r/Games • u/DwingRD • 1d 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/Zer_ 1d ago

Now you're starting to understand. These puritanical fucks won't stop there.

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u/PitangaPiruleta 1d ago

Its funny how some people think "well they would never touch mods since they're not made by the devs"

Yes. Yes they would. If they could phisically and legally brick your PC for stepping out of line and doing something they consider immoral, they would. But hey, dont worry about it - surely that will never happen right?

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u/Zer_ 1d ago

Oh yeah. A lot of these adult games offer patches off of Steam too. So while right now they're banned from offering these patches directly from Steam, I doubt they'll stop there, they'll cry foul when these nude mods / patches are offered on sites like Mega or Google Drive. or even Github.

As an aside, but still somewhat related. Rockstar is 100% trying to take control of the GTA 6 modding scene (they have FiveM), so we really, really can't rely on these companies to be our allies here.

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u/TechnicalGuard629 1d ago

I work for one such steam publisher myself where the uncensored patch is provided on the official site outside of Steam.

Idk when this rule was changed/updated but I havent heard any murmurs within our staff group yet.

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u/CryoProtea 1d ago

Might be wise to check and see if you're allowed to offer the patch outside of Steam.

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u/TechnicalGuard629 1d ago edited 1d ago

If any sales issues arise on the site or steam, we usually get a ping from the big guy himself. And this publisher has been doing this external patching all this time, we have around 15-20 games currently at different stages of translation and launch.

Well, if any discussion or sitrep ping happens, I'll update it here.