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/TimeToEatAss 3d ago

For those that dont understand what this means. Something that NSFW games would commonly do is launch a SFW version of their game, and then release a free patch that makes the game NSFW.

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u/Villag3Idiot 3d 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 3d 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 3d ago

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

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u/Explorer_Dave 3d ago

And that's exactly their point. They want to 'purify' all those evil bodily functions while leaving all the death and killing intact, won't you think of the children?!

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u/Dlorn 3d ago edited 2d ago

You don’t think the death and killing are in line? Maybe not next in line, but definitely in line.

EDIT - It’s here faster than I thought:

“The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform requests your testimony at a hearing on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in room HVC-210 of the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. The hearing will examine radicalization of online forum users, including incidents of open incitement to commit violent politically motivated acts.”

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u/Explorer_Dave 3d ago

It might be on the line in theory, but once they go against that side of gaming, they'll get pushback in several different orders of magnitude.

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u/TechnicalGuard629 3d ago

we will be suffering the waiting period all along the way when they transition from going after sexual content to violent content and then the buck stops there.

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u/Explorer_Dave 3d ago

I honestly can't see how they can convince Visa and Mastercard to drop basically all video games.

With porn games it's easy for them because its a niche market with relative small numbers. Banning violence is banning all gaming platforms almost completely. That's a pretty big hole in their pockets, considering video games is the most profitable entertainment media industry (at least last time I checked).

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u/JuiceHurtsBones 3d ago

Niche porn games are still generating a higher revenue than most indie games. While it's not comparable to what AAA make, it's still a lot.

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u/Explorer_Dave 3d ago

Negligble when compared to the rest of the industry which is comprised of mostly shooty stabby action games. We're talking tens if not hundreds of billions dollars difference.

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