Steam review backlog delays indie games
What happened
In early November 2026, multiple indie developers reported unusually long waits for Steam game reviews, with some games missing their planned release dates as a result. According to The Verge, the Food Devils team submitted its build on 12 October and has still not been approved; publisher 2 Left Thumbs' Wheel Make It only went live after a build review delay of nearly two weeks. Valve says store page reviews normally take three to five working days, but developers suspect a flood of AI-generated content is clogging the review queue. Valve has not yet given further explanation for the backlog, and the games concerned are still awaiting review results.
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- The Verge · AIIndie games are missing launch dates because Steam is backed up
Many indie game developers have recently posted on social media about unexpectedly long approval wait times for their game submissions on Steam, with some of the approvals causing developers to miss their planned launch dates.
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