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AI in Steam games has increased sevenfold in a year–but it isn’t all black and white
AI in Steam games has increased sevenfold in a year–but it isn’t all black and white Since 2024, the number of Steam-released games using AI content of any kind has increased by a whopping seven times. That means about 7,800 titles are making use of artificial intelligence, and though I'm not happy about it—there might be some validity in there. Per a pair of Totally Human Media studies , Steam only featured some 1,000 games with generative AI content in them in April of last year. Fast-forward to July 2025, and there are nearly 8,000 of them, accounting for about 20 percent of all Steam games released this year and seven percent of the entire Steam library. Generative AI, having substantially improved just between those two dates, is significantly growing in video games, and it seems Steam, with its fair share of indies and smaller, less-serious projects, is quite the magnet for it. The Finals is one of the biggest games with a heavy AI presence. Image via Embark Studios This sevenfold increase comes as a result of developers big and small making use of new tools and technologies to either speed up or cheapen the work. Totally Human Media performed wide research to see just what kind of studios use generative AI, concluding that massive titles like The Finals and indie productions both appear in significant numbers. I am not a fan of generative AI in any case, especially in art. However, Totally Human Media's findings indicate a particularly grey area, i.e., indie games. Several instances of generative AI use in the studies show indie developers both disclosing and explaining why they opted for using such technologies. Explanations varied between development costs being too high otherwise to artists needing inspiration and having a hard time visualizing concepts. Both of these are, for better or worse, valid points. Without such a tool, we probably wouldn't have gotten a wave of new indie titles that could genuinely be good games, AI be damned. It certainly does open the possibility for discussion. While I would prefer AI be purged from video games and art once and for all, the technology isn't going to willfully just Thanos snap itself out of existence. Nor will major studios and publishers who only care about speed and green numbers on a chart take a stance against it. Perhaps we should learn to live alongside it and push for regulations that can turn this otherwise harmful tool into something of value. My stance here is not firm, and I am not really sure I could ever accept artificiality in any form of art, games included. But, if it serves to enable indie development that would otherwise be impossible... then yeah, to hell with it, maybe that's fine. What do you think, Desturctoid? If an indie game, a good indie game, would be impossible to make without AI help, does that justify using it? Let me know below. The post AI in Steam games has increased sevenfold in a year–but it isn’t all black and white appeared first on Destructoid .
Steam Archives – DestructoidJul 18
Kitasan Black Causes Umamusume New Steam Peak Player Count
Kitasan Black Causes Umamusume New Steam Peak Player CountThe day the Kitasan Black SSR Support Card debuted in Umamusume, it reached a new Steam peak player count.
SiliconeraJul 17
PROMO: Off The Grid Is Now Available On Steam
PROMO: Off The Grid Is Now Available On SteamThe battlefield just got a whole lot bigger. Off The Grid officially launched on Steam today, meaning players of the cyberpunk battle royale game can now compete across devices to be the last avatar standing. Read more...
KotakuJul 17
Avowed Is The Latest Big Game To Stretch The Definition Of 'Verified' On Steam Deck
Avowed Is The Latest Big Game To Stretch The Definition Of 'Verified' On Steam DeckObsidian’s gorgeous fantasy RPG Avowed just got a new patch, promising the usual list of bug fixes and some new features. The game is also now “Verified” for Steam Deck. What’s it like in a portable form factor? Well, it certainly boots up. It’s certainly playable, hitting a semi-decent 30 FPS that doesn’t necessarily… Read more...
KotakuJul 17
Steam's Wildly Unclear New Rules On 'Adult Content' Have Already Seen Hundreds Of Games Delisted
Steam's Wildly Unclear New Rules On 'Adult Content' Have Already Seen Hundreds Of Games DelistedIf you’re a regular user of Steam, you’ll know that Valve’s industry-dominating PC games store is absolutely buried in adult-themed games. Sex stuff. Porn. So much of it. Scrolling the new release lists reveals the astonishing number of both crap and quality adult games that are released every day. But on the advent… Read more...
KotakuJul 16
Peak, As Told By Steam Reviews
Peak, As Told By Steam ReviewsPeak wasn’t on anybody’s radar at the start of this year, and that includes the people who made it. While it was originally pitched back in 2024, most of it was made in a four-week-long crunch session back in February. Months later, the ruthless climbing sim for friends is one of Steam’s biggest surprise hits of 2025.… Read more...
