Steam review backlog delays indie game launches
What happened
Several indie developers say Steam review waits after submission have grown unusually long, and some games have missed their planned release dates, according to a November 4 report. The Food Devils team submitted its build on October 12 and had still not been approved at the time of the report. Publisher 2 Left Thumbs' Wheel Make It went live nearly two weeks late because of a build review delay. Valve says store page reviews usually take 3 to 5 working days, but that limit covers store pages, not the build reviews that were delayed here. Developers suspect a flood of low-quality AI content is clogging the queue; the report does not confirm that cause.
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- The Verge · AIIndie games are missing launch dates because Steam is backed up
多名独立开发者反映 Steam 游戏提交审核等待时间异常漫长，部分游戏因此错过原定发售日。Food Devils 团队 10 月 12 日提交构建后至今仍在等待批准，发行商 2 Left Thumbs 的 Wheel Make It 则因构建审核延迟近两周才上线。Valve 官方称商店页面审核通常需 3-5 个工作日，但开发者怀疑 AI slop 堵塞了审核队列。
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