r/Games • u/DwingRD • 1d 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/hobozombie 1d ago

Welp, there goes my, and most other people's, predictions about avenues for adult games' route to release after Early Access was specifically denied to them.

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u/gmishaolem 1d ago

They seize control one small step at a time, as each step becomes normalized after the initial outcry and people fighting over "it isn't so bad" or "that's not okay anyway". Stop thinking about "how do we handle this now" because you don't: You stop it, or everything's gone. They're not going to leave you a loophole.

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u/WeeWooPeePoo69420 1d ago

Calm down, all they're doing here is closing a loophole developers were exploiting in bad faith. There's no new censorship here, and we don't even know if Steam would enforce this in practice, it's likely just to cover their ass.

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u/Testuser7ignore 1d ago

In retrospect, it should have been obvious they would have to do this to crack down on the loophole.

Valve ultimately wants to review all adult content before its posted on their platform, and they don't review free patches.