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There does not seem to exist a designated feature for this as on Steam. You could potentially try to add the web version into the install designation where the app usually puts downloaded games into (or create an alternate install location for where your web game is), but I would not recommend this, if it even works at all. The app is meant to add and display games from itch.io that have been made compatible with it, so just adding outside sources may not result in anything working well.

That being said, you can try to check the install location after you downloaded the specific game again and try to add in your save files from the web version, at least.

Edit: I will not make a new post for this as it is not specifically tied to this topic matter anymore, but to anyone reading this: I made a mistake here and the statement 'needs to be made compatible with the itch app' is not true. You can upload it specifically with the butler tool to have smaller updates for both you and your customers, but you can install items which have been uploaded directly to the web page as well.

Thank you for your reply!

I have actually tried moving the web downloaded game to the app's default download location or to a download location I added and then letting the app scan to recognise it, but that didn't work. That's why I'm asking for help.

Of course, this does not affect my ability to play the game normally. It's just that games downloaded by the itch.io app seem to update automatically, so I'd like to try the app recognising games I've downloaded from the web and updating them automatically as well.

If not, I'll consider downloading the update manually or re-downloading the game in the app.

Anyway, thanks for reading and answering my question! Best of luck with your health! Have a great life! All the best!