GameDoes The Crooked Ascent use AI?
Some art (illustrations, backgrounds, visual effects) and some music were made with AI tools, per the developer's disclosure.
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 The Crooked Ascent'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.
- Doze Dao Studio 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
This game is made by one person. To make a game of this scope possible for a solo developer, AI tools were used during development: some of the art (e.g. illustrations, backgrounds and visual-effect elements) and some of the music were created with their help. Every piece was reviewed and hand-picked by the developer: most went through several revisions, some through a dozen or more, and anything that fell short was redone from scratch. The game does not generate any content with AI while it is running.
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 create some art and music, so AI-generated assets ship to players, but most of the game is human-made. The developer describes review and repeated revision of each piece, and no live AI generation. Only one game, unreleased, so no volume-release pattern. Against: The developer claims heavy hand-revision and redoing of weak assets, which points to real effort rather than mass production. |
| Remove AI Slop open-source extension | Some AI (art, music/sound) |
FAQ
Does The Crooked Ascent use AI?
Yes. The Crooked Ascent's developer discloses AI-generated content on its Steam page. Some art (illustrations, backgrounds, visual effects) and some music were made with AI tools, per the developer's disclosure.
Is The Crooked Ascent AI-generated?
Only partly. AI is used for parts of the game; most of it is made by the developers.
How does GameAICheck know?
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