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itch.ioRank 10032026-10-10

Heatwave$10

by Monochromesoft

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Velocity

0.000

Heatwave 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 2026-10-10. 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 Heatwave, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-11 to 2026-10-10, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 33 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 11Oct 10Ratings

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 11 to Oct 10

  • Ratings — people finished and cared33330
  • 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 1133
Sep 1233
Sep 1333
Sep 1433
Sep 1533
Sep 1633
Sep 1733
Sep 1833
Sep 1933
Sep 2033
Sep 2133
Sep 2233
Sep 2333
Sep 2433
Sep 2533
Sep 2633
Sep 2733
Sep 2833
Sep 2933
Sep 3033
Oct 133
Oct 233
Oct 333
Oct 433
Oct 533
Oct 633
Oct 733
Oct 833
Oct 933
Oct 1033
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-10
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion3300

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 · Action369+7-4Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Action chart across 43 readings: slipping, #315 to #369 (best #313, worst #376).
Top sellers · Visual Novel410+1-14Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Visual Novel chart across 43 readings: slipping, #370 to #410 (best #362, worst #415).
Top rated · Action650-9-19Position on itch.io's Top rated · Action chart across 43 readings: slipping, #630 to #650 (best #630, worst #650).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top sellers2,612+59-56Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 52 readings: slipping, #2513 to #2612 (best #2338, worst #2671).
On 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #fighting660-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fighting chart across 33 readings: slipping, #65 to #66 (best #65, worst #66).
Top rated · #queer215-2-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #queer chart across 32 readings: slipping, #209 to #215 (best #205, worst #217).
Top rated · #arcade2610-9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #arcade chart across 50 readings: slipping, #250 to #261 (best #250, worst #261).
Top rated · #retro728-1-13Position on itch.io's Top rated · #retro chart across 32 readings: slipping, #716 to #728 (best #715, worst #731).
Top rated · #lgbt826-4-20Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 32 readings: slipping, #805 to #826 (best #805, worst #832).
Top rated · #pixel-art1,538-2-29Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 32 readings: slipping, #1507 to #1538 (best #1507, worst #1543).
Top rated · #singleplayer1,539+31-26Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 32 readings: slipping, #1512 to #1539 (best #1511, worst #1600).
Top rated · #2d1,764+10-39Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 52 readings: slipping, #1708 to #1764 (best #1708, worst #1781).
Top rated · #no-ai2,755+18-101Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 32 readings: slipping, #2648 to #2755 (best #2648, worst #2821).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
paid
Average rating
4.79 / 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.