The itch.io charity bundle hits over $4 million and now over 1,500 items inside

I got this some days ago. I thought I would only use some of the tilesets that are included (since I am really bad at creating my own) and nothing else really. Then I found out that there are some games that I might like after all..like MewnBase for example.

Be sure to share your personal highlights in the comments, it's crazy to try and go over it all.

I already mentioned Super Win the Game and On Rusty Trails in the comments on the previous article. Here's a few more that I don't think were mentioned yet:

• Silicon Zeroes


• Milkmaid of the Milky Way


• Octodad: Dadliest Catch


• Micron

Yep, thank goodness for the search function! It was bad enough flipping through 25 pages on the weekend, let alone 50 now!

Depth of Extinction and 2064: Read Only Memories look like interesting additions to me.

I'd also like to try Long Gone Days. Apparently it's not getting a Linux release until later. It started up fine under Wine though.

I've been spoiled by having Proton integrated into Steam, which is the launcher I usually use. But now I have a bunch of Windows games on Itch, I'm running the Windows Itch launcher via Lutris to get the equivalent functionality without doing any hard work. I'd like to be able to add selected Windows Itch games to Steam so my son can access them from family mode without having access to my whole Itch library. Hopefully this is doable, but maybe I have too many layers of indirection. Suggestions welcome.

I bought this yesterday and already had to remove several items from my Steam wishlist ... yay! I'm glad they added a search feature. I'm going to suggest that they add a ... what would you call it? A page select feature? I'm of a sort that will browse through all umpteen gazillion games one at a time --- because there are some real gems in here --- but it's gonna take hours, over days, and to be able to choose page 23 or 30 or what have you and jump right to where I might have left off would be a real boon.

I'd like to be able to add selected Windows Itch games to Steam so my son can access them from family mode without having access to my whole Itch library. Hopefully this is doable, but maybe I have too many layers of indirection. Suggestions welcome.

I've not done it with Itch games yet, but it's pretty straightforward to add games to Steam. I've got Minecraft and the GOG version of Witcher 3 added to Steam, and you can pick the Proton version in the usual way if it's a Windows game that you've added. I've not tried the family mode with them yet, though, since my little one just knows which games he's allowed to play from my account and when.

Has some of these game already been reviewed on Gaming on Linux? That would be cool to centralize links from all these reviews.

I've got Minecraft and the GOG version of Witcher 3 added to Steam, and you can pick the Proton version in the usual way if it's a Windows game that you've added. I've not tried the family mode with them yet, though, since my little one just knows which games he's allowed to play from my account and when.

FYI, family mode shows all non-steam games, which is fine. Yes, I guess all I need to do is figure out where Lutris put the Itch wineprefix, then add individual paths under there as non-Steam games and enable Proton for each one. So I'd just launch the Windows Itch when I want to install a game, then add it to Steam for day-to-day use. Sounds like a plan.

Thanks.


Last edited by toojays on 11 June 2020 at 12:51 pm UTC

... and to be able to choose page 23 or 30 or what have you and jump right to where I might have left off would be a real boon.

I'd say just bookmark the page you're on, but whenever they add more stuff you might just have to start over regardless. Some of the games they've added so far didn't all end up at the end of the list. I think filtering by tags/type or maybe sorting by date would be helpful.

I had avoided Celeste for years, having been scarred by Super Meat Boy, but it's a really positive surprise (so far). I don't know if it's just the 'ambiance' or if it is more forgiving but so far setbacks don't feel galling in the way they did in SMB.

Deeper in, further from the headliners, I have had some good fun with DROPSHIP (works well in Wine), an update of the Lunar Lander idea but with 'relative' gravity (relative to your ship). Imagine the video game equivalent of spinning around in an office chair until you're sick :)


Last edited by brokkr on 11 June 2020 at 1:39 pm UTC

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Holy fuck, it's unbelievable. It's not done yet but I have to bought it before the end!


Last edited by Cyril on 11 June 2020 at 1:43 pm UTC

Itch.io won't be the same after this, this epic bundle is drawing a LOT of attention.

This gives me some hope after my disappointments with IGN's store.


Last edited by Mnoleg on 11 June 2020 at 3:14 pm UTC

I had multi-factor authentication enabled on my account, wiped the phone with the authenticator on it, and can't find my backup codes. So my itch.io account is now lost forever :(

I had multi-factor authentication enabled on my account, wiped the phone with the authenticator on it, and can't find my backup codes. So my itch.io account is now lost forever :(

I imagine if you email them, with some kind of proof, they would be quite reasonable about it. You must have some emails somewhere from itch you can dig up to prove ownership.

I had multi-factor authentication enabled on my account, wiped the phone with the authenticator on it, and can't find my backup codes. So my itch.io account is now lost forever :(

I imagine if you email them, with some kind of proof, they would be quite reasonable about it. You must have some emails somewhere from itch you can dig up to prove ownership.

Worked for me with Steam. Give it a try.

There is a game I like in there and it's worth 5$, so the bundle seems good. The problem is that devs don't get any money from this bundle, there are no Steam keys and itch.io doesn't have a client, so I can achieve the same result if I send 5$ directly to charity and just download the game from a pirate site.

I like my Steam library because it gives me sense of real ownership. The games are easy to install, remove, share with family, they will be there when I decide to give some of them another spin 10, 20 years from now. I just don't get the same from others.

itch.io doesn't have a client

It does: https://itch.io/app. It's open source, does game updates and is generally less broken than Steam.

Lutris has ready script ..tried it, several games do work.

I bought it to support its cause but i have zero interest in the games i have gifted the keys already no sense in it being wasted- but its very cool of all these indie studios and itch to put the bundle together

I like my Steam library because it gives me sense of real ownership. The games are easy to install, remove, share with family, they will be there when I decide to give some of them another spin 10, 20 years from now. I just don't get the same from others.

I find this an odd sentiment because it is almost exactly opposite of how I feel. Games on itch (and GoG) are guaranteed DRM-free. So I can download them now, back them up and be confident they will still work in 10 - 20 years (assuming I can recreate the environment they need). This to me is what real ownership is.

However, most games on Steam require Steam servers to be running for them to start. Who's to say Steam will be around in 10 - 20 years? So even if you can back them up, it's moot if you can't play them in the future.

This bundle has left me feeling a bit guilty though. I bought it because I was interested in trying Overland and Death&Taxes, but probably would not have bought them for myself. But now two games high on my (Steam) wishlist - Code 7 and Helium Rain - have been added, which I would have happily paid (more) for. Will buy in next Steam sale (only 2 weeks now).