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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

for love is heartbreak

by cinnamew

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Velocity

0.000

for love is heartbreak 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 for love is heartbreak, 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: 32 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 cared32320
  • 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 1832
Sep 1932
Sep 2032
Sep 2132
Sep 2232
Sep 2332
Sep 2432
Sep 2532
Sep 2632
Sep 2732
Sep 2832
Sep 2932
Sep 3032
Oct 132
Oct 232
Oct 332
Oct 432
Oct 532
Oct 632
Oct 732
Oct 832
Oct 932
Oct 1032
Oct 1132
Oct 1232
Oct 1332
Oct 1432
Oct 1532
Oct 1632
Oct 1732
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion3200

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

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated4,950-33-88Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #4790 to #4950 (best #4790, worst #4976).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #artgame107-1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #artgame chart across 55 readings: slipping, #106 to #107 (best #105, worst #109).
Top rated · #hand-drawn123+2-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #hand-drawn chart across 39 readings: slipping, #120 to #123 (best #120, worst #130).
Top rated · #narrative398-1-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 39 readings: slipping, #390 to #398 (best #389, worst #400).
Top rated · #multiple-endings399-6-20Position on itch.io's Top rated · #multiple-endings chart across 39 readings: slipping, #379 to #399 (best #379, worst #400).
Top rated · #lgbt656-1-13Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 39 readings: slipping, #644 to #656 (best #641, worst #659).
Top rated · #atmospheric683-4-14Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 57 readings: slipping, #663 to #683 (best #662, worst #698).
Top rated · #story-rich686+1-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 39 readings: slipping, #678 to #686 (best #678, worst #697).
Top rated · #romance968-5-13Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 38 readings: slipping, #950 to #968 (best #950, worst #980).
Top rated · #singleplayer1,151-7-13Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 39 readings: slipping, #1130 to #1151 (best #1130, worst #1195).
Top rated · #2d1,304-10-28Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 59 readings: slipping, #1244 to #1304 (best #1244, worst #1308).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.88 / 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.