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Fans of slow-paced games about farming might remember when we featured Where the Goats Are on the itch.io blog. The game was a beautiful slow-burn about a woman living with the titular goats while trying to make ends meet. Today… Continue Reading →
Global Game Jam is one of the year’s biggest jams, and it just wrapped up a week ago. The annual jam boasted almost 900 locations and, as usual, we have tons of new games for you to check out on… Continue Reading →
We’ve received many requests over the years about making itch.io available in new languages, either because someone would like to use the site in their own language, or they’d like to introduce others to the platform who don’t speak English…. Continue Reading →
This week is a wild one for recommendations. I’m happy to say that this week features a game that has absolutely stolen my heart, an incredibly promising demo, and an avant garde collection of experimental projects. In any normal week… Continue Reading →
Heather Flowers had a busy 2018. Early in the year she teamed up with Ryan Rose Aceae to release the brilliant Genderwrecked and then later on she released her episodic tour de force Extreme Meatpunks Forever . This to say… Continue Reading →
So you’ve gotten your hands on that hot new VR set up, plugged in the headset, cameras, and controllers and are ready to live the sci-fi dream. But you’re missing one key component: games. Where can you go to fill… Continue Reading →
There has been a deluge of games recently about relaxing and I love it. Sometimes we’re relaxing on boats, sometimes we’re in forests, but this week we’re going in two directions I haven’t seen before, 3d painting and music generation…. Continue Reading →
You may have missed it in the madness of late 2018 but David OReilly’s 2014 summit-based masterpiece, Mountain got a major update in December. This update –Mountain 2.0 as it’s called– refreshes a game that I already loved a gives… Continue Reading →
I swear, the indie community doesn’t take a break. In the time it has taken me to get over my New Years’ hangover there have already been dozens of fantastic games released. In an effort to highlight some subset of… Continue Reading →
If you’re hoping to find a list of games with broad appeal… you should probably read the recommendations we made in previous weeks because we’re going hyper-specific this time. If you like couch co-op, old-school roguelikes, or retro shmups we’ve… Continue Reading →
It’s a brand new year and that means there are another 365 days worth of game jams you can take part in! There’s a brand new look for our Jam Tracker , which makes it easier to choose either the… Continue Reading →
Welcome to 2019! We can take a collective sigh of relief as we made it through the Running Man gauntlet that was 2018. Let’s start the new year off with something positive and talk about some great games to help… Continue Reading →
The itch.io Winter Sale is live now. Check here for all the discounts. Howdy, itch.io Faithful! The weather may be cold, but the deals are red hot. Gather around the fire and pick up your new favorite games, comics, and… Continue Reading →
One of my favorite parts of running this blog is finding and recommending games that are going to appeal to very specific people. I realize that if I wanted to “maximize sales” I’d pick only the most broadly appealing games… Continue Reading →
One of my favorite memories of the holidays has to be gathering around with my family and opening our advent calendars every night. The idea of building toward something throughout the season was, and still is, really appealing. The developers… Continue Reading →
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: Chr- Ludum Dare! If you somehow missed one of the biggest jams of the year… welcome back! Last weekend thousands of developers descended upon their keyboards to create new projects under the… Continue Reading →
It’s Tuesday which means it’s time for another roundup of great games! This week, we’ve got a delightful hidden object game, a promising mashup of two of Nintendo’s classics, and the return of one of our favorite zines. Yeah, it’s… Continue Reading →
What are the games you find yourself coming back to? Is it your favorite game from when you were a child? Is it the intriguing but flawed experience nobody but you seems to understand? Maybe it’s an arcade-style classic you’re… Continue Reading →
Welcome back to the itch.io Blog, everyone! We were out for most of last week, so there weren’t any posts, but we did have the Black Friday Not-Sale to keep you occupied. Did you pick up any new projects? Anyway,… Continue Reading →
What are you doing on Friday the 23rd? Getting up to buy a new TV at 4am? Skip the lines and support charity in the itch.io Black Friday Not-Sale! What’s a not-sale? It’s pretty simple: we’re not asking developers to… Continue Reading →
New week, new games! This week we’re back with a whole squad of new games for you to play and fall in love with. Need another reason to look down below? All of the games we’re highlighting this week have… Continue Reading →
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