Hey, it seems like there’s no way to post a game that costs money but is playable in browser, is that right?
This is correct. This has been asked before, and to my knowledge, this is still the case.
As you’ve mentioned as well, others have tried getting around this by making the web game downloadable, which has it’s own pros and cons. But currently it seems to be the only way to implement something like this.
I’ve heard some other people have tried checking if the user owns the game using the Itch.io API, but I’m not sure if they’ve succeeded, or if that’s possible at all.
Hope that helps, I’m sure the admins are aware of this requested feature, but can’t tell for sure if there’s a plan about it.