itch.io has cleaned house. The indie game store deleted what it described in a Bluesky post as “a couple terabytes of AI slop” and added new filters so players can hide games made with generative AI, Video Games Chronicle reported on November 3, 2026.
What was removed
The cleanup was aimed at bulk AI spam, such as large volumes of poorly optimised AI-generated models, rather than at AI use in games in general. itch.io argued that being able to upload huge amounts of content does not mean people should. It has not said how many pages were removed.
The new filter
- A “no AI” filter in search results
- Generative AI disclosure filtering in other parts of the site where it was missing
- It applies to any game with a generative AI disclosure, which itch.io already required from creators, explaining how AI was used in development
How other stores compare
The filter has been mostly well received, although some users want itch.io to ban generative AI assets outright. Steam has a similar disclosure requirement but does not let players filter those games out, and during Steam Next Fest some developers complained that their games were buried under AI-made titles. VGC also points out that drawing the line is hard: an “AI game” can be anything from one coded entirely with AI to one that used it at a single stage of development.
This article was written with AI assistance from the sources linked above.
