indie game storefront itch.io It is currently offline due to what has been described as a fake phishing report. While the game store's servers are still online, the domain for the website is currently pointing to IP addresses that itch.io does not own – making it inaccessible to most people.
Itch.io blames pop culture collectibles company Funko for these problems post on x“Because they use some useless 'AI-powered' brand protection software called Brand Shield, which generated some fake phishing reports to our registrar.”
While the page in question has been removed, itch.io's domain registrar, i want my nameThe domain is probably still disabled due to the automated system. according to a post on xThe indie game marketplace is now waiting for the domain registrar to respond and re-enable its domain.
If you know how to modify your hosts file that maps hostnames to IP addresses you can use the 45.33.107.166 IP address in the meantime, but you will need to remove the entry once the domain is restored. Itch.io is hoping Problems will be resolved within a few hours, so there will be no need to deploy a new domain name instead.
Domain issues come just days after itch.io started allowing its users To use your domain name for Bluesky accounts. If you spent $10 on the platform you have the option to use your itch.io profile URL on Bluesky, but current domain issues mean that anyone who switches to a custom itch.io URL will have to But “invalid handle” error occurs. The main itch.io domain is back online.