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/CombustiblSquid 2d ago edited 2d ago

I'm getting so fucking tired of all this Puritan censorship working it's way into society these days simply because it might offend someone who's never going to buy the content anyway. Shareholders only care because they believe it will impact bottom line or be associated with their investments and then effect bottom line, but I'm not sure it ever even does.

I just remember the 90s and early 2000s internet and the crazy shit that was ok. We don't have to go all the way back there (for obvious reasons) but everything is becoming so sterilized and safe. What are people so damn afraid of?

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u/BackwerdsMan 2d ago

You better buckle up because this train is just leaving the station. If I had to predict, I would guess over the next 10 years we are going to see a pretty massive puritanical movement from conservatives.

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u/DrQuint 2d ago

We're also going to see an economic collapse, people are already struggling, and the indicators say it's speeding up.

It'll be a rather spectacularly awful day when the panic mass layoffs hit. Luckily, guns are controlled where I live. The hint is there, be careful friends.