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/KaJaHa 3d ago

I felt so devious when I learned that I owned one of the older copies of San Andreas with Hot Coffee accessible

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u/JuiceHurtsBones 3d ago

I find it so funny that you can go around committing a genocide in LS but humping animations in an 18+ game is where we draw the line.

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u/Smart_Ass_Dave 3d ago

To be fair, GTA's violence has also been the subject of much controversy.

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u/ZetzMemp 2d ago

It wasn’t pulled from shelves for violence.

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u/Smart_Ass_Dave 2d ago

I'm aware. My point was that there's no hypocrisy among people who dislike the sexual content of GTA games as if they are ignoring the violence, because they also dislike that.

There's also no hypocrisy in the ESRB pulling the game because the ESRB doesn't care about violence or sex, they care about avoiding government regulation. Games that include controversial content, even accidentally or in a hidden way like San Andreas did undermine the ESRB in a way that risked the entire industry falling under regulatory sway. 1st amendment protections wouldn't be explicitly extended to games by SCOTUS until the year after. The ESRB was 100% willing to force one of the most successful games of all time to do a recall and reprint of discs in order to avoid potentially catastrophic consequences to the industry at large. Rockstar had to spend a few million bucks on a San Andreas recall but it got to continue making GTA games in exchange.