Textures, sprites, and 2D art Retro Diffusion

Can I use Retro Diffusion commercially in a game?

Can you ship a game made with Retro Diffusion? A pricing page names a commercial license. The terms quoted beside it may narrow that. The site FAQ says everything you generate is yours, for personal and commercial projects alike. The formal Terms page was not read (it does not load without JavaScript).

The commercial-use, ownership, license caveat, and Steam disclosure rows for Retro Diffusion. The summary below is generated from verified rows only. It is not legal advice.

Can I ship it?

Summary, not a quote

A pricing page names a commercial license. The terms quoted beside it may narrow that.

The website FAQ says everything you generate is yours. This is FAQ wording, not the Terms text.
The vendor warns that the Aseprite extension and the website use different models, so the one-time extension will not reproduce website results.
The itch.io listing says the extension's pixel art model was trained on licensed assets from Astropulse and other pixel artists with their consent.
Player-facing art, sound, narrative, or localization made with this tool is the kind of shipped content Steam's Content Survey asks about (Pre-Generated). This is Valve's rule, not a statement from the vendor.

Sourced rows

Commercial use allowed

Commercial useVerified

The site FAQ says everything you generate is yours, for personal and commercial projects alike. The formal Terms page was not read (it does not load without JavaScript).

Can I use the art commercially? Yes. Everything you generate is yours, for personal and commercial projects alike.

Fetched 2026-10-25 · last check 2026-10-25 · Source

Outputs are yours (FAQ)

Ownership of outputsVerified

The website FAQ says everything you generate is yours. This is FAQ wording, not the Terms text.

Everything you generate is yours, for personal and commercial projects alike.

Fetched 2026-10-25 · last check 2026-10-25 · Source

Extension and website are different models

License caveatVerified

The vendor warns that the Aseprite extension and the website use different models, so the one-time extension will not reproduce website results.

The website ( retrodiffusion.ai ) and extension are different tools, and use different models! DO NOT buy the extension if you are trying to get the same results as the website, it is not possible!

Fetched 2026-10-25 · last check 2026-10-25 · Source

Extension model trained with artist consent

License caveatVerified

The itch.io listing says the extension's pixel art model was trained on licensed assets from Astropulse and other pixel artists with their consent.

this model has been trained on licensed assets from Astropulse and other pixel artists with their consent

Fetched 2026-10-25 · last check 2026-10-25 · Source

Steam AI disclosure

Steam disclosureVerified

Player-facing art, sound, narrative, or localization made with this tool is the kind of shipped content Steam's Content Survey asks about (Pre-Generated). This is Valve's rule, not a statement from the vendor.

Pre-Generated: Any kind of content that ships with your game and is consumed by players that is created with the help of AI tools during development.

Fetched 2026-10-25 · last check 2026-10-25 · Source

Commercial use of alternatives

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Can I use God Mode AI commercially? — Paid-plan commercial use is on the record. Read the caveats before you ship.
Can I use Krea commercially? — Paid-plan commercial use is on the record. Read the caveats before you ship.
Can I use Layer commercially? — Paid-plan commercial use is on the record. Read the caveats before you ship.
Can I use Leonardo.Ai commercially? — Paid-plan commercial use is on the record. Read the caveats before you ship.
Can I use Ludo.ai commercially? — Commercial use is unverified. Do not treat this tool as cleared to ship.
Can I use Midjourney commercially? — Paid-plan commercial use is on the record. Read the caveats before you ship.
Can I use PixelLab commercially? — A pricing page names a commercial license. The terms quoted beside it may narrow that.
Can I use Recraft commercially? — The verified text restricts commercial use. Do not ship on the plan that restriction covers.
Can I use Skybox AI commercially? — Paid-plan commercial use is on the record. Read the caveats before you ship.
Can I use Stability AI commercially? — Paid-plan commercial use is on the record. Read the caveats before you ship.

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Can I use Retro Diffusion commercially in a game?

The commercial-use, ownership, license caveat, and Steam disclosure rows for Retro Diffusion. The summary below is generated from verified rows only. It is not legal advice.

Can I ship it?

Summary, not a quote

A pricing page names a commercial license. The terms quoted beside it may narrow that.

The website FAQ says everything you generate is yours. This is FAQ wording, not the Terms text.
The vendor warns that the Aseprite extension and the website use different models, so the one-time extension will not reproduce website results.
The itch.io listing says the extension's pixel art model was trained on licensed assets from Astropulse and other pixel artists with their consent.
Player-facing art, sound, narrative, or localization made with this tool is the kind of shipped content Steam's Content Survey asks about (Pre-Generated). This is Valve's rule, not a statement from the vendor.

Sourced rows

Commercial use allowed

Commercial useVerified

The site FAQ says everything you generate is yours, for personal and commercial projects alike. The formal Terms page was not read (it does not load without JavaScript).

Can I use the art commercially? Yes. Everything you generate is yours, for personal and commercial projects alike.

Fetched 2026-10-25 · last check 2026-10-25 · Source

Outputs are yours (FAQ)

Ownership of outputsVerified

The website FAQ says everything you generate is yours. This is FAQ wording, not the Terms text.

Everything you generate is yours, for personal and commercial projects alike.

Fetched 2026-10-25 · last check 2026-10-25 · Source

Extension and website are different models

License caveatVerified

The vendor warns that the Aseprite extension and the website use different models, so the one-time extension will not reproduce website results.

The website ( retrodiffusion.ai ) and extension are different tools, and use different models! DO NOT buy the extension if you are trying to get the same results as the website, it is not possible!

Fetched 2026-10-25 · last check 2026-10-25 · Source

Extension model trained with artist consent

License caveatVerified

The itch.io listing says the extension's pixel art model was trained on licensed assets from Astropulse and other pixel artists with their consent.

this model has been trained on licensed assets from Astropulse and other pixel artists with their consent

Fetched 2026-10-25 · last check 2026-10-25 · Source

Steam AI disclosure

Steam disclosureVerified

Pre-Generated: Any kind of content that ships with your game and is consumed by players that is created with the help of AI tools during development.

Fetched 2026-10-25 · last check 2026-10-25 · Source

Commercial use of alternatives

Can I use Adobe Firefly commercially? — Commercial use is unverified. Do not treat this tool as cleared to ship.

Can I use God Mode AI commercially? — Paid-plan commercial use is on the record. Read the caveats before you ship.

Can I use Krea commercially? — Paid-plan commercial use is on the record. Read the caveats before you ship.

Can I use Layer commercially? — Paid-plan commercial use is on the record. Read the caveats before you ship.

Can I use Leonardo.Ai commercially? — Paid-plan commercial use is on the record. Read the caveats before you ship.

Can I use Ludo.ai commercially? — Commercial use is unverified. Do not treat this tool as cleared to ship.

Can I use Midjourney commercially? — Paid-plan commercial use is on the record. Read the caveats before you ship.

Can I use PixelLab commercially? — A pricing page names a commercial license. The terms quoted beside it may narrow that.

Can I use Recraft commercially? — The verified text restricts commercial use. Do not ship on the plan that restriction covers.

Can I use Skybox AI commercially? — Paid-plan commercial use is on the record. Read the caveats before you ship.

Can I use Stability AI commercially? — Paid-plan commercial use is on the record. Read the caveats before you ship.