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Previously indexed game disappeared from Search

A topic by Flingeris created Apr 24, 2026 Views: 536 Replies: 4
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Hi. One of my games, Last Cats, was published about 60 days ago and was previously indexed and searchable on itch.io:

https://flingeris.itch.io/lastcats

This is also confirmed by analytics: the game still has visits from itch.io search and tag pages over the past 30 days, which shows that it had been searchable before.


However, while checking my pages recently, I noticed that it no longer appears in Search. This is the part that concerns me the most, because it does not look like a new-page indexing delay - an already indexed project has disappeared from search.

I also have a newer project, Gravebell, which does not appear to be indexed either:

https://flingeris.itch.io/gravebell

I’ve read the itch.io documentation about getting indexed, but I still have a question because my situation is different from a normal delay for a new project.

For context, I had a similar indexing issue on this same account with my first project. That project was eventually indexed manually after some time, and after that my later projects started appearing in search normally and almost immediately. Because of that, I assumed the issue had been resolved, but now something seems to be wrong again.

I checked the basic indexing requirements from the docs: the projects are public, have cover images, are playable/downloadable, and I am not intentionally using any unlisted/search-hidden settings. Publish status: 

I have already contacted support about this (Support ticket ID: 361019), but haven’t received a response yet. Please let me know if there is anything I can do on my side to help resolve this issue.


Moderator

I've let our admins know this can happen, but as explained in the unofficial FAQ pinned at the top of this category, this can happen. Your best bet is to keep promoting your game as always.

Thank you for letting the admins know.

I understand from the FAQ that a previously visible game can be flagged for review again after certain changes to the game page. However, in this case, I haven’t made any changes to the Last Cats page for about 40-50 days, which is why its disappearance from Search seemed unusual to me.

Thanks again.

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Updating your game counts as a change, and it's almost certain that this update is what triggered the system to remove you from the index.

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Thank you for noticing that.

You’re right — the page does show that it was updated 3 days ago. I think I may have opened the edit page and clicked Save without actually changing anything, so I didn’t realize it could count as an update or trigger a review again.

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