A developer published his own game on Steam just a few months ago. Now he has decided to remove the title from the platform. His girlfriend made him realize how bad it actually is.
What kind of game is it? Since July 1, 2025, there is the “Rock-Paper-Scissors-Card-Game-Roguelike” Hardest on Steam. Here, players must duel with cards and decide the duel in a rock-paper-scissors principle.
The title currently has a positive rating of 54% and is thus merely balanced (as of January 13, 2026). According to users, the only positive aspect of the game is that it is free. Everything else seems underdeveloped and the use of AI is received negatively.
But the rating is currently irrelevant anyway. Because the developer reveals that he will remove the title from Steam starting January 30.
Developer realizes how evil AI is
What is the problem? The developer admits in a recent message that he used AI to develop the game. He only took a few months in the summer of 2025 to do so.
Only a girlfriend, whom he has been dating for a month, made him understand how bad it actually is. The university had brainwashed him and touted that such AI tools could be free and create endless images.
The developer has only now realized that they are not as free as they seem. He writes this in a message on Steam:
I have realized that AI is not really free and has significant impacts on the economy and environment. Some AI companies can use this game as a pretext to receive more investments for their AI companies, which benefit no one, but rather drain resources from the economy and hardworking people.
Therefore, it is the only logical consequence for him to remove the game from Steam. The developer reveals, however, that he created everything related to the code himself. Therefore, he can develop a new game with real assets in the future. But the game Hardest in its current form is a disgrace to all gamers and developers.
It happens from time to time that games disappear from the store. Valve itself removed nearly 250 games from a single developer two years ago. You can read the reason for that here: Valve deletes 248 games from a single studio from Steam, and there is a good reason for it
