Itch.io Reveals Just How Much AI Slop Is Flooding Gaming Storefronts
“The number of downloads and purchases has not doubled”
What happened
Itch.io, a site where independent developers post their games, said new game pages went from about 3,000 a day in August to more than 6,000 by Oct. 30. Polygon reports that the site's replies indicate most of the new pages are AI projects, and the site confirmed that downloads and purchases have not doubled.