itch.io Year in Review 2015

Just like last year, we’d like to take a moment to look back on everything itch.io has been up to for the past year. (Sorry we’re a little late!) We’re really proud of what has been accomplished and the support we’ve received from the community. Here are some of the highlights.

Features of 2015:

January

• A new payout system and an update to handling VAT
• New aggregated seller analytics pages
• Collection contributors and blurbs

February

• Bulk key generation, and new unlock options for keys

March

• Open revenue sharing!
• Project pages now work on mobile devices
• Anyone can host their own game jam instantly
• Dashboard overhaul

April

• Multi-developer bundles
• HTML5 upload, feed, and export improvements

May

• Two factor authentication
• Bitcoin support
• New sale and bundle pages

June

• Notifications and grouped emails

July

• The randomizer
• Improved game classification

September

• Add a community to your game jams
• Add comments to you game & project pages
• The itch.io knowledge base and guide pages
• The “interact” tab, view reviews and press links

October

• Enhance game browsing, and browsing for our other content types

November

• The itch.io community

December

• The itch.io app!
• Game and project pages can now have communities

Phew, that’s a lot.

Numbers of 2015:

23,708 games created
27,736 collections created
60,111 accounts followed
71,646 new members
127,073 games added to collections
1,133,343 items put in timelines
5,581,159 files downloaded
27,061,715 views to game and project pages!
2 new team members

Looking forward to what 2016 has in store! Thanks for helping make itch.io what it is today.

- The itch.io team (Leaf, Amos, Natasha, Lisa)