1694 games in the Steam Next Fest feature a generative AI disclosure, as controversy around the tech rages on
SteamDB offers insight into the true scope of AI's use in the latest PC store promotion.
SteamDB offers insight into the true scope of AI's use in the latest PC store promotion. Steam Next Fest is back on the PC's largest gaming store, offering a vast selection of demos for upcoming games.
The short version
- And many of these, it turns out, have generative AI disclosures present.
- SteamDB, a stat-tracking database, allows you to filter the full list of Steam Next Fest games using various tags.
- With this, we can see there are 8700 games participating in the Steam Next Fest event , and 1704 of those have the generative AI tag attached, as of the time of writing .
- That's roughly 20 percent of the games taking part.
What the source reports
Steam Next Fest - June 2026 Edition: Official Trailer You can watch a trailer for the Steam Next Fest here. Watch on YouTube Steam as a storefront has been steadfast in requiring games to declare their use of generative AI during development, only altering it slightly to allow for AI-enabled "efficiency gains" to go undeclared . Even then, it stressed that the technology's use must be declared to players.
Why it matters
This mandatory declaration for AI has forced some developers into hot water.
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