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itch.ioRank 10212026-10-12

Hireblades

by Iskander (quasilyte)

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

Hireblades 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 2026-10-12. 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 Hireblades, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-13 to 2026-10-12, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 25 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 13Oct 12Ratings

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 13 to Oct 12

  • Ratings — people finished and cared25250
  • 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 1325
Sep 1425
Sep 1525
Sep 1625
Sep 1725
Sep 1825
Sep 1925
Sep 2025
Sep 2125
Sep 2225
Sep 2325
Sep 2425
Sep 2525
Sep 2625
Sep 2725
Sep 2825
Sep 2925
Sep 3025
Oct 125
Oct 225
Oct 325
Oct 425
Oct 525
Oct 625
Oct 725
Oct 825
Oct 925
Oct 1025
Oct 1125
Oct 1225
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-12
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion2500

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 rated · Strategy130-3-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · Strategy chart across 45 readings: slipping, #126 to #130 (best #126, worst #130).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated3,877+36-69Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 54 readings: slipping, #3766 to #3877 (best #3765, worst #3920).
On 11 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #strategy-rpg600Position on itch.io's Top rated · #strategy-rpg chart across 34 readings: holding, #6 to #6 (best #6, worst #6).
Top rated · #turn-based-strategy1200Position on itch.io's Top rated · #turn-based-strategy chart across 34 readings: holding, #12 to #12 (best #12, worst #13).
Top rated · #ludum-dare-571300Position on itch.io's Top rated · #ludum-dare-57 chart across 34 readings: climbing, #14 to #13 (best #13, worst #14).
Top rated · #ludum-dare-48140+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #ludum-dare-48 chart across 34 readings: climbing, #16 to #14 (best #14, worst #16).
Top rated · #tactical1600Position on itch.io's Top rated · #tactical chart across 34 readings: holding, #16 to #16 (best #16, worst #17).
Top rated · #turn-based5400Position on itch.io's Top rated · #turn-based chart across 34 readings: holding, #54 to #54 (best #53, worst #55).
Top rated · #roguelite6900Position on itch.io's Top rated · #roguelite chart across 34 readings: holding, #69 to #69 (best #68, worst #70).
Top rated · #fantasy440+7-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fantasy chart across 35 readings: slipping, #428 to #440 (best #428, worst #450).
Top rated · #pixel-art897-5-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #pixel-art chart across 34 readings: slipping, #883 to #897 (best #883, worst #897).
Top rated · #2d1,016+3-16Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 54 readings: slipping, #988 to #1016 (best #986, worst #1026).
Top rated · #no-ai1,601+28-68Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 34 readings: slipping, #1526 to #1601 (best #1525, worst #1649).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
5.00 / 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.