diff --git a/itch_dl/cli.py b/itch_dl/cli.py
index ba2a8bb..b28ee66 100644
--- a/itch_dl/cli.py
+++ b/itch_dl/cli.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import sys
 import logging
 import argparse
 
-from .handlers import get_jobs_for_url_or_path
+from .handlers import get_jobs_for_url_or_path, preprocess_job_urls
 from .downloader import drive_downloads
 from .config import Settings, load_config
 from .keys import get_download_keys
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
                         help="print scraped game URLs without downloading them")
     parser.add_argument("--parallel", metavar="parallel", type=int, default=None,
                         help="how many threads to use for downloading games (default: 1)")
+
+    parser.add_argument("--filter-files-platform", metavar="platforms", action="extend", nargs='+',
+                        help="filter downloaded files by platform (windows, mac, linux, android, native)")
+    parser.add_argument("--filter-files-type", metavar="types", action="extend", nargs='+',
+                        help="filter downloaded files by type (see wiki for valid values)")
     parser.add_argument("--filter-files-glob", metavar="glob", default=None,
                         help="filter downloaded files with a shell-style glob/fnmatch (unmatched files are skipped)")
     parser.add_argument("--filter-files-regex", metavar="regex", default=None,
diff --git a/itch_dl/config.py b/itch_dl/config.py
index de149f4..19aee18 100644
--- a/itch_dl/config.py
+++ b/itch_dl/config.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ class Settings:
     urls_only: bool = False
     parallel: int = 1
 
+    filter_files_platform: list | None = None
+    filter_files_type: list | None = None
     filter_files_glob: str | None = None
     filter_files_regex: str | None = None
 
@@ -33,6 +35,44 @@ class Settings:
     verbose: bool = False
 
 
+def process_platform_traits(platforms: list[str]) -> list[str] | None:
+    """Converts the user-friendly platform strings into itch.io upload p_traits."""
+    if not platforms:
+        return None
+
+    trait_mapping = {
+        "win": "p_windows",
+        "lin": "p_linux",
+        "mac": "p_osx",
+        "osx": "p_osx",
+        "darwin": "p_osx",
+        "and": "p_android",
+    }
+
+    traits = set()
+    for p in platforms:
+        platform_trait = None
+        p = p.strip().lower().removeprefix("p_")
+
+        if p.startswith("native"):
+            p = platform.system().lower()
+            if p.endswith("bsd"):
+                logging.warning("Note: Native downloads for *BSDs are not available - Linux binaries will be used.")
+                p = "linux"
+
+        for key, trait in trait_mapping.items():
+            if p.startswith(key):
+                platform_trait = trait
+                break
+
+        if not platform_trait:
+            raise ValueError(f"Platform {p} not known!")
+
+        traits.add(platform_trait)
+
+    return list(traits)
+
+
 def create_and_get_config_path() -> str:
     """Returns the configuration directory in the appropriate
     location for the current OS. The directory may not exist."""
@@ -106,4 +146,7 @@ def load_config(args: argparse.Namespace, profile: str | None = None) -> Setting
         if value := getattr(args, key):
             setattr(settings, key, value)
 
+    # Extra handling for special settings:
+    settings.filter_files_platform = process_platform_traits(settings.filter_files_platform)
+
     return settings
diff --git a/itch_dl/downloader.py b/itch_dl/downloader.py
index ba89f16..5faa2d5 100644
--- a/itch_dl/downloader.py
+++ b/itch_dl/downloader.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from tqdm import tqdm
 from tqdm.contrib.concurrent import thread_map
 
 from .api import ItchApiClient
-from .utils import ItchDownloadError, get_int_after_marker_in_json
+from .utils import ItchDownloadError, get_int_after_marker_in_json, should_skip_item_by_glob, should_skip_item_by_regex
 from .consts import ITCH_GAME_URL_REGEX
 from .config import Settings
 from .infobox import parse_infobox, InfoboxMetadata
@@ -297,29 +297,35 @@ class GameDownloader:
         try:
             os.makedirs(paths["files"], exist_ok=True)
             for upload in game_uploads:
-                if any(key not in upload for key in ("id", "filename", "storage")):
+                if any(key not in upload for key in ("id", "filename", "type", "traits", "storage")):
                     errors.append(f"Upload metadata incomplete: {upload}")
                     continue
 
+                logging.info(upload)
                 upload_id = upload["id"]
                 file_name = upload["filename"]
+                file_type = upload["type"]
+                file_traits = upload["traits"]
                 expected_size = upload.get("size")
                 upload_is_external = upload["storage"] == "external"
 
-                if self.settings.filter_files_glob and not fnmatch.fnmatch(file_name, self.settings.filter_files_glob):
-                    logging.info(
-                        "File '%s' does not match the glob filter '%s', skipping",
-                        file_name,
-                        self.settings.filter_files_glob,
-                    )
+                if self.settings.filter_files_type and file_type not in self.settings.filter_files_type:
+                    logging.info("File '%s' has ignored type '%s', skipping", file_name, file_type)
                     continue
 
-                if self.settings.filter_files_regex and not re.fullmatch(self.settings.filter_files_regex, file_name):
-                    logging.info(
-                        "File '%s' does not match the regex filter '%s', skipping",
-                        file_name,
-                        self.settings.filter_files_regex,
-                    )
+                if (
+                        self.settings.filter_files_platform
+                        and file_type == "default"
+                        and not any(trait in self.settings.filter_files_platform for trait in file_traits)
+                ):
+                    # Setup for filter_files_platform is in config.py, including the trait listing.
+                    logging.info("File '%s' not for requested platforms, skipping", file_name)
+                    continue
+
+                if should_skip_item_by_glob("File", file_name, self.settings.filter_files_glob):
+                    continue
+
+                if should_skip_item_by_regex("File", file_name, self.settings.filter_files_regex):
                     continue
 
                 logging.debug(