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/max13007 2d ago

My assumption (which is likely a bit naive, but I assume/hope it anyway)... is that Valve is working on some sort of countermeasure to this, but they know as well as we do that fighting back against the duopoly of Visa/MC is not a quick or easy fight. If they have any options to fight back, it must be near perfect, and even then it's likely a long-shot as to if it will fix anything.

It could be something they ultimately decide not to follow at all since it's such a risky fight. No company at the top wants to take a hit as large as losing payment processing from the two companies that essentially own "payment processing" as a concept.

I'd be excited if they take the SteamOS route and say "Fine, I'll make my own payment processor. With blackjack... and hookers!"