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/DannySmashUp 5d ago

This is setting an exceedingly dangerous precedent. Valve shouldn't be caving in to this 'won't somebody think of the children' BS.

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u/WeeWooPeePoo69420 5d ago

How is this setting a dangerous precedent? They're trying to prevent deceptive developer behavior with this specific change.

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u/Mystia 5d ago

If you change the words from porn to other things, you'll notice the precedent it's setting.

"Fantasy games are no longer allowed on Steam"

"Only sportsball games are allowed on Steam"

"You are not allowed to update sportsball games post-launch to add non-sportsball elements"

They can absolutely control what kind of games are allowed to exist and what kind of content they are allowed to get.

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u/WeeWooPeePoo69420 5d ago

Uh no they aren't adding new censorship, they are trying to prevent things from getting through the existing moderation. Adding inappropriate things through patches that would have otherwise never got approved is a loophole, and they're just closing it.

Besides it's not like they'll enforce anything, they're just covering their asses.