AI search visibility report ยท 2026-10-27
How AI assistants see itch.io
itch.io has an AI visibility score of 59/100. The site passed 21 of 34 tests. Its strongest areas are Technical Accessibility and Readability. The areas to improve are Content Freshness and Authority & Trust Signals.
How ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity read itch.io
Readability87/100
Result: strong. 4 of 4 tests passed.
Content is highly accessible and clear for a general audience.
Schema.org Markup68/100
Result: average. 4 of 5 tests passed.
Core schemas are present and valid, but the site lacks specific content schemas for games or articles.
Authority & Trust Signals28/100
Result: weak. 1 of 5 tests passed.
Trust pages are excellent, but contact details and author credentials are weak. No visible publication dates for news.
Citation & Source Quality65/100
Result: average. 3 of 4 tests passed.
Good use of internal and community links, but lacks citations to high-authority external domains.
Content Freshness25/100
Result: weak. 1 of 4 tests passed.
Update signals are present, but the lack of machine-readable dates prevents a higher score.
Content Structure64/100
Result: average. 3 of 4 tests passed.
Excellent heading hierarchy and organization, though semantic HTML usage is limited to sections.
Entity Definition55/100
Result: weak. 2 of 4 tests passed.
Strong brand consistency and About page, but lacks author identification.
Technical Accessibility89/100
Result: strong. 3 of 4 tests passed.
Excellent AI crawler access and JS independence, though social meta tags are incomplete.
How itch.io can improve its AI visibility
- Implement Product Schema for Game Listings (high priority)
- Add Explicit Publication Dates to Metadata (high priority)
- Enhance Contact Information Transparency (medium priority)
- Identify Authors with Person Schema (medium priority)
- Improve Outbound Link Authority (low priority)
How itch.io compares to its competitors
- Steam (steampowered.com) โ score 31/100
- GOG.com (gog.com) โ score 33/100
- Epic Games Store (epicgames.com) โ score 41/100
- Game Jolt (gamejolt.com)