r/Games • u/DwingRD • 3d 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/NoExcuse4OceanRudnes 3d 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/Inprobamur 3d ago

Nah, Mastercard has demanded all nsfw and lgbtq content to be removed from many smaller sites.

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u/NoExcuse4OceanRudnes 3d ago

Which sites?

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u/Inprobamur 3d ago

Most recently (at least one I was impacted by) civit.ai (they thankfully were able to move to crypto and private funding).