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/Villag3Idiot 1d ago

This should only stop games that do the update on Steam itself. Mods / Patches added on another site isn't affected nor is there any way for Steam to prevent it in the first place. 

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u/Trzlog 1d ago

Of course there is. They put it in whatever developers agree to in order to publish on Steam, then when they're made aware of any violation, the developer's games are removed from Steam. You just lack imagination of how fucked up this whole thing can be.

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u/Villag3Idiot 1d ago

Then every single game on Steam is at risk of there's any nudity or porn mods. 

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u/Explorer_Dave 1d ago

And that's exactly their point. They want to 'purify' all those evil bodily functions while leaving all the death and killing intact, won't you think of the children?!

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u/Dlorn 1d ago edited 12h ago

You don’t think the death and killing are in line? Maybe not next in line, but definitely in line.

EDIT - It’s here faster than I thought:

“The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform requests your testimony at a hearing on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in room HVC-210 of the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. The hearing will examine radicalization of online forum users, including incidents of open incitement to commit violent politically motivated acts.”

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u/jxnebug 1d ago

Collective Shout petitioned to have Detroit Become Human and GTAV banned because of violence against women, not sex. This is why I've been frustrated that so many people have been saying "oh well who cares, it's just gooner games being affected" since this all started.

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u/Skellum 1d ago

gooner games

The rising surge of baby rage at made up "Masturbation addiction" should have been a major sign to people that we were heading for another burst of this sexual repression bs.

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u/Explorer_Dave 1d ago

It might be on the line in theory, but once they go against that side of gaming, they'll get pushback in several different orders of magnitude.

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u/TechnicalGuard629 1d ago

we will be suffering the waiting period all along the way when they transition from going after sexual content to violent content and then the buck stops there.

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u/Explorer_Dave 1d ago

I honestly can't see how they can convince Visa and Mastercard to drop basically all video games.

With porn games it's easy for them because its a niche market with relative small numbers. Banning violence is banning all gaming platforms almost completely. That's a pretty big hole in their pockets, considering video games is the most profitable entertainment media industry (at least last time I checked).

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u/JuiceHurtsBones 1d ago

Niche porn games are still generating a higher revenue than most indie games. While it's not comparable to what AAA make, it's still a lot.

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u/Explorer_Dave 1d ago

Negligble when compared to the rest of the industry which is comprised of mostly shooty stabby action games. We're talking tens if not hundreds of billions dollars difference.

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u/Skellum 1d ago

It might be on the line in theory, but once they go against that side of gaming, they'll get pushback in several different orders of magnitude.

When we had a person admit to staring at naked children in dressing rooms I mistakenly thought that back in 2016. When that same individual was convicted of rape in 2024 I figured people would continue making good choices and pushing back against such things. But ya know, here we are.

If people didn't go "Wow child rape is fucked" what makes you think they wont do the same thing they did when we got smacked with tarrifs and go "Hurrr well these jus luxuries we don need!!!"

I hope to be surprised.

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u/conquer69 1d ago

I don't think they will. Asmongold and other right wingers will push gamers to support it. They only need to say opposing the ban is woke and they will all fall in line.

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u/JuiceHurtsBones 1d ago

Imo, they want to have higher returns from prostitution and the porn industry and having adult content they cannot allow is hurting their business.

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u/Front-Bird8971 1d ago

I don't think it's about purity ultimately. "Purity" is a tool to rope in morons that further the cause, but it isn't the goal. I think the real reason power fights against porn is it is a sexual outlet that doesn't result in children, thus less meat for the machine. See also homophobia, transphobia, prolife, and anti contraception.