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The game's only 9 GB. That's small compared to some others I've played. Out of Touch is 19GB for instance.

Splitting the download also wouldn't change much since you'd still have to download and play Part 1 first, then do the same for Part 2, and then finally Part 3. All you're really doing is delaying downloading the full game. If you're worried about turning off your PC and thus losing the download then instead of turning it off, put it into sleep mode with all your windows open. Or start the download, pause it before turning off your PC, then you can SOMETIMES continue it when you boot it back up. Make sure you aren't in Incognito or anything tho so it actually saves the download. It's also usually better to download it all in one go anyways as that's more consistent. If your concern is that it takes too long, then start the download before work, put PC to sleep, go to work, and when you get back it should hopefully be done. 

Only real reason to split a download on Itchio is if you hit the file size limit. Which Out of Touch and Companion of Darkness both reached. Out of Touch, I believe applied for more space and got it. While CoD split the download in half between a season 1 and season 2. So maybe that's something Cosy Cafe will have to do later. Some games avoid the limit entirely by doing external downloads from Mediafire or MEGA, but that comes with their own caveats. Mediafire has ads that are suspicious as hell (fake download buttons) and MEGA only lets you download 5GB then it wants you to wait 6 hours for another 5GB,  it also wants you to download and use their app, BUT it DOES save downloads so long as you pause them before closing it so that's a plus.

Storage space is also a valid concern which I, fortunately, fixed before the price of SSDs skyrocketed. Literally, a month or two after I bought a 1TB drive for ~$100 it tripled in price. So I guess that's ALSO a valid reason to split downloads. But just delete a game or two or store Cosy Cafe on a flashdrive or something. All of which are easier options than deciding to download and deal with an emulator JUST so you don't have to download 9GB.

I have a MYFI device aka mobile hotspot device for internet use. Where I live I get 1-2 signal bars on a good day. 4-5gb download takes 1-3hrs to complete. When downloading large games I sometimes lose the connection causing the data that was downloading to become corrupted. Which means I have to redownload the data again. I don’t like combining game downloads because if the new version has had any software updates in it then when trying to combine with older version can cause game errors causing me to have to redownload the whole game over again. I have had this problem a few times in the past. I use a laptop I bought from a pawnshop just for downloading and playing these games from itchio and F95zone. The laptop has never had any of my personal info or accounts used on it. I use a few USB storage devices ( My Passport and Toshiba) that have 2-5 terabytes of storage for each device. I got these from a pawnshop for $25-$40 each. For the device I plan to use on my personal Computer and Laptop I drop them off at a computer repair shop and had them cleaned and scanned for viruses cost no more than $40 and it’s still cheaper than buying them new from a retail chain. You can always leave your contact info at your local pawnshop so when they get the item you want they can call or email you. I have done this for many items and multiple places.

Sounds like you're just gonna have to gamble and hope it downloads the whole thing. I found that babysitting the download sometimes works. Or deal with an emulator I guess, but that tends to have buggy controls because it's assuming you're using a phone and not a PC/Laptop.

My recommendation is to just check on it periodically and if it's stopped, hit resume. My current internet also bugs out and breaks the download and it occasionally works again if I hit resume. Sometimes it'll get corrupted and say the download is "forbidden", sometimes it won't and it'll actually start downloading again.