Tim Sweeney says an AI tag makes no sense for game stores
Tim SweeneyFounder and chief executive of Epic Games, replying on X
Agreeing with Workman's call to drop AI labels, Sweeney wrote that an AI tag is relevant to art exhibits and content licensing marketplaces but makes no sense for game stores, where he said AI will be involved in nearly all future production.
“Agreed. The AI tag is relevant to art exhibits for authorship disclosure, and to digital content licensing marketplaces where buyers need to understand the rights situation. It makes no sense for game stores, where AI will be involved in nearly all future production.”
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Tim Sweeney criticizes Steam's AI disclosure labels for games
Valve requires developers who sell games on Steam to disclose AI-generated content, and Steam shows much of each disclosure on the game's store page so players can see how it uses AI. Epic Games chief executive Tim Sweeney says such labels make no sense for game stores and hurt developers' chances of success. Developers and artists who support the labels say players have a right to know.
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Reply by Tim Sweeney on November 26, 2025 to Matt Workman's post calling for Steam and other marketplaces to drop AI labels.
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PC Gamer report with commentary by Andy Chalk on Sweeney's November 26, 2025 post. It describes the AI generated content disclosure on Steam store pages and notes that the Epic Games Store shows no comparable disclosure.
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Sweeney was replying to Matt Workman's post that Steam and all digital marketplaces need to drop the Made with AI label.
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The Epic Games Store, which Sweeney's company runs, showed no comparable AI disclosure, PC Gamer reported the same day.
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The reference point is Valve's requirement that developers disclose AI-generated content in games sold on Steam, with much of each disclosure shown to players on the store page. Sweeney says the tag "makes no sense for game stores", a rejection of the requirement for games, so we labeled it Condemned. The closest competing label is Mixed or conditional, because he says the tag is relevant in other settings; it loses because his position on game stores, the subject of this case, is unqualified.
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