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itch.ioRank 12422026-10-19

Halen: Ballad of the Blade Thief

by SkyPyre Studios

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

Halen: Ballad of the Blade Thief 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 2026-10-19. 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 Halen: Ballad of the Blade Thief, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-20 to 2026-10-19, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 66 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 20Oct 19Ratings

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 20 to Oct 19

  • Ratings — people finished and cared66660
  • 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 2066
Sep 2166
Sep 2266
Sep 2366
Sep 2466
Sep 2566
Sep 2666
Sep 2766
Sep 2866
Sep 2966
Sep 3066
Oct 166
Oct 266
Oct 366
Oct 466
Oct 566
Oct 666
Oct 766
Oct 866
Oct 966
Oct 1066
Oct 1166
Oct 1266
Oct 1366
Oct 1466
Oct 1566
Oct 1666
Oct 1766
Oct 1866
Oct 1966
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-19
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion6600

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

On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #voice-acting90-1-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #voice-acting chart across 41 readings: slipping, #85 to #90 (best #85, worst #91).
Top rated · #3d-platformer98-1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #3d-platformer chart across 61 readings: slipping, #95 to #98 (best #95, worst #98).
Top rated · #action-adventure1470-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #action-adventure chart across 61 readings: slipping, #144 to #147 (best #144, worst #148).
Top rated · #fast-paced190-2-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #fast-paced chart across 42 readings: holding, #190 to #190 (best #187, worst #192).
Top rated · #science-fiction452+1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #science-fiction chart across 41 readings: slipping, #451 to #452 (best #450, worst #454).
Top rated · #funny498-5-12Position on itch.io's Top rated · #funny chart across 41 readings: slipping, #481 to #498 (best #481, worst #498).
Top rated · #female-protagonist1,007-5-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 42 readings: slipping, #994 to #1007 (best #990, worst #1007).
Top rated · #3d1,092-9-21Position on itch.io's Top rated · #3d chart across 61 readings: slipping, #1057 to #1092 (best #1054, worst #1094).
Top rated · #story-rich1,370-5-27Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 41 readings: slipping, #1332 to #1370 (best #1332, worst #1373).
Top rated · #singleplayer2,827
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.48 / 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.