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itch.ioRank 12026-09-01

Hearts Before The Arrow (DEMO)

by messymoonmess

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Velocity

-0.915

Hearts Before The Arrow (DEMO) Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 6 days, -1.00 to -0.91 (low -1.00, high -0.91).

Confidence 9%

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. None of its three counters had a measurable acceleration. 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

14 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 Hearts Before The Arrow (DEMO), 14 daysLead and lag over 14 days, 2026-08-20 to 2026-09-02, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 202 to 240, up 38, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%Aug 20Sep 2Ratings

Each line is scaled to its own change across these 14 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 Aug 20 to Sep 2

  • Ratings — people finished and cared202240+38
  • 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
Aug 20202
Aug 21206
Aug 22209
Aug 23212
Aug 24215
Aug 25218
Aug 26223
Aug 27227
Aug 28231
Aug 29233
Aug 30235
Aug 31237
Sep 1240
Sep 2240
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-09-02
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion240+20

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 Novel173Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 4 readings: climbing, #177 to #173 (best #173, worst #177).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated419-22Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 14 readings: climbing, #437 to #419 (best #375, worst #437).
Newest6,996Position on itch.io's Newest chart across 4 readings: slipping, #5091 to #6996 (best #5091, worst #6996).
New & popular7,110-5,484Position on itch.io's New & popular chart across 11 readings: slipping, #91 to #7110 (best #91, worst #7110).
On 1 tag chart
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #2d98+8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 13 readings: climbing, #114 to #98 (best #98, worst #117).

A climb is places gained, so a positive number means it moved up. The line rises when the game is climbing, which is the opposite direction to the raw position.

Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
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.