Valve says a significant team is working on Steam's flood of low-quality AI games

Valve has not yet said what changes it will make, and it places extortion cases outside its role as a store.

Valve representatives spoke at Steam Indie Connect in Korea on October 27 about the flood of AI-generated low-quality games on Steam and a wave of extortion messages to indie developers demanding payment to stop AI clones of their games. Valve's Tom Giardino said he had not heard of the extortion cases, called them a matter for law enforcement, and argued AI is not the core problem. His advice to developers was to build community and keep improving their games, though critics note that such advice presumes resources many indies lack. Marc Wilkinson defended Next Fest's format, noting that random demo showings during the first two days were the basis for press complaints about AI garbage, and said Valve is aware and working on the problem.