Valve Responds to Developers Fearing AI Slop and Clones

At the 'Steam Indie Connect' event on October 27, Valve's Tom Giardino and Marc Wilkinson told Korean developers that community building and continuous updates are the strongest defenses against AI clone games, and that Steam does not want to act as a gatekeeper on AI tools. They also explained that Next Fest shows games on a near-random basis for its first two days before personalized recommendations begin, and that wishlists do not affect Steam visibility.