Steam Users Beg for "No AI" Filter as Vibecoders Flood Next Fest

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Updated: Oct 19, 2026 9:38pm UTCSteam Next Fest, Valve's festival for indie games and demos, started earlier today, and while there are usually a ton of low-effort games included, there seems to be more than usual this time around. Browsing through the Next Fest, it's easy to spot plenty of games with art that looks like it was generated with a quick ChatGPT prompt. Unsurprisingly, there are a lot of Steam fans who aren't exactly excited about having to dig through these AI games to find human-made material, with one user straight up begging Steam to filter out the slop.

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