A year ago this would have been a huge help for me too. I released my first project and it was a strugle to improve the reach of my work.
I had a few followers and some views were comming in. I was very close to quiting my passion a good few times, but everything started improving with time.
I hope to give you guys an extra opportunity to be noticed. There's so many small, passionate creators, that produce amazing stuff and would really appreciate some support. I hope this helps and makes itch.io an even better place for small creators