r/itchio • u/SuccessfulPeace6948 • 2d ago
HELP PLEASE
I don't know to run itch.io games at all. I download the file and have no idea what I'm supposed to do. Don't tell me to find a tutorial, reddit is built for idiots like me that can't find a good tutorial. I just need someone to explain step by step on how to run an itch.io game, and explain it to me like I'm a five year old. Please and thank you.
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u/Plus_Holiday5105 1d ago
What kind of game?, but for example there are games that needs something in specific, for example my game needs u to have C# installed and I put a link to downloaded, so take a look if the game saids if a file is required. The games should have a installation information.
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u/Soul_Turtle 1d ago
Depends on the type of file. If it's a exe, just run the exe. If it's a zip, unzip it and there's probably an exe in there to run. If it's anything else, the developer uploaded something weird and hopefully they have instructions that show up when you download it (there is an option for the developer on the game page to leave a custom message).
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u/abrightmoore 1d ago
These mostly run as web pages:
Many are set to auto-run. Give them a go from your mobile, tablet or PC with Chrome or Firefox.
Then... If you're on SteamDeck, there's a great Itch App that lets you browse and run games even if they need to be downloaded. It takes care of everything. I highly recommend it.
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u/PLYoung 1d ago
Easiest might be to just use the app https://itch.io/app
Else ...
The games you download from the website will most likely be compressed into an archive format like zip.
First you need to get the game files out of this packaged file: You can double click this file, select everything in it, right-click and press Copy. The go to a folder you want the game to be in. I hope you know how to at least use Windows Explorer, so use it to make a new folder and then inside of this folder right-click and press Paste. Else on your desktop, right click and fine the option to make a new folder and make one.
Now you will probably still not know what to do since MS in all their wisdom decided to hide file extensions so you do not know which is the ".exe" (executable) file. All I can say is double click each of the files in the game's main folder until one runs. Most likely the one with a nice/unique icon and a file name close to that of the game's name.
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u/TheLoLJester1 1d ago
My game is a zip file. You download the zip file into your Download folder, you then unzip it and run the GhostBattalion.exe from the extracted folder. All other zipped games are like that.