is it a case of that the game isn’t considered ‘bought’ until its in someones library? is there some kind of dodgy thing going on here by itch.io?
The purchase and its contents are considered ‘bought’ as soon as your payment is confirmed. In order to optimize the most common case and provide a unified user experience we keep the games you receive in large bundles separate so you can pick an choose what you want to access as you see fit. You’re welcome to run a script on your account at your own risk, we won’t stop you, but we will not be providing this functionality ourselves. I put a more detailed post at the top of this thread. I hope this explains.