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Can't Download some games through the Desktop Application

A topic by kooblikon created Oct 13, 2018 Views: 3,387 Replies: 4
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Hi there! First post here so I hope I'm posting in the right place.

Currently I'm going through the app and downloading games. I've come across a few games that don't have an "install" button. The only thing on the bottom says "Open page". Which opens the page in my browser (chrome). That works but from there I can download the zip, why can't I do it in the application?

Now back to the application, I can even navigate to the 'download' page and if I click the download, it pops up and there's nothing under the "install" dropdown. 


Am I missing something or is this on the developer's end? Thanks!

that means they're not supported on your platform (most likely linux)

I think the itch app should let us download any file we choose to run as we see fit, tho

like, I wanna download windows games to run on wine, why can't I do that easily?

I get that, but many of the games I'm coming across seem to be available for windows and I still can't download it. The button says "open page" rather than download. I can also download zips through the app, but they download as if they were a random zip and don't go into my "downloaded games' rather into just my computer's download folder. 

Admin

This can commonly happen if a game's files have not been properly tagged by the developer. We are working on some future stuff to automatically tag projects with the correct platform, but in the meantime the easiest way to help get it fixed would be to open a report and a moderator can update the project. You can find the report link on the very bottom of the project page. Sorry for the inconvenience! (I updated Corpse Box Racers already)

Hey thanks! I appreciate the response. I was guessing it was something along those lines because some games worked and some didn't and I couldn't find any rhyme or reason as to why. Thanks again!

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