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I'm kinda fortunate that the vast majority of unsolicited games in my inbox aren't AI — a testament to how the adventure game sphere has (mostly) rejected the slop allure. But there is a CONCERNING amount of tools and ports for old Sierra games that are slopcoded.

GenAI has probably made it easier to compose the requests and mass-mail them, too. I've noticed an uptick in Steam key requests that are clearly AI-generated using information from the game's Steam store page.

So far I've only had one that came across like there might be some strange things going on with who was writing the messages; The rest feel like they've been done either by PR people or by the developers themselves. :B

Also, I should mention that I ONLY pay attention to unsolicited promotional eMails which get my name or business name correct. If either are missing I typically just ignore the eMail entirely and thus I'm not counting those. :P

Yeah, none of my games are paid games at the moment so I'm not getting those. :B Even though I review games on my YouTube channel I don't go seeking free Steam keys because if a game is something I want to play then I'll generally be willing to buy it. ;)