Itch.io
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Basic Information | |
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Release Year | 2013 |
Product Type | Digital storefront, Video games |
In Production | Yes |
Official Website | https://itch.io |
itch.io is a website used to find and share video games made by independent developers online.
Consumer impact summary
- Business model: System relies on "open revenue sharing" which sends to itch.io a percentage of the transaction chosen accordingly by the creator (default 10%).[1]
Incidents
De-indexing of adult games from campaign pressure
On July 11, 2025, Collective Shout issued an open statement demanding credit card payments to immediately cease processing "payments on Steam and itch.io".[2][3] A few days later, itch.io responded by delisting adult content in search results.[4] They re-indexed free "adult NSFW content" later on July 31 with new "content warnings" for such games.[5]
References
- ↑ "Introducing open revenue sharing". Tumblr. October 2013.
- ↑ Bita, Natasha (15 July 2025). "Child safety group finds 500 online 'games' role-playing rape and incest". The Australian. Archived from the original on 18 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ↑ Evans-Thirlwell, Edwin (22 July 2025). "Anti-porn group who tried to ban GTA 5 claim credit for Steam's sex game crackdown". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ↑ "Update on NSFW content". Itch.io. 2025-07-24.
- ↑ "Reindexing adult NSFW content". Itch.io. 2025-07-31.