Starting with Chrome version 64, autoplay of audio has been disallowed in certain situations. As a result, web games on itch.io might be unable to play sounds. You can re-enable sounds in Chrome by doing the following:
- Enter
chrome://flags/#autoplay-policyin your URL bar. - Change the “Autoplay Policy” to "No user gesture is required".
- Restart Chrome.
You should now hear sounds for your games.
Note: This change needs to be done only once and will be effective for all websites you visit with Google Chrome.
Similarly to Google Chrome, Apple's Safari browser has established a policy to not autoplay media in certain situations, which also impacts audio for web games on itch.io.
From Safari 11 onwards you can mitigate this problem by doing the following:
- Go to "Settings > Websites" and choose the "Auto-Play" category.
- Here, you can either allow autoplay of media for all websites (options in bottom right corner) or change settings for individual websites.
- To quickly change the settings for a particular website, you can also click on "Safari" in the menu bar and choose the "Settings for This Website" option.
You should now hear sounds for your games.