Indie developer Rakuel has officially removed his game Hardest from Steam after publicly denouncing the project as “a disgrace to game makers.”

Respect the honesty, or too little too late?

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Indie Dev Says His GF Made Him Realize “AI Is Bad,” Shuts Down Game Made With GenAI Hardest is a free rock-paper-scissors game on Steam that was released in 2025 and made by indie developer Eero Laine under the studio name Rakuel. It's one of many games on Steam that includes a disclaimer towards the bottom of its page indicating it was made with generative AI tools, and on January 30, 2026, Laine plans to delete the game from Steam because his girlfriend of one month made him realize that "AI is bad," and now wants nothing to do with the game he made using GenAI. Laine explains how he made the game through GenAI tools he […]