KotakuJul 15
This indie title just dethroned a Valve classic as best-rated game on Steam
This indie title just dethroned a Valve classic as best-rated game on Steam Stardew Valley , a beloved indie classic developed by a single person, has recently become the best-rated game on Steam, ever. Being so, it has dethroned Valve's own stellar title, Portal 2 , proving that big budgets and teams do not necessarily make the best game. As tracked by Steam Top 250 , Stardew Valley is now the number one game on Steam, with an average rating of 8.87 out of nearly 900,000 total ratings. With so many people grading the game, it's genuinely wild to see such a high rating, as massive audiences tend to dilute the average. This puts it just a bit above Portal 2 , which, with over 436,000 ratings, has an average score of 8.85. The fact that a game produced by a single person now reigns supreme over Steam is more than enough proof that good games aren't a product of multi-million dollar budgets and massive corporations. All it takes is passion, dedication, and creativity, even if it's just one dude behind a desk coding away in his spare time. Stardew Valley is a beloved indie game, continuously drawing in countless players to its wonderful world. Image via Skellady Indies constitute about half of the top 10 games on Steam Top 250. These include Schedule 1 , Vampire Survivors , Terraria , and, of course, Stardew Valley . Hades is there as well, which, to some extent, can be considered an indie title, developed by a small but dedicated team with no shareholders hanging over their heads. In fact, three of these indie games are single-developer productions, while every single studio that produced the best 10 games on the list is a private endeavor and not a publicly-traded company. This adds another layer to the notion that corporate gaming is, more often than not, more trouble than it's worth. After all, if it were so capable of producing the best possible games out there, the question stands: why are none of them at the very top? It isn't before number 23 that we see a publi cly traded company's game, Resident Evil 4, the remake version, which goes to show how rarely these massive corporate studios actually produce stuff of lasting, transcendental value. What do you think, Destructoid? Should corporatism finally depart from gaming, having been beaten time and again by single-dev games and small team productions? Let us know below. The post This indie title just dethroned a Valve classic as best-rated game on Steam appeared first on Destructoid .
Steam Archives – DestructoidJul 9
LoveR Kiss Endless Memories Will Include English Localization
LoveR Kiss Endless Memories Will Include English Localization Dragami Games has revealed that it will release LoveR Kiss Endless Memories for Nintendo Switch and PC in late November 2025. The newly upgraded version of the Japanese dating simulator game will also be available worldwide with additional language support in English and Simplified Chinese. For the record, LoveR originally appeared for PlayStation 4 in Japan in March 2019. It is the latest iteration of a long-running dating sim game series that launched with the 1996 PS1 entry True Love Story and also comprises KimiKiss , Amagami , PhotoKano , and RecoLove . LoveR Kiss , an upgrade to the original LoveR , appeared on the PS4 and Switch in February 2020. Endless Memories will bring even more updates to LoveR . There will be a new Pro Photo Session mode, where the player can immediately access additional photography and decoration features like frames and stamps. In addition, the English localization for Endless Memories will be human-translated. Frontline Gaming Japan's Johann C.K. revealed that he had provided translations of the game's scripts that contain around 750,000 Japanese letters. Dragami Games has also uploaded an announcement trailer for LoveR Kiss Endless Memories in Japanese on its YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtOuV2zDFUk LoveR Kiss Endless Memories will be available worldwide for Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam on November 27, 2025. The post LoveR Kiss Endless Memories Will Include English Localization appeared first on Siliconera .
SiliconeraJul 9
Call Of Duty: WW2 Pulled From Microsoft Store Just Days After Joining Game Pass Because Of Players Getting Hacked
Call Of Duty: WW2 Pulled From Microsoft Store Just Days After Joining Game Pass Because Of Players Getting Hacked Call Of Duty: WW2 joined Game Pass on June 30, including for PC subscribers who could now access the game through the Microsoft Store. Days later, that version of the game had to be taken offline amid reports of players getting hacked and trolled with pop up messages on their PC, which seems very, very bad. Players… Read more...
KotakuJul 9
'Stop Killing Games' Comes Roaring Back After YouTube Drama And Now Industry Lobbying Groups Are Pushing Back
'Stop Killing Games' Comes Roaring Back After YouTube Drama And Now Industry Lobbying Groups Are Pushing BackLast year, Ross Scott who runs the Accursed Farms YouTube channel posted a video about Ubisoft taking The Crew offline and not only making it unplayable for everyone who purchased it, but also revoking people’s digital copies. He used it to launch the “Stop Killing Games” initiative which calls on companies to invest… Read more...
KotakuJul 7