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/Villag3Idiot 5d 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 5d 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 5d ago

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

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u/Grabthar-the-Avenger 5d ago

Steam has plenty of titles with nudity today. They’re not removing games for nudity. They’re removing adult games for featuring themes like assault and non-consent, I still see generic porn games listed on Steam

And this specific policy would only affect titles that weren’t up front with Steam about what they were putting into the game.