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itch.ioRank 1032026-11-02

Heartstring Bugs

by Unbroken Hours

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.042

Heartstring Bugs Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 3 days, 0.04 to 0.04 (low 0.04, high 0.04).

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 2026-11-02. 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 Heartstring Bugs, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-10-04 to 2026-11-02, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 23 to 25, up 2, the change came at a steady pace.100%50%0%Oct 4Nov 2Ratings

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 Oct 4 to Nov 2

  • Ratings — people finished and cared2325+2
  • 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
Oct 423
Oct 524
Oct 624
Oct 724
Oct 824
Oct 924
Oct 1024
Oct 1124
Oct 1224
Oct 1324
Oct 1424
Oct 1524
Oct 1624
Oct 1724
Oct 1824
Oct 1924
Oct 2024
Oct 2124
Oct 2224
Oct 2324
Oct 2424
Oct 2524
Oct 2624
Oct 2724
Oct 2824
Oct 2924
Oct 3024
Oct 3125
Nov 125
Nov 225
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-11-02
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion25+1+2

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

On 4 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #renpy699+16+32Position on itch.io's Top rated · #renpy chart across 54 readings: climbing, #723 to #699 (best #698, worst #732).
Top rated · #otome744+20+31Position on itch.io's Top rated · #otome chart across 53 readings: climbing, #758 to #744 (best #740, worst #775).
Top rated · #indie880+15+44Position on itch.io's Top rated · #indie chart across 51 readings: climbing, #892 to #880 (best #869, worst #932).
Top rated · #dating-sim962+20+28Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 57 readings: climbing, #972 to #962 (best #962, worst #990).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-09-07
Price
free
Average rating
4.64 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-09-07. 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.