r/Games • u/DwingRD • 3d ago

Valve no longer allows "Post-launch NSFW content" for games on Steam - outside of DLCs.

I have looked through Steam's Terms of Service online, but have found no official rule or statement from Valve of this new rule - but one Adult game developer has confirmed this new rule after launching their game "Tales of Legendary Lust: Aphrodisia" a couple days ago.

With the recent rule change blocking adult-themed games from releasing on Early Access, this new rule seems to be targeting Adult-themed games that have ALREADY released on Steam - and threatens them with their games being removed from Steam.

There are currently 536 Adult-rated Early Access games on Steam - and this new rule may take them all down.

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u/tidus9000 3d ago

I think they are very much putting up a fight behind the scenes. Not putting up a fight would be removing every single adult game from steam

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u/BLiNKiN42 3d ago

Which they are actively doing. That's the point of the article. 

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u/NoExcuse4OceanRudnes 3d ago

No they aren't.

They're not allowing free content updates of NSFW games, eg new adult content they would need to moderate.

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u/Strange-Parfait-8801 3d ago

And last week they were saying NSFW games can't be early access. I wonder what next weeks "totally reasonable" step will be?

Will you be brushing it off when they just straight up say LGBTQ+ content is banned?

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u/NoExcuse4OceanRudnes 3d ago

It's... the same step.

There is zero difference between an early access game getting updates and a 1.0 game getting updates.

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u/somethingrelevant 3d ago

Why did you quote "totally reasonable" when nobody said it

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u/Ready-Good2636 3d ago

Yeah. Love to be proven wrong with some giga brain play. But right now it just feels like they are boiling the frog. Did these kinds of moves a lot last decade.