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I sent a mail to support, and I got a response a few days later. The response was that my games were indexed again (which they are), and there was a link which I had not checked before (because it is called "Search & Browse" and not "Indexing"): https://itch.io/docs/creators/getting-indexed. After checking out that page, one line struck me:

"Established sellers with no history of issues will skip this review step and will be indexed immediately."

So, evidently I had no "history of issues" a month ago, but now I do (unless itch has wiped it again, but I am not going to check that as I do not want to run the risk of getting deindexed again). The only "issue" I can imagine is that I reported 6 spam posts in one weekend. But those were really spam posts, so unless "issues" means "this creator is a target of spam posts," I do not see a reason why I should be automatically deindexed.

Anyway, I hope this circus has ended now. If it hasn't, I will notice with my next update and I will send out another ticket.

Interestingly, the spam bot which left all these posts has not been a problem for me anymore, while I did see those posts appear on other pages. So perhaps itch has found a way to stop them? 

Deindexing wouldn’t be such a problem if there was real communication about when or why this happens.

unless “issues” means “this creator is a target of spam posts

I can’t prove it, I have no insider perspective on the decisions, but I have noticed what looks like a tendency of Itch.io to hide pages “for their own good”. Or maybe it’s meant to reduce attention on the site overall? Indexed sites might show up in general website search results.