Most Recent is useful for Playdate apps since the platform is still so small and new—many users just keep visiting Most Recent and checking out all the latest releases.

My project Playtime, released this morning, is indexed on the Most Recent page—but it's faaaaar down the Most Recent page, alongside weeks-old releases. I'm guessing that's because I create the page weeks ago with status "In Development." And now I have added the download and  changed the status to "Released." Is that what's happening?

If so, is there any way I can make my app's first release appear ranked properly by release date?

Or was making a page for an In Development project just a bad idea?

Thanks in advance! (This is my first itch.io launch, and I don't see this addressed elsewhere.)

It's been a week since first launch and my new app is still incorrectly listed as being released months ago. I'll email support of course, but i2 there anything I should be doing from my end?

And for future projects: is there any "safe" way to use the "In Development" status to show progress on an upcoming app, without this happening?

New apps only appear once every day or two for the "Playdate" tag, and many people use the "Most Recent" sort to find new releases. So people have been telling me they thought my app was never released.

Thanks in advance!