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itch.ioRank 11042026-10-14

Hero Hours Contract

by Steve O'Gorman

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

Hero Hours Contract 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 2026-10-14. 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 Hero Hours Contract, 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: 82 throughout, no change at all.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 cared82820
  • 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 1582
Sep 1682
Sep 1782
Sep 1882
Sep 1982
Sep 2082
Sep 2182
Sep 2282
Sep 2382
Sep 2482
Sep 2582
Sep 2682
Sep 2782
Sep 2882
Sep 2982
Sep 3082
Oct 182
Oct 282
Oct 382
Oct 482
Oct 582
Oct 682
Oct 782
Oct 882
Oct 982
Oct 1082
Oct 1182
Oct 1282
Oct 1382
Oct 1482
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-14
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion8200

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 sellers · Strategy218-22-21Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Strategy chart across 47 readings: slipping, #188 to #218 (best #179, worst #223).
Top rated · Strategy398+2-9Position on itch.io's Top rated · Strategy chart across 47 readings: slipping, #381 to #398 (best #381, worst #400).
Top sellers · Rpg410+6+1Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Rpg chart across 47 readings: slipping, #383 to #410 (best #376, worst #418).
Top sellers · Puzzle499-25-50Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Puzzle chart across 47 readings: slipping, #446 to #499 (best #446, worst #499).
Top sellers · Visual Novel641-8-51Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 47 readings: slipping, #585 to #641 (best #582, worst #641).
Top rated · Rpg919+10-18Position on itch.io's Top rated · Rpg chart across 47 readings: slipping, #894 to #919 (best #894, worst #930).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers4,252-126-247Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 56 readings: slipping, #4007 to #4252 (best #3858, worst #4252).
On 3 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #kickstarter1700Position on itch.io's Top rated · #kickstarter chart across 36 readings: holding, #17 to #17 (best #17, worst #17).
Top rated · #tactical56+1-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #tactical chart across 36 readings: slipping, #53 to #56 (best #53, worst #57).
Top rated · #anime631+17-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #anime chart across 53 readings: slipping, #627 to #631 (best #625, worst #648).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.45 / 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.