while using itch.io more recently i've felt like i want a way to browse what mainstream/more popular games are available (in addition to those popular/recommended on itch.io). whenever i'm interested in a game that i've heard about i can always check to see if it's available on itch.io , but that only goes so far. the popular tab when browsing games doesn't necessarily reflect the overall popularity of the game outside of itch.io because some games while more popular don't actually get many sales on itch.io.

i decided to start to build a collection of games that i know are popular outside of itch.io. i hope this list can be helpful for other folks browsing for the next game to get on itch.io.

https://itch.io/queue/c/3844721/mainstream https://itch.io/c/3844721/mainstream

what do ya'll think of this? any suggestions for games to add?

I am not sure what you mean with the term mainstream. While "indie" is a quality sometimes boasted about, indie games are in general not mainstream.

Itch itself is somewhat obscure. There are games on your list that I knew of, before I even knew, that itch exists, let alone that those games would be sold here.

While not accurate, this list might have at least some "mainstream" games, if you equate steam with mainstream.

https://itch.io/games/steam-key

And as a fun trivia, there a games here on itch that bother to tag indie.

The first list has "Where are the goats" as first game. I laughed because is like, the start of a full list of GOATS.  A Short Hike, Bastion, Noita, Celeste, Pikuniku... Is a combination of various games that I know but also several that I don't. But I can see how these games are like the famous things of Itch.