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itch.ioRank 2312026-10-16

Trust the blackbird

by Ana Merz

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.020

Trust the blackbird Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, 0.00 to 0.02 (low 0.00, high 0.02).

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 Trust the blackbird, 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: 50 to 51, up 1, most of that change came late in the window.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 cared5051+1
  • 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 1850
Sep 1950
Sep 2050
Sep 2150
Sep 2250
Sep 2350
Sep 2450
Sep 2550
Sep 2650
Sep 2750
Sep 2850
Sep 2950
Sep 3050
Oct 150
Oct 250
Oct 350
Oct 450
Oct 550
Oct 650
Oct 750
Oct 850
Oct 950
Oct 1051
Oct 1151
Oct 1251
Oct 1351
Oct 1451
Oct 1551
Oct 1651
Oct 1751
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion51+1+1

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 · Puzzle861+2-45Position on itch.io's Top rated · Puzzle chart across 50 readings: slipping, #809 to #861 (best #809, worst #863).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated6,203-43-315Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 34 readings: slipping, #5811 to #6203 (best #5811, worst #6203).
On 7 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #my-first-game-jam1800Position on itch.io's Top rated · #my-first-game-jam chart across 38 readings: holding, #18 to #18 (best #18, worst #18).
Top rated · #music103-1-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #music chart across 38 readings: slipping, #100 to #103 (best #100, worst #103).
Top rated · #hand-drawn1540-9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #hand-drawn chart across 38 readings: slipping, #145 to #154 (best #144, worst #154).
Top rated · #relaxing220-9-12Position on itch.io's Top rated · #relaxing chart across 38 readings: slipping, #204 to #220 (best #204, worst #220).
Top rated · #cute842-12-25Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cute chart across 40 readings: slipping, #815 to #842 (best #814, worst #842).
Top rated · #short1,210-25-57Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 38 readings: slipping, #1150 to #1210 (best #1150, worst #1210).
Top rated · #2d1,643-41-93Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 58 readings: slipping, #1524 to #1643 (best #1522, worst #1643).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.71 / 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.