Valve 'Thinking About How to Solve' Steam's AI Slop Problem, Won't Limit Developer Access

At Steam Indie Connect in Korea, Valve said it won't ban developers from using generative AI despite the flood of low-quality AI games and clones on Steam. Roughly 17% of Steam Next Fest demos disclosed generative AI use last year, and this year's event hosted over 8,000 demos.

• Valve won't act as gatekeeper or ban AI tools for developers
• About 17% of last year's Next Fest demos disclosed generative AI use
• This year's Next Fest hosted over 8,000 demos
• Next Fest recommendations are random for the first two days, then personalized