GameDoes Thorny Times use AI?
Characters, environments, objects, and backgrounds were made with generative AI tools, then edited and integrated under human art direction.
Our AI review, medium confidence. Not a verdict; the evidence is below.
Checked against Steam on Oct 28, 2026.
Before you buy: anti-cheat, accounts, DRM
No anti-cheat, third-party account or DRM is declared on Thorny Times's Steam page.
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Production signals
Facts about who made the game and how players received it. They don't depend on AI, and they help tell a carefully made game that used some AI apart from mass-produced ones.
- Aterdux Entertainment™ released 0 games on Steam in the last 12 months. 1 of their 1 game disclose AI.
- This is the developer's first game on Steam.
- Not released yet.
- Our AI review of these signals: solid production.
What the developer says
Some visual assets, including characters, environments, objects, and backgrounds, were produced with the help of generative AI tools during development, then curated, edited, cleaned up, and integrated manually under human art direction to achieve a consistent visual style.
From the “AI Generated Content Disclosure” on the Steam store page, quoted as written. First seen by us on Oct 28, 2026.
What other sources say
| Source | Their take |
|---|---|
| Steam disclosure | AI content disclosed |
| AI judgment deepseek-flash | Partial AI · solid production, medium confidenceReasoningThe disclosure states AI helped produce several visual asset types, so AI content ships to players. It also describes curation, editing, and manual integration under human direction, indicating real development effort. The developer has no recent release cadence suggesting volume production. Against: The game is unreleased with no reviews, and the disclosure frames AI as a tool within a human-directed pipeline rather than wholesale generation. |
| Remove AI Slop open-source extension | Some AI (art) |
FAQ
Does Thorny Times use AI?
Yes. Thorny Times's developer discloses AI-generated content on its Steam page. Characters, environments, objects, and backgrounds were made with generative AI tools, then edited and integrated under human art direction.
Is Thorny Times AI-generated?
Only partly. AI is used for parts of the game; most of it is made by the developers.
How does GameAICheck know?
We read the AI Generated Content Disclosure from the game's public Steam store page, check it daily, and show what independent curators and open-source tools say about it. Disclosures are self-reported by developers.
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