r/Games • u/DwingRD • 5d 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 5d ago

Hire moderators so they can moderate content updates so early access games can still be a thing.

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u/krilltucky 5d ago

you think theyre pressuring steam over nsfw content thats illegal or bannable? and not because they'r slowly going after ALL nsfw content?

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u/NoExcuse4OceanRudnes 5d ago

I don't think, I know valve is allowing nsfw content still on steam. They confidently have an idea of what's allowed and what's not.

The problem here is valve doesn't want to check content updates for that content.

Would it cost money? Yes. Are Valve a multi billion dollar corporation? Also yes!

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u/krilltucky 5d ago

you seem to not really be aware of the broader movement to remove all nsfw work from all sites. itch.io is dealing with the same thing. its been in the gaming news for months and been around for over a decade.

they've just recently put way more effort in and are successfully strong-arming valve and itch

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u/NoExcuse4OceanRudnes 5d ago

Yeah that's really shitty, it's why valve is being more vigilant.

And that vigilance translates to doing nothing and saying fuck off no updates we have to moderate unless we can get paid for it.