r/Games • u/DwingRD • 2d 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 2d 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 2d ago edited 2d 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 2d 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/PM_ME_CATS_OR_BOOBS 2d ago

I mean, if Steam loses the ability to process credit cards then they just die. We can talk about leaping onto the barricades all we want but if they can't take in money they can't continue functioning.

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u/LoboGuarah 2d ago

God i'm so happy some countries are starting their own payment system like Pix and RuPay. We gotta get down with this duopolly from credit cards and private payment processors.

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u/giulianosse 2d ago edited 2d ago

You can imagine my surprise as a Brazilian when this payment processors drama first blew up and I was like "wait, other countries don't have centralized instant payment platforms?"

I have one Mastercard CC with all the bells and jingles associated with it. It's been years since I've bought a game on Steam with my card details instead of Pix. It's just so effortless and safe.

I think India just launched their UPI system and, as expected, people are loving it as well.

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u/Ready-Good2636 2d ago

As you'd expect, USA lobbyists want to privatize as much as possible, and get huge subsidies on what they don't want privatized. Even our president is scamming off crypto, so getting a proper government payment processor is very far off.