I think there might be problems with the payment processors and de-indexing on Itch.io (on account of the payment processor censorship).
Itch.io won't let me pay for the game using PayPal (as of August 1st, 2025) --- it just keeps cancelling the transaction.
Thats prob. because Itch is mass shadow-banning NSFW Content. Since 4-5 days. I got 500 views and 5-6 downloads every day. But now its 10-15 views from one day to the next. Its also removed from many tags. Its sad but I am not the only Creator strugeling with this problem. Soon we prob. have to leave Itch.
Well its whatever but it takes away a lot of motivation for the next game or to update the previous ones. It sucks a lot for some fellow Creators that do it full job,with me its more llike a hobby , but most of them have a solid income base frompatreon . Sadly for me itch was the main way to get new followers there and with over 1000 page views it was growing good since a little bit more than half a month. But now its looking rough and its still takes a lot of love and time for a game. Money is ok but I dont need it that much that I give my time up for maybe 150$/m (because if nothing changes main income from Itch is lost, and only the 150 per month from patreon remain), I rather spend my time diffrent. But I will definitiv finishe the next game and we will see how the situation is