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Devs Are Blaming A Flood Of AI Slop On Steam For Delaying Their Games

'Oh no, we are not releasing on the same day as Zelda'

By Rebekah Valentine Published November 3, 2026

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Wardogs Studio Boss Tells Players To ‘F*ck Off’ During December

CEO Joe Brammer added, 'Go play GTA 6, we need to detox'

By John Walker Published November 3, 2026

Culture

Dead By Daylight Faces Backlash On All Sides After Apologizing For Gifting TheBurntPeanut All Content

The developers say a community manager acted without authorization

By Ethan Gach Published November 2, 2026

Tips & Guides

15 Excellent Horror Games You Can Get On Steam For Less Than $10 Each

Terrors of all genres await

By Ethan Gach Published October 31, 2026

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Phantom Blade Zero Just Rocketed Onto Steam With +700,000 Concurrent Players

The debut action-RPG from S-Game is living up to its pre-release hype

By Ethan Gach Published October 29, 2026

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Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 Developer Deletes Layoff Announcement, Then Reposts It Just Two Weeks After Scoring 96 Percent Positive Review Rating On Steam

Auroch Digital deleted its initial layoff announcement

By Ethan Gach Published October 28, 2026

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Valve Knows Steam Has An AI Slop Problem And Has A ‘Significant Number Of People’ Working On It

However, as usual, the company puts the onus to solve it on the developers who are getting screwed

By John Walker Published October 28, 2026

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Steam Client Stuck On ‘Loading User Data’? Yeah, That Happens Sometimes

There's a workaround, but as usual, waiting it out might be the best policy

By Rebekah Valentine Published October 26, 2026

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Steam Pricing Analyst Found Hollow Knight: Silksong’s $20 Price Annoying: ‘I Was A Bit Like, Oh God, Please Price It Higher’

Indie devs are facing tighter pricing pressures than ever

By Ethan Gach Published October 22, 2026

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Steam Next Fest Has Become A Massive Disaster And A Grim Look At The Future

The vibes are rotten this time around as Next Fest features thousands of AI slop demos

By Zack Zwiezen Published October 20, 2026

A Screenshot Of Noglyph's Needle In A Haystack On Steam

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Gaming’s Vibe-Coded Apocalypse Even Has Devs Who Rip Off Viral Steam Hits Complaining

The developers of the Needle In A Haystack Simulator clone accused another clone of being a 'byte-for-byte identical' rip-off of their work

By Lewis Parker Published October 18, 2026

Culture

Car Park Capital Is The World’s Most Evil Simulator (Complimentary)

Step into Robert Moses’ shoes as you dismantle civilization and ensure these little computer people never witness a 15-minute city in their lifetime

By Zack Kotzer Published October 17, 2026

Game Page Featured Samson A Tyndalston Story Inits

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Company Behind GTA-Like Samson Goes Bankrupt Six Months After Release

The Stockholm District Court issued the bankruptcy order against the studio on Monday, following reports that Liquid Swords' developers have gone unpaid for the past two months

By Lewis Parker Published October 17, 2026

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Anime Gambling Horror Game Ditches Free Steam Demo So It Doesn’t Get Ripped Off By AI

Drunken Goddess Reflux will have a closed beta instead

By Ethan Gach Published October 16, 2026

OpinionCommentary

2026 Has Already Seen More Games Added To Steam Than All Of 2025, And It’s About To Get So Much Worse

24,000 titles are expected by the end of the year, but this could be nothing compared to 2027

By John Walker Published October 16, 2026

OpinionCommentary

Epic Dunks On Steam With Vibe-Coded Storefront And Gets Roasted: ‘This Launcher Is So F*cking Vibeslopped Its Funny’

The Fortnite maker is promoting faster response times

By Ethan Gach Published October 14, 2026

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Garry’s Mod Creator Says He’s ‘Ashamed’ And ‘Embarrassed’ By The Response To His Latest Project: ‘I’ve Let Everybody Down’

s&box is in a bit of a pickle, but Newman has plans to turn the game around

By John Walker Published October 14, 2026

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Steam Smashes Its Player Records, With Over 43 Million Concurrent Users In October

It also broke the record for the number of players in-game by another half a million

By John Walker Published October 12, 2026

Culture

Developer Goes Into Debt Spending $1,000 A Day To Keep Steam Demo For AI-Fueled Driving Sim Going

Hoping to launch next year, Teach My Little Sister How To Drive is prematurely sending its creators into the red over exhaustive token use

By Zack Kotzer Published October 10, 2026

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Strip Mahjong Game Producer Talks About Being ‘Hopelessly Devoted To Those Girls’ And ‘Left Penniless’ As Teen After Sequel Tops Japanese Steam Charts

One producer shares how he sought to relive his childhood camaraderie and 'cross the line' with sexy mahjong

By Alicia Haddick Published October 6, 2026