itch.io

Scanned 14 Oct 2026Fresh928 checks

In its own wordsDownload the latest indie games - itch.ioitch.io is a simple way to find, download and distribute indie games online. Whether you're a developer looking to upload your game or just someone looking for something new to play itch.io has you covered.

itch.io is ranked in the top 1,000 sites and was registered in 2011. It is built with React; we found no traces of an AI site builder.

Popularity

Website Traffic Checker

Among the top 1K sites.

A popularity band, not a visit count.

Top 1KTop 10KTop 100KTop 1MOutside top 1M

Tranco: #731 · Chrome UX Report: Top 1,000 · Majestic Million: #716

Each list, with its date

Source	Says	As of
TrancoA research ranking that combines several traffic and link sources, published daily.	#731	list of 7 Oct 2026
Chrome UX ReportRank buckets from Google’s real Chrome traffic, published monthly.	Top 1,000	Aug 2026
Majestic MillionRanks sites by how many separate networks link to them (links, not visits), published daily. CC BY 3.0	#716	list of 8 Oct 2026

Technology

Tech Stack Checker

Built with React.

ReactFrameworkShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · page source, line 12
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<script src="https://static.itch.io/react.min.js?1791970861">
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Everything else it uses (10)

Around it: CDN, DNS, Email, Analytics and more.

CloudflareCDNShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · response header
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cf-ray: a4a5c6445cb66625-AMS
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Cloudflare DNSDNSShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · DNS record
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itch.io NS dawn.ns.cloudflare.com.
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Zoho MailEmailShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · DNS record
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itch.io MX 10 mx.zoho.com.
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MailgunEmailShow evidenceHide evidence

Evidence · DNS record

itch.io TXT v=spf1 include:mailgun.org include:zohomail.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:spf.mtasv.net -all

PostmarkEmailShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · DNS record
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itch.io TXT v=spf1 include:mailgun.org include:zohomail.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:spf.mtasv.net -all
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Google AnalyticsAnalyticsShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · page source, line 1
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…);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', "G-36R7NPBMLS", {}); (function(d, t,…
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Google Search ConsoleSEOShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · DNS record
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itch.io TXT google-site-verification=6hl42kO3bIWWIu-mf44uXdzQc2ckxn-If90YdNhRUBg
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Bing Webmaster ToolsSEOShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · page source, line 1
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<meta name="msvalidate.01" content="3BB4D18369B9C21326AF7A99FCCC5A09">
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Evidence · DNS record
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itch.io TXT v=spf1 include:mailgun.org include:zohomail.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:spf.mtasv.net -all
```
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YouTubeVideoShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · page source, line 12
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…e; picture-in-picture" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IPtvC3fPMco" frameborder="0"></iframe>"…
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Trust signals

Website Trust Checker

4 of 7 trust signals found on the home page.

Signals, not a judgement: missing details are common on small, honest sites.

Domain registered27 Oct 2011, 14 years agoNoted
HTTPSLoads over HTTPS with a valid certificateFound
Contact detailsNo email or phone on the home pageNot found
Privacy policyLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
TermsLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
Security filterNot blocked by Cloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filterNoted

Every signal we looked at

On the site

Contact pageLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
About pageLinked from the home pageFound
Privacy policyLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
TermsLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
Refund or returns policyNo link found on the home pageNot found
Contact detailsNo email or phone on the home pageNot found
Company detailsName: itch.ioPartly
Payment providersNone on the home pageNoted
Trackers1 analytics and advertising tool: Google AnalyticsNoted

Behind the site

Security filterNot blocked by Cloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filterNotedCloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filter
Domain registered27 Oct 2011, 14 years agoNotedWHOIS (whois.nic.io)
HTTPSLoads over HTTPS with a valid certificateFound
Protective settings3 of 6 in placePartly
Email protectionPartly protected against forged emailPartlyDNS records

A second opinion on its security setup: Mozilla’s HTTP Observatory grades the site when you open it. Ten checks before you buy · A signal looks wrong? Report it

What it is

Website Summary

It calls itself “Download the latest indie games - itch.io”.

In its own wordsDownload the latest indie games - itch.ioitch.io is a simple way to find, download and distribute indie games online. Whether you're a developer looking to upload your game or just someone looking for something new to play itch.io has you covered.

The page doesn’t show enough to say what kind of site it is (a shop, a blog, an app…).

Who is behind it

structured dataitch.io

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Exhibit 1 · page source, line 1

"name": "itch.io"

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Each name is quoted from its source. A brand and the company that owns it often go by different names.

More about it: Wikidata, profiles, AI use, page facts

Find them on

The profiles its home page links. We haven’t checked who runs them.

AI use

AI training: doesn’t ask AI training crawlers to stay away.
AI assistants: may read it for the people who ask them.

What its robots.txt and robots tags ask of AI crawlers. Each crawler chooses whether to follow it.

Site name: itch.io
Language: English (en)
What it tells search engines: WebSite, Organization

Named in its structured data

Organizationitch.io

Read from what the page says about itself; we haven’t checked whether it’s true.

Built with AI?

AI Website Detector

No AI builder traces found.

Coding tools such as Cursor leave no traces, so this doesn’t mean a person made it.

AI traces: None found

How we know

AI site builders leave traces in the sites they make. We look for the traces of 53 of them and show every match with the line it came from, so you can check it yourself.

We test this on 2,312 sites whose makers we know, and publish what we get wrong.

How we test it · Every builder we know · How to tell if a site was built with AI

Score breakdown

Site Score

94 of 100: strong trust signals.

How established and checkable it is; AI traces carry no weight.

TransparencyContact, policies and about page26 / 30

Track recordHow long the domain has existed25 / 25

PopularityIts place in public rankings20 / 20

Security and setupHTTPS and standard protections13 / 15

ConsistencyName, description and what it tells search engines10 / 10

Why each part scored what it did

TransparencyContact, policies and about page26 / 30contact page linked · email and phone not both given · privacy policy linked · terms linked · no payments seen, so no refund policy needed · about page linked

Track recordHow long the domain has existed25 / 25domain registered 14 years ago

PopularityIts place in public rankings20 / 20Top 1K in a popularity list

Security and setupHTTPS and standard protections13 / 15loads over HTTPS · sends visitors to HTTPS · doesn’t insist on HTTPS · protective settings

ConsistencyName, description and what it tells search engines10 / 10site name matches the domain · describes itself · tells search engines what it is

A high score isn’t a promise that a business is honest. How the score works.

Domain history

Domain History

Registered in 2011; first archived in 2013.

27 Oct 2011Domain registeredWHOIS (whois.nic.io)
11 Mar 2013First captured by the web archiveInternet Archive
10 Oct 2026First scanned by usCheckAnySite
14 Oct 2026This scanCheckAnySite

In the web archive: captured in 14 of 14 years · see the first capture

2013: captured
2014: captured
2015: captured
2016: captured
2017: captured
2018: captured
2019: captured
2020: captured
2021: captured
2022: captured
2023: captured
2024: captured
2025: captured
2026: captured

Changes, earlier scans and alerts

Since our previous scan: No changes since 10 Oct 2026.

Scanned	Score	AI traces	Popularity
14 Oct 2026shown above	94	None found	Top 1K
10 Oct 2026	94	None found	Top 1K

Findings can change when a site changes or when we update our signatures; each scan keeps the version it used.

How we scanned it

Only from what anyone can see: the site’s public pages and public records.

Politely. Our scanner, CheckAnySiteBot, says who it is and follows the site’s robots.txt.
With sources. Every fact above says where it came from and when.
Without guessing. When we couldn’t check something, we say so.

This scan, in numbers

928 checks on 14 Oct 2026, with version 0.5.0 of our checks and version 1.1 of the score.

How we work · What each version changed · About our scanner

More sites near it in popularity

Automated findings from the site’s public home page and public records, as of 14 Oct 2026. They describe what we found, not the people or business behind the site, and they may be incomplete or out of date. This is information, not advice. Terms · Report an error

What this scan can’t tell you

Whether the business is real, honest or delivers what it sells.
Whether a site was made with AI when no traces were left: coding assistants and hand edits leave none.
How many people visit: we show popularity bands from public lists, not visits.
Anything beyond the home page as it was at the time of the scan.

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