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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

The Rare Bird's Son

by HiroRCK

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Velocity

0.000

The Rare Bird's Son 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 2026-10-17. 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 The Rare Bird's Son, 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: 45 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 cared45450
  • 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 1845
Sep 1945
Sep 2045
Sep 2145
Sep 2245
Sep 2345
Sep 2445
Sep 2545
Sep 2645
Sep 2745
Sep 2845
Sep 2945
Sep 3045
Oct 145
Oct 245
Oct 345
Oct 445
Oct 545
Oct 645
Oct 745
Oct 845
Oct 945
Oct 1045
Oct 1145
Oct 1245
Oct 1345
Oct 1445
Oct 1545
Oct 1645
Oct 1745
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion4500

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 rated4,320-37-86Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #4181 to #4320 (best #4177, worst #4346).
On 11 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #period-piece800Position on itch.io's Top rated · #period-piece chart across 39 readings: holding, #8 to #8 (best #8, worst #8).
Top rated · #cozy141-1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cozy chart across 41 readings: slipping, #136 to #141 (best #136, worst #141).
Top rated · #gay192+1+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #gay chart across 39 readings: climbing, #194 to #192 (best #192, worst #195).
Top rated · #anime265+2+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #anime chart across 56 readings: climbing, #268 to #265 (best #264, worst #287).
Top rated · #narrative3490-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 39 readings: slipping, #340 to #349 (best #339, worst #352).
Top rated · #fantasy465-1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fantasy chart across 40 readings: slipping, #457 to #465 (best #457, worst #477).
Top rated · #lgbt580-2-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 39 readings: slipping, #570 to #580 (best #568, worst #583).
Top rated · #cute622-1-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cute chart across 41 readings: slipping, #612 to #622 (best #612, worst #625).
Top rated · #story-rich623-2-9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 39 readings: slipping, #609 to #623 (best #609, worst #633).
Top rated · #short847-5-15Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 39 readings: slipping, #830 to #847 (best #830, worst #849).
Top rated · #no-ai1,792-31-78Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #1693 to #1792 (best #1693, worst #1820).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.82 / 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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