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itch.ioRank 13862026-10-13

A Heart Of Iron

by Blue Wolf Angel

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

A Heart Of Iron Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.02 to -0.00 (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 2026-10-13. 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 A Heart Of Iron, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-14 to 2026-10-13, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 54 to 57, up 3, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 14Oct 13Ratings

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 14 to Oct 13

  • Ratings — people finished and cared5457+3
  • 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 1454
Sep 1554
Sep 1654
Sep 1754
Sep 1854
Sep 1954
Sep 2054
Sep 2154
Sep 2254
Sep 2354
Sep 2454
Sep 2554
Sep 2655
Sep 2755
Sep 2855
Sep 2955
Sep 3055
Oct 155
Oct 255
Oct 356
Oct 456
Oct 556
Oct 656
Oct 756
Oct 856
Oct 957
Oct 1057
Oct 1157
Oct 1257
Oct 1357
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-13
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion57+1+3

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 Novel17+588+285Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 45 readings: climbing, #575 to #17 (best #17, worst #611).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers70+3,954+2,008Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 55 readings: climbing, #3953 to #70 (best #70, worst #4057).
Top rated3,600+169+353Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 55 readings: climbing, #4318 to #3600 (best #3596, worst #4358).
On 7 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #fangame132+3+9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fangame chart across 36 readings: climbing, #147 to #132 (best #132, worst #147).
Top rated · #renpy210+8+11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #renpy chart across 35 readings: climbing, #239 to #210 (best #209, worst #239).
Top rated · #dating-sim415+13+22Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dating-sim chart across 37 readings: climbing, #466 to #415 (best #414, worst #466).
Top rated · #short696+26+70Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 35 readings: climbing, #825 to #696 (best #693, worst #825).
Top rated · #romance780+31+38Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 35 readings: climbing, #862 to #780 (best #779, worst #862).
Top rated · #horror791+75+54Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 35 readings: climbing, #899 to #791 (best #790, worst #899).
Top rated · #no-ai1,484+92+114Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 35 readings: climbing, #1689 to #1484 (best #1479, worst #1689).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.81 / 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.