Feed the AI. Collect data. Unlock upgrades.
Watch the algorithm grow beyond your control.
A short incremental game where you feed an artificial intelligence with data, unlock upgrades, and shape its path.
Will it save the world… or take it over?
Expect dark humor, sarcastic commentary, and a visually satisfying experience full of particles and effects.
How to play:
- Using the Finder (white orb), find and destroy Data (blue squares) to feed the AI
- Get cash from the Data
- Buy upgrades in the skill tree
- Repeat!
Why you’ll love it:
- Active incremental gameplay – this is a hands-on, engaging experience
- Storyline – a dark, sarcastic narrative
- Skill tree upgrades & perks – buy upgrades and pick AI perks to shape your AI as Protector, Rational or Tyrant
- Multiple playstyles and endings – the AI you create changes how the gameplay and story unfolds
- Beautiful visuals – particles, effects, and polish make every action feel satisfying
Planned Features:
- More types of data to collect and process
- Additional perks and skill tree options to experiment with
- Deeper AI progression with higher levels of strength and capabilities
- Ongoing visual improvements, new effects, and polish for a satisfying experience
Wishlist on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4486870/FEED_THE_AI/
Join my discord to follow development or share feedback: https://discord.gg/H7vdK5wxmm
Any feedback would be appreciated!
| Updated | 1 minute ago |
| Status | In development |
| Platforms | HTML5, Windows, Linux |
| Rating | Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars (37 total ratings) |
| Author | WeirdKidGames |
| Genre | Simulation |
| Made with | Unity |
| Tags | 2D, Casual, Clicker, Idle, Incremental, Indie, Minimalist, Relaxing, Short, Unity |
| Average session | A few seconds |
| Inputs | Mouse |
| Links | Steam, Discord, Steam |
| Content | No generative AI was used |
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FEED THE AI LINUX 0.14.zip 46 MB
FEED THE AI DEMO 0.17 WINDOWS.zip 74 MB
Development log
- Demo 0.14 – More AI Dialogs, Balance, Animations, and Localization20 days ago
- Update – Karma System and AI Dialogs24 days ago
- Update 0.12v – AI Perks and Karma System26 days ago
- Solid Demo 0.1v29 days ago
- 24.02.2026 Update!37 days ago
Comments
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A little gameplay, a little critique ;)
Sooo cool! Thanks!
level up is stuck, keeps looping back to 1/10 Chatbot that gives random answers
It reset every round, so you always start from the lvl 0. If you keep playing, you will reach the next ones.
Very fun and interesting. love the upgrade tree. game feels nice and clean. Great job!
Thanks!
I'm currently trying the steam demo, and the linux version appears to be borked, at least on arch linux. I'm not getting anything useful in the terminal, apart from a warning about a potential fork without exec, is there any way I could get some more detailed logs to help you out potentially?
Edit: I can confirm that the linux version above works fine, just the steam demo is borked. Windows/Proton works fine as well, just linux native through steam.
Thanks for the heads up!
I thought that if it works on the steam deck, it would be fine on linux too.
I'm currently working on a new demo update that should be ready in a few days, so I'll upload a separate linux version on steam.
I'll let you know when it's ready.
Thanks for buying the game! I really appreciate it!
I was trying to fix that, but I stopped working on the SteamDeck when I set separate build for the Linux. I'm not sure how to fix that for now.
I've decided to set the supported platforms only to Windows for now and maybe I'll figure out how to fix that later. From what I understood, for now you can launch the game with Proton, right?
it glitched to a white screed and reset. good game though
Oh. Can you describe how it happened?
I was just in the middle of collecting data and the screen turned white. it was most likely my Mac/wifi being dumb again though.
You got Discord link connected to Steam link
Fixed it.
Thanks so much!
An upgrade for virus orbs to find and target virus data would be good for idling late game.
Good idea, thanks! :D
literally just crashed in web and now it's telling me my browser does not support webgl
Can you explain how this happened?
probably a problem on my end cause all other browser itch games gave the same message and after i restarted my computer it worked fine again
I cant find data anywhere ive gone thru like 10 times and cant even start
its just a black screen the whole time
im on web browser but its litterally unplayable r
I couldn't find a way to move on mobile but on computer you move your mouse around to make it move. If It still isn't moving I got no idea since I also played on browser.
My friend playing on Mac got this problem too. Are you on Mac?
Maybe downloading the game could help?
Was really fun till i got too many upgrades and crashed lol
Fixed it already, I'll push the update in a couple of hours.
Thanks!
Minor feedback: The upgrades starting at 0.1% chance makes them feel useless since it's unlikely they'll trigger even once. It looks like they have a lot of scaling on later ones but that isn't clear initially. I'd suggest starting at a higher value and changing the scaling.
Also the light orb buff upgrade always seems to be active.
You are right, it should start on a bigger value. I think in the future I'll make some different trigger than chance on every minion kill, as right now it's too random.
Fixing the light orb buff now, thanks for the heads up! :D
fun! i really enjoyed it!
Thanks!
need instructions, i cant collect any ai points, how to play?
Just updated the description, here's how you play the game:
Game is finished without even needed to play a run
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I'm trying to fix save system in a hurry and I accidently pushed the version with debug cash value. Oops...
You can refresh the page and you will start from the beginning.
Although I haven't fixed the save system yet.
Save system is fixed now, if you are still willing to play. Thanks for the heads up!
I think I overlapped way too many light orb buffs and my game instantly froze and crashed lol, too bad the game doesn't save, not going to do it all again... maybe add a limit to how many you can have active at once? Or add diminishing returns
Thanks for the comment!
I actually working on the fix for saves right now. Didn't realize it isn't working on the web build. Hope to get it fixed in a few minutes, but I totally understand you don't want to play it again.
I'll take a look at the overlapping light orbs. Maybe I increased the buffs too much and it goes over the limit.
How did you like the game in general?
I'm having the same issue with overlapping light buffs, and I was wondering if what was happening is time between attacks was going negative?
If so then some logic to add a reasonable lower cap might be all you need.
Yes, that's what I'm thinking too. I need to change the value from attack time to hits/sec so it can grow infinitely.
Thanks! :D
Save system is working now. Again, thanks for the heads up!