David Heath is a List Writer from the UK specializing in video games, movies, TV shows, and the occasional anime. Indie games thrive on platforms like Itch.io, offering a variety of underrated ...

Users of itch.io were shocked to discover this morning that the platform has “deindexed” games that have been deemed NSFW. Basically, certain games are now hidden from people attempting to search or ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In the past weeks, a firestorm erupted online after both itch.io and Steam came under pressure ...

Itch.io says an AI-powered "brand protection software" sent phishing reports notices to its domain registrar and hosting providers, causing its domain to be disabled. Reading time: Reading time 3 ...

Game Development Itch.io is 'actively reaching out to other payment processors' after pressure from credit card companies to curtail NSFW content, and that compared to Valve, it has 'limited ability ...

When developer and Itch Queer Games Bundle co-founder Taylor McCue awoke one morning in late July it was to panic online. Overnight and without warning, indie-focused storefront itch.io had ...

Indie game marketplace Itch.io has debunked claims that horror game Mouthwashing has been deindexed as a result of a crackdown of NSFW content, stating that the title hasn't been appearing in searches ...

After similar pressure was placed on Steam just last week, another storefront, Itch.io, has followed suit and culled the vast majority of its adult and sexual content. It cites the efforts of the ...

Game Development Free adult NSFW content returns to itch.io, as one of the platform's major payment processors expresses hope to 'support adult content in the future' Game Development Itch.io is ...

Megan is a freelance content writer specializing in gaming and pop culture. A gamer for as long as she can remember, she particularly loves to get stuck into an indie game with a good story. When ...