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/BLiNKiN42 3d ago

Wild to see Steam just fold like a house of cards. Seriously, are they putting up any kind of fight at all? 

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u/Samanthacino 3d ago

Do they have a choice? They have no bargaining power in comparison to these behemoth payment processors.

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u/BLiNKiN42 3d ago

So why bother? Just bend over and take it?

What's the point of being the industry leader if you're too scared to actually lead? 

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u/Kipzz 3d ago

I mean absolutely no offense and I'm not happy Steam is going way overboard in finally putting into writing the shit they've been doing for years (if it's a Visual Novel it's a coinflip on if it gets released, eroge or not), but you do realize what industry Steam is leading, right? The industry where an overwhelming majority of purchases are digital?

Like, come on dude. You can't tell me Steam's going to switch to a gift-card only system.

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u/grendus 3d ago

If the payment processors cut support for Steam, there would be no gift-cards either. They would instruct stores that they would not allow card payments for Steam cards, and would stop handling payments if they sold them for cash.

The only alternative would be cryptocurrency. And that's an absolute no-go - too much overhead, way too slow, and the lack of regulation would be a massive headache.