itch.io
itch.io
Who runs itch.io, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest video game distribution alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Couldn’t check
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- gog.com
Measured from itch.io’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs itch.io
itch.io
Wikidata: website for distributing video games
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
02 · Privacy
What itch.io tracks
We couldn’t read itch.io’s homepage (UND_ERR_CONNECT_TIMEOUT), so we can’t say what it loads.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to itch.io
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to itch.io, thumbs down if it isn’t.
We can’t read itch.io’s homepage (UND_ERR_CONNECT_TIMEOUT), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.
- 01
Welcome to GOG.com | best PC games DRM-free
Download the best classic and new games on Windows, Mac & Linux. A vast selection of titles, DRM-free, with free goodies and 30-day money-back guarantee.
Very close - 02 DriveThruRPG drivethrurpg.com
online retailer of role-playing game products
Very close - 03
Welcome to Steam
Steam is the ultimate destination for playing, discussing, and creating games.
Very close - 04
Game Jolt - Share your creations
hosting service for freeware and commercial video games
Very close - 05
Humble Bundle | game bundles, book bundles, software bundles, and more
Humble Bundle sells games, books, software, and more. Our mission is to support charity while providing awesome content to customers at great prices. Since 2010, Humble Bundle customers have given over US$284,000,000 to charity.
Close - 06
Play Free Online Games | Johren
Play online games for FREE on your PC or phone! The best free online games from many genres! Register for the Johren platform and get Credits!
Very close - 07
online gaming platform
Very close - 08 epicgames.com Top 100
American video game and software developer
Very close - 09 Playerauctions playerauctions.com
Company
Very close - 10
Client Challenge
American online music distributor
Very close - 11
Online browser games platform
Very close - 12
Play Free Online Games on Kongregate – The Ultimate Gaming Platform
Kongregate is a portal for free online games that features user-created content, chat, badges, and player achievements.
Very close - 13
Gaijin Entertainment
Gaijin.Net — Online Games Distribution Service
Very close - 14
Fab
Fab is a digital marketplace that offers creators a single destination to discover, share, buy and sell high quality, real-time-ready game assets, environments, VFX, audio, animations, characters, plug-ins, and more.
Very close - 15
GameMaker | Make 2D Games With The Free Engine
Make a game with GameMaker, the best free video game engine. Perfect for beginners and professionals. Learn to build your own 2D indie games with our simple tutorials.
Very close - 16
Play Free Games Online at Armor Games
Play free online games at Armor Games! We're the best online games website, featuring shooting games, puzzle games, strategy games, war games, and much more...
Very close - 17
Roblox: Play Free Online Games - Sign Up to Play!
Roblox is the ultimate virtual universe that lets you create, share experiences with friends, and be anything you can imagine. Join millions of people and discover an infinite variety of immersive experiences created by a global community!
Very close - 18
American freelancing platform
Very close - 19
FunPay — Shop for Gamers
On FunPay, you can buy game currencies, accounts, items, skins and boosting services.
Very close - 20
Free Online Games at Poki - Play Now!
Play free online games at Poki, the #1 website for instant web games. Explore exclusive titles, popular favorites, and new game releases every day - no download needed!
Very close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles itch.io’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones itch.io uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy history →No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what itch.io adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.
05 · Details
How we measure
Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.
The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 6 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 9,192
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 28 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to itch.io’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
Built with
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:mailgun.org include:zohomail.com include:mail.zendesk.…
- Email hosting
- Zoho Mail MX mx.zoho.com
- Email delivery
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS dawn.ns.cloudflare.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=6hl42kO3bIWWIu-mf44uXdzQc2ckxn-If90YdNhRUBg
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace · not on itch.io 12/20
- Cloudflare DNS 10/20
- Cloudflare · not on itch.io 10/20
- Atlassian · not on itch.io 6/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on itch.io 6/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on itch.io 6/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on itch.io 6/20
- Apple Business · not on itch.io 5/20
- OpenAI · not on itch.io 5/20
- Amazon SES · not on itch.io 5/20
- Zendesk 5/20
- nginx · not on itch.io 4/20
- DocuSign · not on itch.io 4/20
- Stripe · not on itch.io 4/20
- Yandex Webmaster · not on itch.io 4/20