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itch.ioRank 3272026-10-16

Hearts Before The Arrow (DEMO)

by messymoonmess

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Velocity

+0.014

Hearts Before The Arrow (DEMO) Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.00 to 0.01 (low -0.03, 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 2026-10-16. 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 Hearts Before The Arrow (DEMO), 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: 268 to 296, up 28, 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 cared268296+28
  • 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 18268
Sep 19269
Sep 20269
Sep 21269
Sep 22272
Sep 23273
Sep 24278
Sep 25278
Sep 26278
Sep 27278
Sep 28282
Sep 29283
Sep 30284
Oct 1284
Oct 2287
Oct 3287
Oct 4287
Oct 5287
Oct 6287
Oct 7288
Oct 8289
Oct 9289
Oct 10289
Oct 11289
Oct 12291
Oct 13293
Oct 14294
Oct 15294
Oct 16295
Oct 17296
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion296+6+29

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 Novel193+6+14Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: slipping, #177 to #193 (best #173, worst #218).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated416+18+38Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: climbing, #437 to #416 (best #375, worst #488).
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 4 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #renpy27+2+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #renpy chart across 39 readings: climbing, #29 to #27 (best #27, worst #31).
Top rated · #otome66+2+8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #otome chart across 39 readings: climbing, #69 to #66 (best #66, worst #76).
Top rated · #dating-sim95+5+8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 41 readings: climbing, #101 to #95 (best #95, worst #109).
Top rated · #2d107+7+13Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 59 readings: climbing, #114 to #107 (best #98, worst #127).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.89 / 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.