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itch.ioRank 24972026-10-14

Heir to the Stars: The Path of Time

by Juno A.

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.026

Heir to the Stars: The Path of Time Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.06 to -0.03 (low -0.06, high 0.01).

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 2026-10-14. 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 Heir to the Stars: The Path of Time, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-15 to 2026-10-14, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 70 to 80, up 10, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Sep 15Oct 14Ratings

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 15 to Oct 14

  • Ratings — people finished and cared7080+10
  • 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 1570
Sep 1672
Sep 1772
Sep 1872
Sep 1973
Sep 2075
Sep 2177
Sep 2277
Sep 2377
Sep 2477
Sep 2577
Sep 2677
Sep 2777
Sep 2878
Sep 2978
Sep 3078
Oct 178
Oct 278
Oct 378
Oct 479
Oct 579
Oct 680
Oct 780
Oct 880
Oct 980
Oct 1080
Oct 1180
Oct 1280
Oct 1380
Oct 1480
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-14
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion800+10

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 · Adventure427+3+68Position on itch.io's Top rated · Adventure chart across 47 readings: climbing, #562 to #427 (best #426, worst #563).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated2,376+4+263Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 56 readings: climbing, #3112 to #2376 (best #2368, worst #3112).
On 8 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #medieval330+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #medieval chart across 36 readings: climbing, #34 to #33 (best #33, worst #36).
Top rated · #meaningful-choices890+7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #meaningful-choices chart across 36 readings: climbing, #98 to #89 (best #89, worst #98).
Top rated · #text-based107+1+15Position on itch.io's Top rated · #text-based chart across 36 readings: climbing, #123 to #107 (best #107, worst #123).
Top rated · #fantasy289+3+20Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fantasy chart across 37 readings: climbing, #309 to #289 (best #288, worst #313).
Top rated · #story-rich374+1+42Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 36 readings: climbing, #416 to #374 (best #372, worst #418).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction435+2+47Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 36 readings: climbing, #489 to #435 (best #435, worst #490).
Top rated · #romance576+6+42Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 36 readings: climbing, #620 to #576 (best #575, worst #623).
Top rated · #no-ai1,005+4+71Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 36 readings: climbing, #1082 to #1005 (best #1000, worst #1085).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.83 / 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.