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itch.ioRank 10272026-10-11

Chess of Blades (BL Visual Novel)$24.99

by Argent Games

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

Chess of Blades (BL Visual Novel) Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.01 to 0.00 (low -0.01, 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 2026-10-11. 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 Chess of Blades (BL Visual Novel), 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-12 to 2026-10-11, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 200 to 201, up 1, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Sep 12Oct 11Ratings

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 12 to Oct 11

  • Ratings — people finished and cared200201+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 12200
Sep 13200
Sep 14200
Sep 15200
Sep 16200
Sep 17200
Sep 18200
Sep 19200
Sep 20200
Sep 21201
Sep 22201
Sep 23201
Sep 24201
Sep 25201
Sep 26201
Sep 27201
Sep 28201
Sep 29201
Sep 30201
Oct 1201
Oct 2201
Oct 3201
Oct 4201
Oct 5201
Oct 6201
Oct 7201
Oct 8201
Oct 9201
Oct 10201
Oct 11201
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-11
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion2010+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 sellers · Visual Novel384+3-13Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 44 readings: slipping, #352 to #384 (best #341, worst #395).
Top rated · Visual Novel920-5-9Position on itch.io's Top rated · Visual Novel chart across 44 readings: slipping, #899 to #920 (best #899, worst #924).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated2,476-7-3Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 53 readings: slipping, #2441 to #2476 (best #2441, worst #2487).
Top sellers2,501+41-43Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 53 readings: slipping, #2403 to #2501 (best #2227, worst #2553).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #medieval35+1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #medieval chart across 33 readings: slipping, #33 to #35 (best #33, worst #36).
Top rated · #yaoi510-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #yaoi chart across 33 readings: slipping, #50 to #51 (best #50, worst #51).
Top rated · #anime173+1+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #anime chart across 50 readings: climbing, #175 to #173 (best #172, worst #183).
Top rated · #comedy190-2-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #comedy chart across 35 readings: slipping, #188 to #190 (best #187, worst #190).
Top rated · #mystery1930-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #mystery chart across 33 readings: slipping, #189 to #193 (best #188, worst #194).
Top rated · #lgbt372-1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 33 readings: slipping, #369 to #372 (best #367, worst #373).
Top rated · #story-rich3910-8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 33 readings: slipping, #382 to #391 (best #382, worst #393).
Top rated · #romance5960-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 33 readings: slipping, #586 to #596 (best #586, worst #606).
Top rated · #2d653-4+4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 53 readings: slipping, #640 to #653 (best #640, worst #659).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
paid
Average rating
4.62 / 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

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