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This sounds like it might be it:

Windows, Mac, and Linux for Markets

A distribution that contains the information required to run on software markets like itch.io and Steam. This isn’t meant to be run directly (and probably won’t work on the Mac), but should be fed to the app store upload process.

Ren’Py docs, Building Distributions

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That said, I don’t really understand it either. Sounds like metadata?