A few have asked about our stance on NFTs:
NFTs are a scam. If you think they are legitimately useful for anything other than the exploitation of creators, financial scams, and the destruction of the planet the we ask that please reevaluate your life choices.
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Also f̸̗̎ú̴̩c̷̖͌ḳ̵̀ any company that says they support creators and also endorses NFTs in any way. They only care about their own profit and the opportunity for wealth above anyone else.
Especially given the now easily available discourse concerning the problems of NFTs.
We reached out to our community and an unprecedented number of creators donated over 740 projects to be part of what we believe is the largest bundle ever.
The Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality is now available #BlackLivesMatter
No Players Online - VHS aesthetic meets a retro FPS with mysteriously empty servers papercookies.itch.io/no-players-onl by and
Gameplay clip: youtube.com/watch?v=1WZSiE
We've done it! 5 MILLION raised for NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Community Bail Fund, split 50/50. It's thanks to each and every one of you! Can we hit 6 Million? 10? Anything is possible! (sorry, forgot the link!)
We just hit 6 MILLION raised! It is humbling and surreal to watch our community in action for this cause! We are so grateful to everyone who has purchased the bundle or contributed their work to make this happen. You're breathtaking!
🗓️ THIS FRIDAY is our first ever Creator Day!
What's that? We're setting everyone's revenue share to 100% for 24 hours. Learn more here: itch.io/blog/252069/an
Thanks for being incredible and supporting and all the creators we host #gamedev
Dweller's Empty Path: A small RPGMaker game exploring the life of a lost being from another planet.
tuyoki.itch.io/dwellers-empty
THANK YOU! The Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality has finished with 1300+ creators donating 1700+ works collecting 8.17 million dollars
It is the largest bundle ever, and one of the top grossing bundles in the history of games
itch.io/b/520/bundle-f
#BlackLivesMatter
There are now over 1,000 projects included in the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. All buyers have access to the new content added.
We're working on updating the UI to make it easier to browse, in the meantime reply with your recommendations
Oh, and did we mention: We just passed $3,000,000 in money raised 😱
Thank you so much to everyone involved, this is incredible
#BlackLivesMatter
The Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality has now raised a jaw-dropping 4 MILLION dollars. Thank you to each and every person supporting this critical cause, our community is simply exceptional!
The Indie Bundle for Abortion funds brings together more than 600 creators united for this important cause. More than 700 items for $10!
itch.io/b/1472/indie-b
2 MILLION dollars now going to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Community Bail Fund. We are so proud of our community and all who have participated or donated. Thank you so much!
Over 1 MILLION DOLLARS raised for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Community Bail Fund!! Thank you all for this absolutely incredible show of support and for showing what we can do when we unite!
It's officially Friday! For the next 24 hours we're giving developers all of our revenue share.
To celebrate the occasion hundreds of developers have already put their projects on sale! itch.io/sales
Introducing itch.io direct
100% free, now and forever. Upload directly, no applications or approval necessary.
itch.io/direct
#CreatorDay has begun! For the next 24 we've set everyone's revenue share to 100%! Go support your favorite independent creators on , buy some games, assets, comics, books, music, unmentionables, etc. 🎉
itch.io/blog/252069/an
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Game developers: We're hosting a bundle where anyone can participate. Proceeds from your games will be donated directly to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the Community Bail Fund.
Join us: itch.io/t/818544/join-
#BlackLivesMatter
The Bundle for Ukraine, organized by , has crossed 5 million dollars raised! Just under 4 days remain to pick up your bundle before it's gone!
itch.io/b/1316/bundle-
😱 CREATOR DAY IS HERE 🎉
For the next 23 hours and 37 minutes (sorry tweet a bit late), we're waiving our portion of all sales across the entire site!
Also, many creators have discounts just for today! Take a look and support your favorite creators: itch.io/sales
Just because a game is missing polish doesn't mean it's not deserving of your love and praise. This week we make the argument that rough games are both more sustainable than their polished siblings, and totally valid forms of expression.
TOUCHSTARVED: A Dark Romance Visual Novel: Find a cure for your curse by entrusting your fate to 5 monstrous love interests
redspringstudio.itch.io/touchstarved?a
This Friday is the next itch.io Creator Day! From Midnight to Midnight (Pacific Time) we're not taking a cut of any sales on the site.
itch.io/blog/347213/th
This year we're doing something a little different on Black Friday: we're giving our revenue share to developers. For 24 hours you can support your favorite creators more directly than ever before.
