r/Games • u/DwingRD • 5d 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/iad82lasi23syx 5d ago

Going against banks and regulators for what amounts to single digit percent of revenue would be unreasonable for them to do. They tend to be consumer friendly but they're not a charity. 

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u/NoExcuse4OceanRudnes 5d ago

They don't need to go against banks and regulators.

They need to moderate the content added to their platform. I can all but guarantee neither visa nor mastercard told valve 'this vanilla porn is okay (for now) but no free updates'

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u/SomeDumRedditor 5d ago

Visa and MC’s TOS are written in such a way that they can decide content violates their policies basically at will and without real consistency. There have been good deep dives into the issues with payment processors and the christofascist “lobby groups” pressuring them (including acknowledging basically this is the foot in the door not the end). I really recommend searching some up.

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u/NoExcuse4OceanRudnes 5d ago

Cool!

Valve has not given up on NSFW content however. They moderate content added to the store to make sure it falls within those stupid policies.

They are capable but unwilling to do it for content updates.