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Why I can't search for some games or creators?

A topic by silicongluee created Feb 15, 2025 Views: 380 Replies: 3
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I've tried to find LonaRPG on itch.io, but search bar is not giving any results, but if I search for LonaRPG itch.io on google, it shows the link to the game. So here's the question, why I can't search for some games through search bar? I've experienced same problem with Fear and Hunger before, it is not showing in search results for some reason, my first thought was that its maybe because of the content in these games, but itch.io is showing me THOUSANDS of hentai, gore and other types of these games on itch.io browser, but for some reason I can't find LonaRPG and couldn't find f&h using search bar before, but apparently I can see f&h while scrolling itch.io browser, though there is still no LonaRPG in browser. It just makes me think, that I might lose a lot more of cool games, because they are basically not showing as result in search bar and not showing in itch.io browser. I have a setting that allows me to see nsfw stuff in search bar and browser, so I don't understand why is it not showing me these games.

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You have a full explanation here:

https://itch.io/docs/creators/getting-indexed

But basically, not all games published on Itch are indexed by Itch. For example, a game may not violate any rules and therefore, may be published on Itch, but may not comply with the Quality Guidelines and therefore, will not be indexed and will not appear when you search within Itch.

Is it possible to see not-indexed games on itch somehow? 

As far as I know, there is no way to list non-indexed games.

If you have the link to the game, you can check out the page, and if you know the name, you can google it and you'll be taken to the Itch page.

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