Find out how to join in here:
Patrick's Parabox: A mind-bending recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes.
patricktraynor.itch.io/patricks-parab
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Fight Crab: Take control of a crab, and fight off other giant enemy crabs. neonusso.itch.io/fight-crab by #indiegames
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Tadpole Tales: A tiny 2D Hand-drawn "Clean 'Em Up" game about a tadpole cleaning rivers and fighting pollution.
zizhen96.itch.io/tadpole-tales?
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A Short Hike - a little exploration game about hiking up a mountain (10% off) adamgryu.itch.io/a-short-hike by
full gameplay clip: youtube.com/watch?v=RT40_P
A Short Hike: a little exploration game about hiking up a mountain. Now 35% off on the #ItchWinterSale!
adamgryu.itch.io/a-short-hike?a by
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🎨🎉 Creator Day is here! For the next 23 hours and 32 minutes we're giving back all of 's revenue share to the creators.
Don't forget to use those tip buttons!
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The amount of projects included is pretty overwhelming, so here are some of our recommendations:
JOSIE: An adventure game starring an anomalous cat. Set in the SCP universe.
wrensey.itch.io/project-josie by
Creator Day has officially begun with the start of our Black Friday sale. For the next 24 hours we've waving our cut of all purchases. Pick up some games and support some indie devs.
itch.io/sales
Just want to note, we've always been aware of scummy sites like this. It's particularly annoying this time around due to the circumstances of this specific game. The creator needed to take it down, but doesn't care and are exploiting the situation for profit.
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Just because the bundle is over doesn't mean that your support has to end. Please continue to seek out communities and organizations that work to put a stop to racial injustice and police brutality. Don't stop talking about it. Don't stop donating #BlackLivesMatter
We are amazed once again to watch the indie dev community rally around those in need. is leading the charge to start a megabundle. If you are a developer, and want to join the relief efforts for Ukraine, please consider adding your games here
Of Love and Eternity - A Soulslike adventure with gorgeous PSX-style graphics
Download: acornbringer.itch.io/of-love-and-et
Gameplay: youtube.com/watch?v=fYfxTy
#indiegames by
VA-11 Hall-A: You are a bartender at VA-11 HALL-A, affectionately nicknamed "Valhalla." Although it is just a small bar downtown, it attracts the most fascinating people this side of dystopia.
sukebangames.itch.io/valhalla-bar?a
Sonic fan game jam anyone?? 🦔
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SEGA has no issue with Sonic fan games "so long as no profit is involved." nintendowire.com/news/2021/05/1
Do you want to blog directly on without having to post a devlog to a specific project?
We have a feature for that here: itch.io/dashboard/posts
🧵 Details below
Legend of Xenia 3D: Tiny first-person Zelda-like with a resolution of 64x64 baku.itch.io/legend-of-xeni by #indiegames #lowrezjam
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FroggieChat: A faithful remake of Pictochat for Windows and Android.
stupidplusplus.itch.io/froggychat by
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Local co-op game where 1-4 brave cats collect resources during the day and protect the caravan at night
wildwoods.itch.io/wildwoods
Full gameplay clip: youtube.com/watch?v=p1T7jS
This Friday is our second ever Creator Day! For 24 hours we're giving up our share of sales to developers! More details here: itch.io/blog/275359/th
Fugl - Take control of a transforming bird as you fly through infinite voxel environments (50% off) kotoristudios.itch.io/fugl by
gameplay clip: youtube.com/watch?v=rCbxGX
We owe a huge debt to the Flash community of the early- to mid-2000s. Unfortunately we're losing a ton of that history. Let's talk about what's going on:
A Short Hike: a little exploration game about hiking up a mountain. Start your journey at 35% off on the #itchsummersale!
adamgryu.itch.io/a-short-hike?a by
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Don't forget: Tomorrow is Creator Day! From Midnight to Midnight (Pacific Time) we're not taking a cut of any sales on the site! Get the details here: itch.io/blog/347213/th
Pawperty Damage: Smash, kick, stomp and chomp your way through a fully destructible city! Go to town in this cathartic action sandbox.
dare-looks.itch.io/pawperty-damag
Queer Games Bundle is a bundle of over 200 games, software, and zines from over 190 queer artists across itch.io.
