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itch.ioRank 17222026-10-17

Pocket Bird - Portable Desktop Pet

by Idrees

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Velocity

-0.002

Pocket Bird - Portable Desktop Pet Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.07 to -0.00 (low -0.07, high 0.04).

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 Pocket Bird - Portable Desktop Pet, 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 to 53, up 8, the change came at a steady pace.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 cared4553+8
  • 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 2246
Sep 2348
Sep 2448
Sep 2549
Sep 2649
Sep 2749
Sep 2849
Sep 2949
Sep 3049
Oct 149
Oct 249
Oct 349
Oct 450
Oct 550
Oct 650
Oct 750
Oct 850
Oct 951
Oct 1051
Oct 1152
Oct 1252
Oct 1352
Oct 1453
Oct 1553
Oct 1653
Oct 1753
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion53+2+8

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 · Other121+6+12Position on itch.io's Top rated · Other chart across 50 readings: climbing, #149 to #121 (best #121, worst #150).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated2,363+121+312Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: climbing, #3281 to #2363 (best #2356, worst #3288).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #desktop-pet400Position on itch.io's Top rated · #desktop-pet chart across 41 readings: holding, #4 to #4 (best #4, worst #4).
Top rated · #open-source12+1+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #open-source chart across 39 readings: climbing, #14 to #12 (best #12, worst #14).
Top rated · #virtual-pet17+1+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #virtual-pet chart across 39 readings: climbing, #22 to #17 (best #17, worst #22).
Top rated · #idle30+2+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #idle chart across 39 readings: climbing, #35 to #30 (best #30, worst #35).
Top rated · #cozy92+5+8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cozy chart across 41 readings: climbing, #105 to #92 (best #92, worst #105).
Top rated · #cute376+18+52Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cute chart across 41 readings: climbing, #447 to #376 (best #375, worst #447).
Top rated · #singleplayer527+39+76Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 39 readings: climbing, #630 to #527 (best #526, worst #630).
Top rated · #pixel-art528+33+81Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 39 readings: climbing, #641 to #528 (best #526, worst #641).
Top rated · #no-ai1,001+38+94Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: climbing, #1144 to #1001 (best #994, worst #1144).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.92 / 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.