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Game isnt indexed for months

A topic by Desti created 1 day ago Views: 56 Replies: 2
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Hello, I made and published my game almost a year ago (February 15th, 2025 - latest update: May 10th, 2025) and it's still not indexed. The art style of this game is MS Paint, because it's a parody game and artstyle inspired of "Nyan Neko Sugar Girls". Although the average game session lasts about 20 minutes, it is not just an unplayable joke - it has a storyline, endings, and two languages. So I am wondering if mods could ignore the game because of its art style?

I read everything you need to read before asking questions about why the game isn't indexed. I checked - my game is public, has tags, is downloadable, has a cover, etc. Also, I have a "new account" (because this is my first game published) and read that you should wait a couple of weeks for your game to be indexed. My friends and random people also played this game long time ago because i sent them the link, so i wasnt only rely on the fact that game will appear in the search bar. But I've been waiting months. So, is it possible for the mods to skip my game because it was created in MS Paint? I had that idea, but I also saw other MS Paint games on the site. I mean, I accept that the parody game for friends didn't get indexed, but it confuses me that it hasn't been indexed for half a year and I want to know why

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An unwritten rule at itch.io is, "we're not the taste police". If staff overlooked your game for some reason, I don't think it's because of the art style. More likely, you didn't advertise the game much or at all, so there wasn't any organic traffic to the page. I'll speed things up for you.

thank you!