Hi!

I'm searching for games with the topic of astronomy. With this search string,https://itch.io/search?classification=game&type=games&q=astronomy, I get 54 results. But, if I search for everything,https://itch.io/search?q=astronomy, I get also 54 results.

Is 54 the max number of results that I can get?

Thank you!

(moved to the right category)

I think the endless scrolling feature is currently broken. It's not supposed to work like this. (Note that even searching for the word "game" only finds 54 results right now.)

Yes, searching for a term within a game name has a limit on the number of results.

If you want to search by genre rather than a game name, it's best to search by TAG, as this doesn't have that limitation:

https://itch.io/games/tag-astronomy

Itch does a poor job of being intuitive.

"Search" does not search the way one might supsect. The search box is literal title search. And results for this are indeed capped at around 60.

What you want is tag search. The box that says "Select a tag..." - which is not accurate. You can freely write in a tag there, even if it is not selectable. (Astronomy is selectable)

https://itch.io/games/tag-astronomy

Coincidentally, there are currently only 57 games that feature this tag. But you will notice how those games often do not have the literal word "astronomy" in their title or subtitle. And how results of title search for astronomy often do not have that tag.

And the search box is even inconsistent how it reacts to search terms that are also tags. It does display astronomy in the suggestions that pop up while typing, but not in the results. Compare to what happens if you search for horror.