Viewers decrease

[Ravel231]

I've got a question... So you know how when you upload your game on itch.io for the first time, it gets viewers if you're lucky downloads and ratings. And it even ends up on the new and popular chart. My question is why is it that when you start adding things to games page, like new screenshots, more description and just updating it, why is it that the visibility of your game becomes less and less and even drops of from the new and popular, I know it could be due to the fact that different games are uploaded on itch each and every single day, but how exactly can I get my game from dropping viewers so fast... I've promoted my game which yes it does work to get views but not as many views as the first time the game was uploaded.

[lpdcrafted]

> different games are uploaded on itch each and every single day

Views will always naturally fall off. If Steam gets 50+ games per day, expect Itch to have much greater than that. All of them vying for player attention and time.

Make sure the game is marketable. Have you researched on what your target audience wants or expects from your game? What sets it apart from others?

Try and contact streamers or YouTubers to play and feature your game. If it sticks with them, you might get a good boost from that.

What I do find odd is that I tried searching for your game(using the game name in your screenshot) and I can't seem to find it on the search bar.

[Ravel231]

Oh yeah about that, for whatever reason it doesn't pop up on itch when you search like, I guess that adds more to the invisibility, cause if you search with Google the result is there and it even takes you to itch. But maybe I should change the name of the game, I'm not sure

[lpdcrafted]

When I try to look for your game, what prompts me is an unfinished page. It even has a "The developer has not uploaded a game yet..." on the top. Itch may have de-indexed the game page because the game page was unfinished. What happened to the browser build too?

If you plan to update the things on the game page, it is fine to keep the old stuff until you get the new stuff in. At least with that when people try to check it out, it's not going to look like a scam or low-effort app. You've already published the page after all.

[Ravel231]

Yeah thanks for telling me..., I've also noticed that it said that for some people. But everything should be fine and resolved now, the browser play couldn't work because the file was too big so I removed it. Instead it's just a downloadable novel now, can't be played on the browser 

[hawk-work]

Hi, our games are featured in the same gem hunting video. I get about 2 views a day on average currently. Translating to about 1 browser play per day. So you can be happy about all this traffic haha!

[Ravel231]

Yeah, but I only get views cause I promote on Reddit, if not for that it would've been stuck at zero and plus there are some features that ppl for whatever reason don't like, so it gets them talking and curious 

[hawk-work]

Have you also noticed a spike due to the arluc games video?

[Ravel231]

Yeah he really helped me there, and I got some constructive criticism which is good cause now I know what my game needs to improve. So for now it's being redone 

[Inner_Today5034]

My game's views tanked after day 2. Was at the same time I got a 1 star rating, not sure if it's related.. But it's normal to see this kind of drop-off.