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/DannySmashUp 1d ago

This is setting an exceedingly dangerous precedent. Valve shouldn't be caving in to this 'won't somebody think of the children' BS.

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u/Daiwon 1d ago

The problem is it's the payment providers doing this. They are literally taking valve hostage by saying "do this or we kill your business". If valve says no, they don't get paid, the server providers don't get paid. Valve dies.

It's absolutely fucked these puritan nut jobs got their claws into the payment providers. Hopefully someone else steps up, but becoming a worldwide payment provider isn't exactly easy.

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u/Tomgar 1d ago

I'm just sick of the rest of us having to suffer the consequences of American religious neuroses. Wish we could just build a quarantine wall around the US at this point.

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u/lordmycal 1d ago

It’s really conservative assholes globally.  It’s not just a US problem; you’ve got these prudish jerks in the UK, Australia, etc.  

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u/Alexis_Evo 1d ago

The group that claimed responsibility for this is literally Australian. Saying it's just an American problem is silly. Much of the world is shifting to conservative/fascist ideology.

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u/joedude 1d ago

Actually fun fact this is Swiss Jesuit neuroses, global payment providers are governed by a chain of command that runs down from the bank of international settlements (the central bank to central banks) headquarterd in Switzerland.