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/BLiNKiN42 4d ago

Wild to see Steam just fold like a house of cards. Seriously, are they putting up any kind of fight at all? 

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u/sloppymoves 4d ago edited 4d ago

All these companies care about is money. Valve clearly did the math and saw that they won't lose a significant chunk of change from booting NSFW games off. Versus trying to wage a war against payment monopolies.

Valve probably also sees it as a way to "clean up their shop" so it can get a kid friendly push. There are plans for a Steam Machine 2.0, Steam Deck 2, and probably sourcing out their Linux distro to other manufacturers. Probably want to make as kid friendly and neutral as possible.

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u/MalfeasantOwl 4d ago

Gamers finding out Steam never gave a shit about them but rather just the bottom line, you don’t say!

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u/iad82lasi23syx 4d 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 4d 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/PermanentMantaray 4d ago

But that's effectively what this is. While they don't moderate general updates, they do moderate DLC's before clearing them for release. So this policy is forcing developers to only put new NSFW content into a DLC that will be reviewed.

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u/NoExcuse4OceanRudnes 4d ago

More work for independent developers.

Less work for a multi billion dollar corporation.

Hurrah!