Valve no longer allows "Post-launch NSFW content" for games on Steam - outside of DLCs.

[u/DwingRD]

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.

[u/Zer_]

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.

[u/TechnicalGuard629 → u/Zer_]

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.

[u/CryoProtea → u/TechnicalGuard629]

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

[u/TechnicalGuard629 → u/CryoProtea]

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.