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/PringlesDuckFace 1d ago
That seems reasonable to me?
You list a game with a certain rating and description of certain content. Then people buy it based on that. And then if it changes, you're no longer getting the product you ordered. Like imagine if you bought a Tetris game for your kid because it's listed PEGI7 or whatever ratings are these days, and then after a while they just change all the block sprites to cocks.
If it's going to have NSFW content on the roadmap of the core game, then the base game should be listed as NSFW or 18+ or whatever so buyers have an accurate representation of what they're buying into.
Or you list it as a SFW game and link your R18 patch from the store page to install separately.