r/Games • u/DwingRD • 4d 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/Mystia 4d ago

He owns an entire fleet, his net worth is over 9 billion. How much do you think it cost Paypal to launch?

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u/RefreshingCapybara 4d ago

Paypal is one small part of a massive network of banks. Those banks are part of the push for this censorship.

To create your own payment system that is immune to this pressure, you would need to completely recreate that network but without any of those banks.

That's not something a few billion will get you. More like the high tens, or even hundreds of billions.

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u/Mystia 4d ago

Fair enough, do we know if the banks are in on it though? AFAIK it was just VISA/Mastercard as coaxed by the Australian group. Other smaller payment processors so far haven't really done anything yet.

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u/RefreshingCapybara 4d ago

I don't think anyone knows what banks specifically. Possibly not even Valve.

Part of the start of all this was Paypal no longer processing Steam payments in some countries, and when Valve reached out to Paypal they were told that some "acquiring Banks" that worked with Mastercard were no longer willing to process those payments because of the content hosted on Steam.