Posts tagged "indie-games".
Disclose generative AI on Steam and expect 53% fewer first-month reviews. But the study behind that number found the penalty runs 40–60% for established studios and near zero for unknown developers. The AI label isn't a tax on using AI — it's a tax on having a reputation.
Marumittu Games' puzzle adventure casts you as the Facilitator — the human upkeep layer in an AI-run society — and splits the world into a polished public face and a glitching Block Side underneath. The idea is sharper than the puzzles built on it.
We picked four indies to watch in June. The one that actually mattered wasn't on the list: MECCHA CHAMELEON, a $5 hide-and-seek game from two developers, sold 15 million copies in under a month with zero advertising and hit the 44th highest concurrent player count in Steam's history.