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itch.io pricing
itch.io publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the gaming tools listed alongside it.
As of 29 August 2026, itch.io pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Free to publish; creator-set revenue share on sales
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
itch.io plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| itch.io | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
Where itch.io stops being free
itch.io, Free
- Free publishing
- Creator-set revenue share
- Game jam hosting
No paid tier on record
itch.io lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full itch.io feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Open publishing
- Creator-set revenue share
- Game jams
- Pay what you want
People bring itch.io in for publishing an independent or experimental game without an approval process, running or entering a game jam, buying game assets, tools and charity bundles. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to itch.io are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Gaming
Too few gaming tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| itch.io (this page) | Free | Free to publish; creator-set revenue share on sales | - | |
| Winio | Free | subscription | - | vs itch.io |
| Roblox | Free | Free to play, Robux currency packs and a subscription | - | vs itch.io |
| Fortnite | Free | Free to play with in-app purchases | - | vs itch.io |
| Minecraft | $29.99/one-time | One-time purchase, optional Realms subscription | - | vs itch.io |
| Humble Bundle | $11.99/month | Pay what you want per bundle, or a monthly subscription | - | vs itch.io |
| Amazon Luna | $9.99/month | Per user per month | - | vs itch.io |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the itch.io badges page.
Before you pay for itch.io
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
itch.io runs on web, windows, macos, linux, and is published by itch corp of United States. The full record is on the itch.io review, and the rest of the category is under best gaming tools.
itch.io pricing questions
- How much does itch.io cost?
- itch.io publishes a single tier, itch.io, at Free.
- Does itch.io have a free plan?
- Yes. The itch.io tier costs nothing and covers free publishing, creator-set revenue share, game jam hosting.
- Which gaming tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 gaming tools listed alongside itch.io have a free tier: Winio, Roblox, Fortnite, Lutris, RetroArch.
- What am I actually paying for with itch.io?
- The record lists 4 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for publishing an independent or experimental game without an approval process, running or entering a game jam, buying game assets, tools and charity bundles.
- Does itch.io charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these itch.io prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare itch.io against before paying?
- The closest gaming tools in this directory are Winio, Roblox, Fortnite, Minecraft. Each has a side-by-side comparison with itch.io covering price, platforms and features.