210-2+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #otome chart across 39 readings: slipping, #207 to #210 (best #207, worst #211).
Top rated · #horror389-3-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 39 readings: slipping, #376 to #389 (best #376, worst #389).
Top rated · #2d419-1-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 59 readings: slipping, #408 to #419 (best #406, worst #420).
Top rated · #romance439-2-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 39 readings: slipping, #429 to #439 (best #428, worst #439).
Top rated · #no-ai707-8-21Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #674 to #707 (best #674, worst #707).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.93 / 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.