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itch.ioRank 8192026-10-17

Heartburn

by Kathinka

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.004

Heartburn Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.00 to 0.00 (low -0.00, high 0.01).

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 Heartburn, 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: 284 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 cared2842840
  • 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 18284
Sep 19284
Sep 20284
Sep 21284
Sep 22284
Sep 23284
Sep 24284
Sep 25284
Sep 26284
Sep 27284
Sep 28284
Sep 29284
Sep 30284
Oct 1284
Oct 2284
Oct 3283
Oct 4283
Oct 5283
Oct 6283
Oct 7283
Oct 8283
Oct 9283
Oct 10283
Oct 11284
Oct 12284
Oct 13284
Oct 14284
Oct 15284
Oct 16284
Oct 17284
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion284+10

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

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All of itch.io

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Top rated · #2d541-8+11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 59 readings: climbing, #546 to #541 (best #530, worst #556).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.59 / 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.