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Indie games are missing launch dates because Steam is backed up

Indie games are missing launch dates because Steam is backed up
The Verge Tuesday 03 November 2026, 18:14 UTC By Jay Peters 1 min read
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A screenshot from Food Devils, which is missing its planned launch today. Many indie game developers have recently posted on social media about unexpectedly long approval wait times for their game submissions on Steam, with some of the approvals causing developers to miss their planned launch dates. For example, Studio Daimon, the team behind an upcoming title called Food Devils, had planned to launch the game in early access today after submitting its build on October 12th.

A screenshot from Food Devils, which is missing its planned launch today.

Many indie game developers have recently posted on social media about unexpectedly long approval wait times for their game submissions on Steam, with some of the approvals causing developers to miss their planned launch dates.

For example, Studio Daimon, the team behind an upcoming title called Food Devils, had planned to launch the game in early access today after submitting its build on October 12th. But the game is "still awaiting approval," according to a post from game director Alfred Kamon. "Even now, we don't know when Steam will give us the final OK to finally release our game. We sent another ticket last week saying that the situat …

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