Just under a week ago I published my old game on itch.io for the first time as an experiment. I have always been told that itch really helps with engagement and discovery.
Lets see how it is going.
As you can see, VotM got played 13 times during the last week. Admittedly this is more that it usually gets played here at sheep.horse but with no comments and no likes I am beginning to suspect that itch.io is not significantly better than self-hosting for games.
Of course, it may be that the hip young audience that frequents itch.io is not interested in a fairly old-fashioned Star Trek game. The game jam I want to participate in starts in a couple of weeks, so we will see if I can crack the secret to itch stardom then.