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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

Heartbound

by Pirate Software

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

Heartbound Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 14 days, 0.00 to 0.00 (low 0.00, 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 Heartbound, 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: 189 throughout, no change at all.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 cared1891890
  • 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 18189
Sep 19189
Sep 20189
Sep 21189
Sep 22189
Sep 23189
Sep 24189
Sep 25189
Sep 26189
Sep 27189
Sep 28189
Sep 29189
Sep 30189
Oct 1189
Oct 2189
Oct 3189
Oct 4189
Oct 5189
Oct 6189
Oct 7189
Oct 8189
Oct 9189
Oct 10189
Oct 11189
Oct 12189
Oct 13189
Oct 14189
Oct 15189
Oct 16189
Oct 17189
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion18900

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 · Rpg246+3-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · Rpg chart across 50 readings: slipping, #243 to #246 (best #241, worst #249).
Top rated · Puzzle392-3-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · Puzzle chart across 50 readings: slipping, #382 to #392 (best #382, worst #393).
Top sellers · Rpg609-30-19Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Rpg chart across 50 readings: slipping, #556 to #609 (best #547, worst #609).
Top sellers · Puzzle735-5-25Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Puzzle chart across 50 readings: slipping, #688 to #735 (best #688, worst #742).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated3,026-19-47Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #2940 to #3026 (best #2936, worst #3026).
Top sellers6,187-252-393Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 58 readings: slipping, #5756 to #6187 (best #5630, worst #6187).
On 2 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #non-linear1000Position on itch.io's Top rated · #non-linear chart across 39 readings: holding, #10 to #10 (best #10, worst #10).
Top rated · #pixel-art700-3-9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 39 readings: slipping, #687 to #700 (best #687, worst #701).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.59 / 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.