Itch.io has taken a blunt step against the growing tide of AI-made games, deleting what was described as “a couple terabytes of ai slop.”¹ The indie hosting platform did not specify which titles or files were removed, but it has established creator rules governing acceptable AI use.¹

The purge lands after a striking shift in the platform’s publishing pace: daily game submissions doubled over two months.¹ That jump does not, on its own, prove every new project relied on generative tools. But it has become difficult to separate the rise in output from the wider arrival of AI-assisted production, particularly for small teams and solo creators.

One account of Itch.io’s submission data stresses that the graph does not identify games made with AI specifically.² Still, it argues that, while many studios are struggling, there are few obvious explanations for such a sudden doubling of daily uploads beyond AI being used to churn out a large number of indie games.²

The concern is not confined to Itch.io. Nearly half of games released on Steam in October disclosed AI-generated content, according to the report on the cleanup.¹ That figure puts the platform’s action in a broader industry context: AI is no longer a fringe production tool, but a force testing storefront moderation, disclosure rules and the ability of players to find work made with care amid an expanding flood of releases.