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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

The Hero's Journey

by maneki_mushi

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

The Hero's Journey Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.01 to 0.00 (low -0.01, 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 Hero's Journey, 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: 172 to 173, up 1, most of that change came early 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 cared172173+1
  • 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 18172
Sep 19172
Sep 20172
Sep 21172
Sep 22172
Sep 23173
Sep 24173
Sep 25173
Sep 26173
Sep 27173
Sep 28173
Sep 29173
Sep 30173
Oct 1173
Oct 2173
Oct 3173
Oct 4173
Oct 5173
Oct 6173
Oct 7173
Oct 8173
Oct 9173
Oct 10173
Oct 11173
Oct 12173
Oct 13173
Oct 14173
Oct 15173
Oct 16173
Oct 17173
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion1730+1

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 · Visual Novel557-1-8Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: slipping, #541 to #557 (best #541, worst #557).
Top sellers · Visual Novel659+6-28Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: slipping, #623 to #659 (best #62, worst #675).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,426+1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #1392 to #1426 (best #1391, worst #1436).
Top sellers4,619-264-326Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 59 readings: slipping, #601 to #4619 (best #239, worst #4619).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #medieval210-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #medieval chart across 39 readings: slipping, #20 to #21 (best #20, worst #21).
Top rated · #narrative11300Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 39 readings: holding, #113 to #113 (best #113, worst #115).
Top rated · #amare12000Position on itch.io's Top rated · #amare chart across 58 readings: slipping, #119 to #120 (best #118, worst #121).
Top rated · #female-protagonist156+20Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 40 readings: holding, #156 to #156 (best #155, worst #158).
Top rated · #otome19400Position on itch.io's Top rated · #otome chart across 39 readings: slipping, #190 to #194 (best #190, worst #196).
Top rated · #fantasy197-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fantasy chart across 40 readings: slipping, #194 to #197 (best #194, worst #199).
Top rated · #lgbt232+1-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 39 readings: slipping, #231 to #232 (best #229, worst #234).
Top rated · #dating-sim241-1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 41 readings: slipping, #238 to #241 (best #235, worst #241).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction2690-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 39 readings: slipping, #268 to #269 (best #268, worst #273).
Top rated · #romance399-1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 39 readings: slipping, #394 to #399 (best #392, worst #399).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.77 / 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.