Drunken Goddess Reflux Devs Cancel Steam Next Fest Demo Over AI Clone Concerns
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β’Sun, 18 Oct 2026 16:48:39 GMT
π° What Happened
The makers of Drunken Goddess Reflux have cancelled their Steam Next Fest demo just days before the event. Steam Next Fest runs from 19 to 26 October.
The game is an indie title where players survive a night of drinking with an anime demon. It already has more than 25,000 wishlists on Steam.
The studios, Alliance Arts and Who You, apologised to fans on X. Instead of a public demo, they held a closed one for selected players.
π The Backstory
Steam Next Fest is a week when developers share free demos. It helps small teams find players and build wishlists before launch.
Alliance Arts gave two reasons for pulling out. First, it could not check whether streams of the demo would follow its publishing rules. Second, it feared the demo would let others make quick clones using AI tools.
AI-generated games have become a growing worry. Cheap tools can copy a popular idea in days, and small teams have little power to stop it.
π― Why It Matters
Small studios depend on events like this to reach players. If AI clones can copy a demo overnight, original games get harder to fund.
The makers of Drunken Goddess Reflux have cancelled their Steam Next Fest demo just days before the event. Steam Next Fest runs from 19 to 26 October.
The game is an indie title where players survive a night of drinking with an anime demon. It already has more than 25,000 wishlists on Steam.
The studios, Alliance Arts and Who You, apologised to fans on X. Instead of a public demo, they held a closed one for selected players.
Steam Next Fest is a week when developers share free demos. It helps small teams find players and build wishlists before launch.
Alliance Arts gave two reasons for pulling out. First, it could not check whether streams of the demo would follow its publishing rules. Second, it feared the demo would let others make quick clones using AI tools.
AI-generated games have become a growing worry. Cheap tools can copy a popular idea in days, and small teams have little power to stop it.
Small studios depend on events like this to reach players. If AI clones can copy a demo overnight, original games get harder to fund.