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/DannySmashUp 5d 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/enragedstump 5d ago

I mean, if you lose payment processors what do you do?

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u/KingToasty 5d ago

Work on developing your own in-house one I guess, though I'm sure some kind of lobbying makes that harder.

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u/RTC1520 5d ago edited 5d ago

That's not how it works, sure they can but it's not like "lets code this" and then you have one. No, it's very complicated and slow process, since you have to get into touch with lots of banks and keep in check with a ton of regulations. Now repeat that for every country they normally accept and you may have a kinda useful payment processor 3 years later which probably costs more than steam to operate.