I have doubts over the sincerity of their claims to bring NSFW stuff back.

It's been over a week, and the issue was with certain types of content, not a blanket NSFW issue. They delisted everything NSFW to allow time to audit which ones needed to be removed and which could be reinstated. So far we've heard of plenty that have been permanently removed but how many have been reinstated? The NSFW tag is gone and there's nothing visible in the Adult tag other than vaguely adult themes which implies nothing has actually been reinstated.

Similarly, no update has been given about timelines, what is being done or clarifying how removal and subsequent refunds are going to affect creators. This feels less like a company trying to resolve an issue and more like one that is doing nothing and just waiting for it all to blow over.

While I'm glad many free NSFW games are back, it's not over until banned games are restored as well.

I don't trust it. They've handled this whole situation with the grace of a dead elephant with a rocket strapped to it

I noticed that the notice on the pages of the removed NSFW games has been updated. Maybe they’ve completed the audit and reached a final decision.

(Before) This game's files have been suspended by an itch.io administrator.
(After) This page has been blocked by an itch.io administrator for violating the site's content policy.

The new wording makes it sound as if the creators were deceiving Itch.io and illegally smuggling drugs. I think it would be more appropriate to frame it as a "payment processor’s policy", or if that’s not preferable, at the very least present it as a "NEW" content policy.

Our nonprofit charity has two games that are not adult games but have been de-indexed. We had added NSFW tags to them because they were not games that would normally be acceptable to be played in a workplace or at school due to language and subject matter. 

Both games teach students about consent and were produced by our org. We have been publishing our games on itch since 2018 and are concerned that our games were removed since they are clearly not adult games. We opened a support ticket last week and have received no updates. 

We tend to be cautiously optimistic about many things but are still on the fence for now.