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It’s been 25 days, so I don’t think I should have to wait this long. If my game has any problems or lacks quality for some reason, please give me feedback because I want to update it.

I have no way of knowing, and like you saw, it can take that long.

Is my game quarantined? Could you help me? If it is, how can I fix it? And if it’s not, why can’t I find my game in the search bar?

...You can't "fix it". Your game page isn't broken. It has to be seen by itch.io staff. If it takes much longer, you can contact support and post your ticket number here like the rules say and like you see other people doing.

I tried contacting support I sent an email on September 28, and it’s been 18 days with no response. How much longer should I wait?

Ticket number: 312901

I don't know, it depends. I've let our admins know.

Here is part of the explanation. When I go to the game's page and click on the Download button, I get shown the following warning:

When I download the game on other accounts or in incognito mode, I don’t get this warning. I’m not sure if the issue is with my game, but I’d like to know why it gets quarantined and what I should do. I read the notice: my file is not password-protected, and I don’t promote it on Discord. Even if I wanted to, I couldn’t, because Discord is banned in my country. I don’t know if the warning is really about my game, but if it is, I’d like to understand the reason and how to fix it.

The warning only appears if you really try to download a game. Right up to the download dialogue.

The warning message is not for the developer, it is for people trying to download and it warns about some common things that might make the file suspicous. Like being password protected and you were given the pw in a discord.  It is a blanket warning, not specific to any reason for the particular quarantine. 

Itch will not tell the reasons for a quarantine. There is a lot of malware on Itch. Telling reasons would give the criminals feedback how to avoid quarantine.

Thanks for the reply! It seems the issue was solved together with the index problem — I don’t get that message anymore. I also tried checking from another PC in incognito mode, and the warning didn’t show up. Thanks again for your help!