Is rawdarkness.itch.io safe?
http://rawdarkness.itch.io/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (70 of 92 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
itch.io creator page selling a Steam key for an adult game with standard platform safeguards
The page is a legitimate creator profile on itch.io offering a paid Steam key for the mature game 'Wicked Island' and a free demo. It is hosted on a well-known indie platform with age verification and no detected scam mechanics.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 88/100
Safe covers scores 85–100. 1 finding pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Strong1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsHosted on the established itch.io indie marketplace
- SupportsGoogle Safe Browsing returned no threat warning
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
The page is a legitimate creator profile on itch.io offering a paid Steam key for the mature game 'Wicked Island' and a free demo. It is hosted on a well-known indie platform with age verification and no detected scam mechanics.
Platform and commercial offer
The page belongs to the creator 'RawDarkness' on itch.io and lists a paid Steam key for 'Wicked Island' at $34 along with a free legacy demo.
The site requires visitors to confirm they are 18 or older before viewing mature content, which is standard for itch.io pages hosting adult-themed games.
Technical checks and reputation
The browser threat feed shows no threat warning and the TLS connection is valid.
One older antivirus report flagged a result, but the page itself is hosted on the established itch.io platform and the detection is likely a false positive related to game files.
Why the score is 88
The saved checks and analysis found no material threat. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
1/ 92
detectionsSaved analysis from April 8, 2024 - stale
1 engine flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 1
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 92
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| CyRadarMalicious | malicious |
All 92 engine results
- CyRadar - Malicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Clean
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- Artists Against 419 - Clean
- AutoShun - Unrated
- benkow.cc - Clean
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Clean
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- Cluster25 - Unrated
- CMC Threat Intelligence - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Clean
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Feodo Tracker - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Clean
- Kaspersky - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- malwares.com URL checker - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- securolytics - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Clean
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- Spam404 - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- ThreatHive - Clean
- Threatsourcing - Clean
- Trustwave - Clean
- Underworld - Unrated
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
How security vendors categorise this site
- BitDefendergames
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekergames
- Sophosgames
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
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What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
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What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
RawDarkness - itch.io
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
RawDarkness - itch.io
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 70 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
1 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Shop
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01Hosted on the established itch.io indie marketplace
Web research findings
Independent findings for rawdarkness.itch.io, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for rawdarkness.itch.io. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainrawdarkness.itch.io
- Redirects torawdarkness.itch.io
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencesstatic.itch.io · googletagmanager.com
Domain Timeline
- Oct 27, 2011Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 14 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 16, 2026Saved security review — Rated Safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.
rawdarkness.itch.io has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- No direct contact email found on the captured page.
- Phone number listed (9 10 11 12 13 14).
- Links to 3 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for itch.io.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://rawdarkness.itch.io/
- 2200https://rawdarkness.itch.io/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 1 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Apr 8, 2024 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 16, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 16, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 16, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 16, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result1 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Apr 8, 2024
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
itch.io creator page selling a Steam key for an adult game with standard platform safeguards
The page is a legitimate creator profile on itch.io offering a paid Steam key for the mature game 'Wicked Island' and a free demo. It is hosted on a well-known indie platform with age verification and no detected scam mechanics.
09 · Community
Community
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