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Admitting AI use on Steam cuts reviews by about 53%
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Steam has a box where game makers admit they used AI. Tell the truth, and your game gets about half the reviews it would have gotten. That one box now costs developers more than Valve's 30% cut. And if you quietly leave it blank, Valve has basically no way to catch you. Game Oracle looked at almost 10,000 Steam games that came out in 2025. Even after accounting for who published them and how experienced the studio was, the ones that admitted to AI got about 53% fewer reviews. Reviews are…
Pirat_Nation@Pirat_Nation1d ago
Tim Sweeney is criticizing Valve again over Steam’s requirement for developers to disclose their use of generative AI. The Epic Games CEO called the policy “abhorrent,” arguing that developers are being forced to make a “political statement” that could be used against them by a “hate mob.” Sweeney has been criticizing the policy since 2025, previously comparing the disclosure to a “Scarlet Letter” and arguing that AI will eventually be part of almost every game production process.