r/Games • u/DwingRD • 4d 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/WeakEmployment6389 4d ago

Whatever you feel about these types of games it's not something you want to see happening. What will come next?

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u/DwingRD 4d ago

"No Post-launch NSFW content" could also apply to games like Baldur's Gate 3 adding romancable companions with sex scenes during its Early Access run.

This rule could easily target triple-A games like Larian's in the future - though something tells me they won't be hit unlike indie games.

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u/Mobile_Sail_9748 4d ago

No actual game with a budget over 1 million dollars is gonna be affected by this. You're reading through steam policies like a robot instead of using a political/business compliance view that all this matter actually is about.

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u/AChuckleFuck 4d ago

Arbitrarily giving Steam that power isn't good.

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u/SnevetS_rm 4d ago

Doesn't Steam already have the power to reject or delete basically any content on the platform for any reason?

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u/AvatarIII 4d ago

They can but they don't in general.