itch.io/b/861/queer-ga
Rev: Become a fox and work together with your pack to hunt down a variety of different animals in the overgrown ruins of an ancient civilization.
faxdoc.itch.io/rev by
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Moncage Demo: A 3d puzzle game about connecting different worlds in the cube
zd2283.itch.io/moncage
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We are still accepting new games and projects. You can submit your work here:
Patrick's Parabox: A mind-bending recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes.
patricktraynor.itch.io/patricks-parab
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One of our favorite games of the year, A Short Hike, is 15% off for the Holiday Sale
Get it here: adamgryu.itch.io/a-short-hike
Need convincing? Check out the first 10 minutes here: youtube.com/watch?v=RT40_P
Hylics: Approach our homunculus. Now 51% off on the #ItchWinterSale!
mason-lindroth.itch.io/hylics?ac=qfCy
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Get ready for.... something. Deltarune is available now!
Super Lesbian Animal RPG: A game about love, anxiety, and fighting funny looking monsters in dungeons.
ponett.itch.io/slarpg?ac=qfCy by
When GDC's cancellation was announced one of our first thoughts was about all the developers who would be at a huge financial loss for travel related expenses that won't be reimbursed. We're eager to work with to help out those in need. Stay tuned
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@gamedevworld is announcing fundraising efforts March 28th-April 3rd for the GDC Relief Fund to help alleviate marginalized developers' burdens. gamedev.world/relief
This Friday we're not taking a cut of all sales on the site.
That's right, it's another #itchiocreatorday
Details here: itch.io/blog/454464/th
We're hosting another Creator Day this Friday! From midnight to midnight (Pacific Time) we're not taking a cut of sales. Details here: itch.io/blog/316274/th
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Ghastly Goodies: A spoopy journey through a haunted house for candy on Halloween night!
cyreides.itch.io/ghastly-goodie by
Gameplay youtu.be/RL9sVEk131A
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WORLD OF HORROR: 1bit adventure game of cosmic horror inspired by the work of Junji Ito
panstasz.itch.io/world-of-horror by
First 7 minutes of gameplay: youtube.com/watch?v=MC6R-t
What are we doing for Black Friday? We're having a not-sale. Next Friday we're not actively discounting games, and giving all of our share of sales to charity. More details here:
Announcement: July 29th is our next Creator Day! Next Friday we won't be taking a cut of sales on the site! itch.io/blog/407329/th
Butterfly Soup 2: A sequel to Butterfly Soup, a romantic sports visual novel about gay Asian-American teens playing baseball and falling in love.
brianna-lei.itch.io/butterfly-soup
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OneShot: A surreal puzzle adventure game with unique mechanics / capabilities.
futurecat.itch.io/oneshot by
The largest game jam ever hosted on happened this weekend: GMTK Game Jam 2020
With 18,326 joined, 5,477 games were created over 48 hours. For next 6 days, anyone can come and rate the submissions:
Pupper Park is a sandbox game about dogs in a park itch.io sokpop.itch.io/pupper-park by
Gameplay clip: youtube.com/watch?v=gbcaFP
FamiStudio is a very simple, DAW-style, music editor for the Nintendo Entertainment System. New version 2.0.0
bleubleu.itch.io/famistudio by
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INTRODUCING itch.io refinery: blog.itch.io/post/144305999 A customizable toolset for first releases & playtests #gamedev
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One of our favorite games *ever* is available 50% off for the #itchholidaysale. If you haven't played Celeste yet then please take a look!
mattmakesgames.itch.io/celeste or grab the bundle itch.io/s/24642/winter
First 10 minutes: youtube.com/watch?v=_VJGTk
📅 This Friday, March 17th is our next Creator Day, followed by a weekend sale! For the 24 hours starting Friday we'll be giving up 100% of our cut.
Learn more here: itch.io/blog/501975/fr
You can find a link to configure a promotion for the sale on your dashboard!
Super Kiwi 64: Super Kiwi 64 is a 3D-Platformer and Collect-a-Thon, in a low poly late 90s console look.
siactro.itch.io/super-kiwi-64? by
253 new projects have just made their way into the Indie bundle for Palestinian Aid
12 hours left to grab the bundle and get 1,272 items for $5 to support the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees
We're in the final hours to pick up the Bundle for Ukraine organized by ! Be sure to grab your bundle before it's gone for good.
itch.io/b/1316/bundle-


