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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

Bard Harder!$1.99

by Shark and Pelican Games

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

Bard Harder! 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 Bard Harder!, 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: 149 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 cared1491490
  • 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 18149
Sep 19149
Sep 20149
Sep 21149
Sep 22149
Sep 23149
Sep 24149
Sep 25149
Sep 26149
Sep 27149
Sep 28149
Sep 29149
Sep 30149
Oct 1149
Oct 2149
Oct 3149
Oct 4149
Oct 5149
Oct 6149
Oct 7149
Oct 8149
Oct 9149
Oct 10149
Oct 11149
Oct 12149
Oct 13149
Oct 14149
Oct 15149
Oct 16149
Oct 17149
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion14900

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 · Visual Novel412+7-29Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 50 readings: slipping, #380 to #412 (best #137, worst #436).
Top rated · Visual Novel1,008Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 3 readings: holding, #1008 to #1008 (best #1008, worst #1008).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated2,864-18-56Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #2725 to #2864 (best #2725, worst #2864).
Top sellers2,962-298-385Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 59 readings: slipping, #1956 to #2962 (best #643, worst #2962).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #comedy213+1+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #comedy chart across 41 readings: slipping, #212 to #213 (best #212, worst #215).
Top rated · #narrative2340-8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 39 readings: slipping, #220 to #234 (best #220, worst #234).
Top rated · #multiple-endings256-5-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #multiple-endings chart across 39 readings: slipping, #243 to #256 (best #243, worst #256).
Top rated · #female-protagonist294-1-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 40 readings: slipping, #287 to #294 (best #286, worst #294).
Top rated · #lgbt4190-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 39 readings: slipping, #415 to #419 (best #414, worst #420).
Top rated · #cute449-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cute chart across 41 readings: slipping, #446 to #449 (best #445, worst #450).
Top rated · #short5420-9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 39 readings: slipping, #527 to #542 (best #527, worst #543).
Top rated · #romance661-3-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 39 readings: slipping, #649 to #661 (best #649, worst #668).
Top rated · #2d760-7-14Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 59 readings: slipping, #722 to #760 (best #722, worst #760).
Top rated · #no-ai1,201-13-45Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #1142 to #1201 (best #1142, worst #1201).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
paid
Average rating
4.65 / 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.